Famous People With Disabilities

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Famous People with Learning Disabilities

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As a lad of nine, he did not know the letters of the alphabet. He was though of as dull and backward. He entered Davidson College, but he had to withdraw because of illness. Later he went to Princeton but his grades were mediocre.


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This famous entertainer has achieved success in both standup comedy and movies. Unfortunately, due to ADHD he found formal education too challenging and was unable to complete high school.


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His head was large at birth. His mother did not agree with those who felt that the child was abnormal. He was sent to school, but the teacher thought him to be mentally ill. The mother withdrew the child from school and taught him herself. As it turned out, he might have done well in vocational education.


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As a child, he was labeled slow. He clerked in a village grocery store. He suggested putting slow-merchandise on a counter and selling it at a reduced rate. It turned out to be an excellent idea.


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This woman was born with Cerebral Palsy which affected her speech and physical coordination. She grew up to become the first actor with a disability to have a staring role, staring in the Facts of Life and most recently Dead wood.


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This was another child who was slow in school work. About the only thing this apparently right-brained individual had going for him was his vivid imagination, which used to bother his teachers, especially when he doodled.


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He was unable to learn in school due to abuse at home and suffering anxiety. He is unable to read or write. Became an NHL coach for five different teams and General Manager. Coached the Montreal Canadians to their last Stanley Cup win in 1993 . Now a member of the Senate


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This statesman could be called academically disadvantaged. He failed grade eight, did terrible in math, and generally hated school. He continually worked to overcome a “speech impediment”. Still he was upset by people who were “inebriated by the exuberance of their own their own verbosity”.


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This person had a learning disability called dysgraphia, which prevented any understood or legible written work. As a result, all material had to be dictated to a typist/transcriptionist.


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This person was born with cerebral palsy. He became the first comedian to perform on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. He also won the Last Comic Standing, demonstrating that people with disabilities can make an impact. “…signing an autograph takes 45 minutes”


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“You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching; you will be a disgrace to yourself and your family.” Considered by all his teachers and by his father as a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard in intellect. He went on to define evolution.


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This person believed to have ADHD, left high school after 4 terms. His school record was undistinguished, marked by absenteeism and lacklustre grades. He later became a eminent scientist, inventor, and innovator. He is the father of the telephone


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As a boy, he was afflicted with a debilitating stutter, and initially took up acting only at the urging of his speech therapist. He has gone on to become an Oscar winning actor


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This person could not talk until the age of four. He did not learn to read until he was nine. His teachers considered him mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams. Thought to have Aspergers a form of Autism. He failed the entrance examinations to college. He lost three teaching positions and then became a patent clerk.

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