This document provides examples of famous people throughout history who had various disabilities but were still able to achieve great things. It profiles people like Albert Einstein, Louis Pasteur, Helen Keller, Stephen Hawking, and Terry Fox who all faced disabilities or medical conditions like dyslexia, autism, deaf-blindness, ALS, and cancer but made significant scientific discoveries, advocated for disability rights, or raised money for charity through athletic feats. The profiles show that having a disability does not define one's capabilities and that many disabled people have overcome obstacles to make important contributions.

2. EXAMPLES
There are many famous people that have disabilities , many people think
that they are not as capable as one another . But that is not true.
We will lead you through a couple of these examples

3. FACTS
People with disabilities have an unemployment rate 10 times that of abled
people.
Roughly 18 million people over the age of 65 identify with some level of physical
disability.
Roughly 54 million Americans have at least one disability.
Every year, 125,0000 children are born with an intellectual disability.
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, he was attempting
to convert speech to visual representation in order to accommodate for his
wife’s hearing loss. Unfortunately Bell’s invention failed to convert sounds to
visual representations, though it extended verbal communications in ways
Bell never could imagine.

4. BEFORE WE START
A Short Test for all of You
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5. LEARNING DISSABILITY
*As many as 1 out of every 5 people in the United States has a
learning disability.
*And as many as 1 out of 7 in Hong Kong has a learning Disability
*The important thing to remember is that most kids with learning
disabilities are just as smart as everyone else. They just need to
be taught in ways that are tailored to their unique learning
styles. By learning more about learning disabilities in general,

6. ALBERT EINSTEIN
LEARNING DISABILITY
-German theoretical physicist famous for his theory on time travel
-During childhood his grandparents said he was filled with ‘droll ideas’
-His sister said he lacked reading and memorisation skills
-His teacher also said ‘would never be able to do anything that would make
sense in this life’

7. LOUIS PASTEUR
DYSGRAPHIA & DYSLEXIA
-Famous French chemist and microbiologist
-made drinking wine and milk more safer hence the word pasteurisation
-his research saved thousands of lives through vaccines and prevention of
diseases
-lost 3 of his children to typhoid which made him more motivated to pursue
a career in the scientific field
-His teachers called him unintelligent and unable to learn
-Dysgraphia is when the someone is not able to write. Not because they
cannot read or construct words, but instead the lack of motor skills.

8. HIKARI ŌE
He is an established Japanese composer who has autism
Born on June 13, 1963 with a growth on his brain so large it seemed like he
had two heads
His parents were told he would never be more than a ‘human vegetable’
(meaning he would require constant care everyday)
The doctors tried to convince his parents to let their son die but they
refused to do so.
He went through an operation when he was young, however remained
visually impaired, epileptic, limited physical coordination and had
learning disabilities.
Although he has an IQ of 65, but he has a phenomenal memory and ability
to compose music

9. HELEN KELLER
She was the born with the ability to see and hear but at 19 months old, she
contracted scarlet fever which left her both deaf and blind.
She is the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree
She is widely Known for being an advocate for people with disabilities and
founded the Helen Keller International Organization in 1915 which is
dedicated to research in health, vision and nutrition.
She devoted most of her later life to raising funds for the American
Foundation for the Blind in order to change it into a global organization.
She starred in a couple silent films about her life to raise money for
organizations.

10. STEPHEN HAWKING
Professor Stephen Hawking is a well-known example of a person with MND, and
has lived for more than 40 years with the disease. Stephen Hawking:
The internationally renowned Physicist, has defied time and doctor's
pronouncements that he would not live 2-years beyond his 21 years of age
when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); also known
as Lou Gehrig's disease. The symptoms are very similar to those of CP,
Hawking cannot walk, talk, breathe easy, swallow and has difficulty in holding
up his head. Hawking, 51, was told 30 years ago, when he was a not-very-remarkable
college student.

11. TERRY FOX
Terry Fox was a Canadian Athlete and a Cancer Research Activist
He had Cancer During his University Final Year
In 1980, Due to Cancer with one leg Having been Chopped off he embarked
on a cross-Canada run to raise Money and awareness for Cancer
research
spread of his cancer eventually forced him to end his quest after 143 days
and 5,373 Km where He Died
Fox expressed a Positive attitude to his situation: he refused to regard
Himself as disabled, and would not allow anyone to pity him, telling a
Toronto radio station that he found life more "rewarding and
challenging" since he had lost his leg

12. FINALLY
A Short Video
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