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1. Disability Equity Management Disability Sensitization

2. Disability Sensitization An Overview of Myths and Facts

10. Disability Sensitization Some Aspects Related To Etiquette

21. Disability Sensitization Language

32. Disability Sensitization People with Disabilities

33. A mood disorder is a condition whereby the prevailing emotional mood is distorted or inappropriate to the circumstances. 09/30/09 Page

34. Richard Dreyfuss - Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Academy Award-winning American actor – suffers from manic depressive disorder 09/30/09 Page

35. Harrison Ford - (born July 13, 1942) Ford is best known for his performances in the Star Wars film series and the adventurous archaeologist and action hero – depression in his youth 09/30/09 Page

36. Abraham Lincoln - (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination – chronic form of depression 09/30/09 Page

37. Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply Tourette's or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane. 09/30/09 Page

38. David Beckham - David suffers from OCD and it manifests itself through constant cleanliness and perfection of all that is around him 09/30/09 Page

39. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - (1756-1791) In late 1992, the British Medical Journal published an article by endocrinologist Benjamin Simkin, M.D. speculating that Mozart had Tourette Syndrome 09/30/09 Page

40. Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication, although surgery may be considered in difficult cases. 09/30/09 Page

41. Sir Isaac Newton (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) A very important scientist who is responsible for founding the three laws of motion along with studies concerning Universal Gravitation 09/30/09 Page

42. Julius Caesar - (July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC), One of the most influential men in world history, Caesar participated in the army with distinction constantly excelling in leadership skills. He had a ruthless personality and thought of himself as far superior 09/30/09 Page

43. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive drive to perform a particular task or set of tasks, compulsions commonly termed rituals. 09/30/09 Page

44. Albert Einstein - (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955) Being one of the most important great minds of his century Albert Einstein was then known to suffer from dyslexia mainly because of his bad memory and his constant failure to memorize the simplest of things. It is also thought that he had OCD 09/30/09 Page

45. 1809-1882 Naturalist, author; OCD and stutter. 09/30/09 Page

46. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental illness characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality, most commonly manifesting as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions or disorganized speech and thinking in the context of significant social or occupational dysfunction. 09/30/09 Page

47. John Nash - (born June 13, 1928) John Nash is an American mathematician working in differential geometry, game theory and partial differential equations. 09/30/09 Page

48. Disability Sensitization South Africans With Disabilities

49. Disability Sensitization Technology

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