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On the recordSeptember 16, 1974
The single greatest difficulty facing the handicapped person is not his or her own disability but rather the attitudes of society toward that disability.
Said by
Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 4314—National Employ the Handicapped Week, 1974

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