INSPIRING PEOPLE WHO OVERCAME THEIR DISABILITIES

HELEN KELLER

She was the first blind and deaf person to earn a college degree!

STEVIE WONDER

One of the most famous singers and musicians of our time,

Stevie was born blind.

LENIN MORENO

The Vice President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2013 Lenin became a

paraplegic after being injured in a shooting.

MARLEE MATLIN

Famous for her role in Children of a Lesser God, Marlee is one of the

most successful deaf actresses of our time.

RALPH BRAUN

Born with muscular dystrophy, Ralph is the late founder of the

Braun Corporation, a lead manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vehicles.

The company would eventually create the first wheelchair

accessible minivan.

FRIDA KAHLO

One of the best known Mexican artists of the 2oth century, Frida was

injured in a trolley accident as a teenager and her back never fully

healed.  She also contracted polio as a child and had a deformed leg.

She became famous for her self portraits in a wheelchair.

SUDHA CHANDRAN

A well-known Bollywood dancer and actress, Sudha lost one of her

legs to an infection following a car accident in 1981.

JOHN HOCKENBERRY

Working for Dateline in the 90s, John was one of the first journalists to

use a wheelchair on an American television network. His spinal

cord injury was the result of a car crash when he was 19.

STEPHEN HAWKING

In spite of being diagnosed with ALS when he was 21, Stephen

is one of the world’s leading physicists.