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Added on: 22nd Jan 2016

 

BETHANY HAMILTON

Bethany Hamilton

The subject of the movie Soul Surfer, Bethany lost her arm to a

shark attack in Hawaii when she was only 13. That didn’t stop her

though, and she returned to her board 3 weeks later.

 

 

MARLA RUNYAN

Marla Runyan

Marla is an American runner who was the first legally blind

athlete to ever compete in the Olympics.

 

 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Ludwig van Beethoven

Although he began to lose his hearing at the age of 26

(possibly the worst thing that could befall a composer),

he continued to compose music, and the majority of his most

beloved works were actually composed when he was already

completely deaf.

 

 

CHRISTOPHER REEVE

Christopher Reeve

Famous for his role as Superman, Christopher became a

quadriplegic in 1995 after being thrown from a horse.

He continued on with his career, however, and died in

2002 while co-directing Everyone’s Hero.

 

 

JOHN NASH

John Nash

Not all disabilities are physical. John Nash, the famous American

mathematician whose life is the subject of the 2001 film

A Beautiful Mind, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

 

 

VINCENT VAN GOGH

Vincent Van Gogh

As we said, disabilities come in all shapes and sizes and Van Gogh

 is another example of this. Although there is still a debate about

his precise diagnosis, he was admitted to several insane asylums

and hospitals throughout the course of his life.

 

 

CHRISTY BROWN

Christy Brown

An Irish painter and writer, Christy had cerebral palsy and was

able to type and write using only his foot.

 

 

JEAN-DOMINIQUE BAUBY

Jean-Dominique Bauby

A well-known French journalist, Jean-Dominique suffered a stroke in

1995 at the age of 43. After waking up 20 days later he could only

blink his left eyelid. Doctors diagnosed him with locked-in

syndrome, a disorder where your entire body is paralyzed but

your mental capabilities remain intact. Although he died only

2 years later, during that time he dictated an entire book by blinking.

 


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