In
the year of equal possibilities let us remember the famous persons
who lived in different historical times, who have had different family
backgrounds and conditions, who lived in different geographical environments,
who lived with some types of disabilities...and have left their impacts
for the future.
Actors and Actresses |
Name |
Disability |
Katherine Hepburn |
Parkinson's Disease |
Richard Pryor |
Multiple Sclerosis |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Vision Impairment, Cancer |
Danny Glover |
Epilepsy |
Marlee Matlin |
Deaf |
Ann Bancroft |
Dyslexia |
Whoopi Goldberg |
Dyslexia |
Marilyn Monroe |
Speech differences |
Michael J. Fox |
Parkinson's Disease |
Christopher Reeve |
Quadriplegia |
|
Authors, artists,
scientists |
Name |
Disability |
Thomas Edison |
Hearing Impairment |
Albert Einstein |
Dyslexia |
Steven Hawking |
ALS |
Francisco Goya |
Deaf |
John Milton |
Blind |
John Updike |
Speech differences |
Ludwig von Beethoven |
Deaf |
Agatha Christie |
Dyslexia |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Tourette Syndrome |
|
|
Musicians |
Name |
Disability |
Ray Charles |
Blind |
Teddy Pendergrass |
Quadriplegia |
Itzaac Perlman |
Paraplegia |
Stevie Wonder |
Blind |
Jose Feliciano |
Blind |
Carlie Simon |
Speech differences |
|
Athletes |
Name |
Disability |
Jim Abbott |
Has only one hand |
Dennis Byrd |
Spinal Cord Injury |
Lou Gehrig |
Lou Gehrig's Disease |
Wilma Rudolph |
Post Polio Syndrome |
Greg Louganis |
Learning Disability |
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Politicians |
Name |
Disability |
Alexander the Great |
Epilepsy |
Julius Caesar |
Epilepsy |
Winston Churchill |
Learning disability |
Ronald Reagan |
Alzheimer's Disease |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Polio |
Teddy Roosevelt |
Visual Impairment |
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