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Famous People With Disabilities
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Actors and Actresses
Name Disability
Sandy Duncan Vision Impairment
Lou Ferrigno Hearing Impaired
Annette Funicello Multiple Sclerosis
Katherine Hepburn Parkinson's Disease
Mary Tyler Moore Diabetes, Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Patricia Neal Stroke
Richard Pryor Multiple Sclerosis
Sammy Davis, Jr. Vision Impairment, Cancer
Danny Glover Epilepsy
Marlee Matlin Deaf

 

Miscellaneous
Name Disability
Thomas Edison Hearing Impairment
Albert Einstein Dyslexia
Steven Hawking ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease
Harriet Tubman Traumatic Brain Injury/Narcolepsy
Francisco Goya Deaf
Edgar Allen Poe Alcohol Addiction
H.G. Wells Epilepsy
Louis Braille Blind
Sigmund Freud Cancer
John Milton Blind
Helen Keller Blind, Deaf

 

Musicians
Name Disability
Ludwig von Beethoven Deaf
Ray Charles Blind
Ronnie Milsap Blind
Teddy Pendergrass Quadriplegia
Itzaac Perlman Paraplegia
Stevie Wonder Blind
Mel Tillis Stuttering
Jose Feliciano Blind

 

Athletes
Name Disability
Arthur Ashe AIDS
Jim Abbott Has only one hand
Dennis Byrd Spinal Cord Injury
Lou Gehrig ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease
Bruce Jenner Learning Disability
"Magic" Johnson AIDS
Wilma Rudolph Post Polio Syndrome
Greg Louganis Learning Disability/AIDS

 

Politicians
Name Disability
Alexander the Great Epilepsy
Julius Caesar Epilepsy
Winston Churchill Learning disability
James Brady Traumatic Brain Injury
Daniel Inouye Amputation (WWII)
Ronald Reagan Hearing Impairment/Alzheimer's Disease
Franklin D. Roosevelt Polio
Teddy Roosevelt Asthma, Visual Impairment
Bob Dole Injury to Right Arm (WWII)
Woodrow Wilson Learning Disability

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