Anyone can be successful regardless of their disability. We found a long list of famous people [over 650!] with disabilities.
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In many cases, learning disabilities, or differences in learning, help to shape the character and attitudes of the people believed to have experienced them. For example,Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, always struggled with traditional schooling environments, and it's believed that ...
When it comes to people who have disabilities,public attitudescan crush self-determination and confidence. These negative attitudes can reduce the empowerment that self-determination offers–withstudies showingthat 25% of people who have a disability believe their communities expect less from them because...
Do you ever wonder if famous people were always popular or if they ever found things difficult? Well, the answer is that many famous people have struggled. In this lesson, you will learn what dyslexia is and which famous people have dyslexia. What do Tim Tebow (football player), Tom Cru...
Have a disability or medical condition?You are not alone.Many people with disabilities have made contributions to society.Christopher ReeveChristopher Reeve once starred in the movie Superman.Therefore,never has a person with a disability got so much media attention in recent history.Christopher Reeve...
This is a10 across the world.”Chinese paralympic high jumper Hou Bin says he came to the meeting to show kids that being different is11 to be ashamed about.12 , people often only see the disability and not the person. Now it is time to13 the value and contribution a disabled person14...
TV and radio personality Glenn Beck describes his learning disability as being "riddled with ADHD" and talks about the condition on his radio show. Born: 02-10-1964 Age: 60 Birthplace: Everett, USA, Washington Dig Deeper 80 Famous People with ADHD And Deeper Celebrities Who Had Their Appen...
Some of the world’s most famous persons had suffered from a similar disability, such as Albert Einstein, the mathematician; Thomas Edison, the inventor; Auguste Rodin, the artist. What disabled these three famous men? Strange as it may seem, they all suffered from learning disabilities. They...
Stephen Hawking used his fame to raise awareness of what people need to thrive when they're living with a disability. Credit: AFP/Getty Images When Stephen Hawking spoke, the world listened. The physicist, who died early Wednesday at the age of 76, could never be contained to just one...