Nice one, but I can find three small errors here.
Stevie Wonder is not deaf but blind. Beethovan
was deaf from birth, he learnt and composed music
without ever hearing it, he didn't become deaf
later. And of course, no name is mentioned in number 21.
To add a mathematician to the list, Buckminster
Fuller was near blind by birth, he gave us a
Geodisic dome, a self supporting structure that
may be employed to construct very large structures without any supports.
Regards
Sandeep
At 07:50 PM 9/29/2014, you wrote:
Source:
http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/successful-people-with-disabilities/articleshow/43700503.cms
01. Nick Vujicic is an Australian Christian
evangelist and motivational speaker born with
tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder
characterised by the absence of all four limbs.
Vujicic presents motivational speeches worldwide
which focus on life with a disability, hope and
finding meaning in life. He also speaks about
his belief that God can use any willing heart to
do his work and that God is big enough to
overcome any disability. 02. Famous Indian
Classical dancer and TV actress, Sudha Chandran
met a car accident and lost one leg. She
couldnât take the fact that she wonât be
able to dance. Her doctor gave her a prosthetics
that was meant to help her walk. But her passion
and love for dance took her much ahead. 03.
Although this mega movie star often sets the
screen on fire, he struggled as a student.
Hrithik Roshan suffered from a severe stutter
for over a decade in his life. 04. Hollywood
star Keira Knightly wanted to be an actress
since she was a toddler, but it wasnât an easy
task. Knightely was diagnosed with dyslexia at
the age of 6 05. Abhishek Bachchan was suffering
from dyslexia, a learning disability, when he
was a child. Everyone came to know about it
through the film Taare Zameen Par. 06. Marlee
Matlin was just 18 months old when because of
genetically malformed cochlea she became deaf.
Beating all odds, Marlee established herself as
an actress. She also won Golden Globe Award for
her role in Children of a Lesser. 07. Stephen
Hawking was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis). Today he is a world famous
scientist who has contributed major scientific
discoveries 08. This record-breaking swimmer was
diagnosed with ADHD at a young age. As a
student, teachers told Michael Phelpâs mom
that he would never be able to focus on
anything. 09. Bethany Hamilton was 13, when she
was attacked by a vicious shark and lost her
left arm. No one imagined that Bethany can surf
anymore, but just a month later she has been
back on the water with her surfboard! 10. John
Forbes Nash is an Noble laureate American
mathematician whose work in game theory,
differential geometry and partial differential
equations are considered ground breaking. In
1959 John Nash started showing severe signs of
paranoia and started behaving erratically. He
believed that there was an organization chasing
him. In the same year he was admitted
involuntarily to the hospital where he was
diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 11.
Performing since that tender age of 11, Stevie
Wonder is considered a child prodigy. He is a
musician, a singer, a songwriter who was born
deaf! 12. Matthew Sanford, founder of Mind Body
Solutions that teaches people the importance of
mind and body. He met with a car accident at the
age of 13 that killed his father and sister
leaving him paralyzed. 13. Lenin Moreno was Vice
President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2013. Lenin
was injured in shooting much before getting
involved in politics. 14. American author,
political activist and lecturer Helen Keller is
the first deaf and blind person who has earned a
college degree. Helen has written 12 books,
including a spiritual autobiography. 15. Jim
Abbott, a pitcher in Baseball was born with
right hand. An amazing pitcher, Abbott has
played many Baseball games, starting from minor
leagues to the big leagues and now is a
motivational speaker 16. American journalist
John Hockenberry is truly an inspiration for all
of us. John has been just 19, when he met a car
crash that left him with Paraplegia from the
chest down. This journalist moving on his
wheelchair did what many journalists cannot even
dream of. 17. Ralph Braun is the founder of the
leading manufacturers of wheelchair accessible
vehicles. Ralph was born with muscular
dystrophy. 18. Frida Kahlo can undoubtedly be
called the inventor of selfie! The Mexican
painter was just 6 when she contracted Polio and
later met a trolley accident in her teenage that
left her bed ridden with a broken back. Frida is
well known for her self-portraits. 19. One of
the most successful President of United States
from 1933 to 1945, Franklin D Roosevelt
contracted Polio upon starting his political
career. 20. Famous musician Beethoven is the
greatest German composer and musician who was
deaf at the later part of his life. 21. The
Mathematician/Physicist who had a learning
disability and did not speak until age 3. He had
a very difficult time doing maths in school. It
was also very hard for him to express himself
through writing. 22. Jason Lester, an athlete
who is World class endurance sports champion. He
was 12 when he met with a car accident that left
his one arm completely paralyzed. In 2009, Jason
won the Best male athlete with disability award.
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