Famous People with Disabilities
[Pages:4]Famous People with Disabilities
Athletes, Artists, Celebrities, Musicians, and Writers / Journalists
Directions ? Select a person from the list below as the topic of your writing
assignment/presentation. Focus your research on the following questions: ? When did the person live? Are there important historic events that influenced this person's life?
? What was this person's career? ? Did the person's disability impact his/her education? If so, how?
? What other ways did this person's disability influence his/her life?
Athletes
Jim Abbott, Baseball ? amputee Arthur Ashe, Tennis - HIV / AIDS Terry Bradshaw, Football ? AD/HD Jean Driscoll, Wheelchair Racing - mobility impairment Jim Eisenreich, Baseball - Tourette's Syndrome Bruce Jenner, Decathlon ? AD/HD Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Track and Field ? Asthma Greg Louganis, Diving - Asthma, speech impairment, learning disability, HIV/AIDS Casey Martin, Golf - mobility impairment George Murray, Wheelchair Marathon - Asthma, mobility impairment Terence Parkin, Swimming ? Deaf Dennis Rodman, Basketball ? Asthma Wilma Rudolph, Track and Field - Post Polio Syndrome Marla Runyan, Track and Field - vision impairment Jim Shea, Jr., Skelton (small sled) - learning disability Jackie Stewart, Grand Prix Racing - learning disability Kelly Sutton, NASCAR Racing - Multiple Sclerosis Amy VanDyken, Swimming ? Asthma
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Artists
John Callahan, Cartoonist - mobility impairment Dale Chihuly, Glass Maker - vision impairment Leonardo Da Vinci, Painter / Sculptor - learning disability Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Painter / Lithographer - person of short stature Walt Disney, Cartoonist - learning disability Francisco Goya, Painter / Printmaker ? Deaf Frida Kahlo, Painter ? mobility impairment Dorothea Lang, Photographer - mobility impairment Auguste Renoir, Painter / Sculptor - Rheumatoid Arthritis Auguste Rodin, Sculptor - learning disability Georgia O'Keefe, Painter / Sculptor - vision impairment Vincent Van Gogh, Painter - Bipolar Disorder, hearing impairment
Celebrities
Lucille Ball, Actress - mobility impairment Sarah Bernhardt, Actress ? Amputee Hale Berry ? hard of hearing Chris Burke, Actor - developmental disability Cher, Actress / Singer - learning disability Tom Cruise, Actor - learning disability Fannie Flagg, Actress / Author - learning disability Michael J. Fox, Actor - mobility impairment Danny Glover, Actor ? Epilepsy Whoopi Goldberg, Comedian / Actress - learning disability Woody Harrelson, Actor - learning disability John Hockenberry, TV Reporter - mobility impairment James Earl Jones, Actor - speech impairment Keira Knightly, Actress - learning disability Jay Leno, Comedian - learning disability
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Rush Limbaugh, Radio Talk Show Host - hard of hearing Kristy MacNichol, Actress - Bipolar Disorder Marlee Matlin, Actress - Deaf Mary Tyler Moore, Actress - Diabetes Jamie Oliver, TV Show Chef - learning disability Richard Pryor, Comedian / Actor - mobility impairment Heather Whitestone-McCullum, Miss America 1995 - Deaf Henry Winkler, Actor and Producer - learning disability
Musicians
Rachel Barton, Violinist ? Amputee Ludwig von Beethoven, Composer - Asthma, hearing impairment Leonard Bernstein, Composer ? Asthma Ray Charles, Singer / Songwriter ? Blind Alice Cooper, Singer / Songwriter - Asthma Sammy Davis Jr., Singer / Songwriter - vision impairment Jewel, Singer / Songwriter - learning disability Ronnie Milsap, Singer / Songwriter - Blind Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Tourette Syndrome Itzak Perlman, Violinist - mobility impairment Brian Wilson, Singer / Songwriter - Bipolar Disorder, hearing impairment Clay Walker, Singer / Songwriter - Multiple Sclerosis Stevie Wonder, Singer / Songwriter - blind
Writers / Journalists
Hans Christian Anderson, Author - learning disability Christy Brown, Author - mobility impairment Neil Cavuto, Author / Financial Analyst / TV Show Host - Multiple Sclerosis Agatha Christie, Author - learning disability Charles Dickens , Author ? Asthma
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Charles Kruthammer, Syndicated Columnist - mobility impairment James Thurber, Humorist / Cartoonist - vision impairment Kurt Vonnegut, Author - mental health disability H.G. Wells, Author - Epilepsy Edith Wharton, Author - Asthma
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