Inspirational Stories*
From those that have conquered having a disability...
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Terry Bradshaw
Accomplishments:
- All American
- Four Superbowls
- Superbowl MVP
- NFL Most Valuable Player of the Year
Disability:
- Learning Disability: Dyslexia
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Justin Timberlake
Accomplishments:
- Member of the Mickey Mouse Club
- Member of famous boy band NSYNC with 4 successful album releases
- Successful released two solo albums
Disability:
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity- Disorder (ADHD)
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Tom Cruise
Best Known For:
- Risky Business (1983)
- Top gun (1986)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- Mission Impossible (1996,200,2006)
Disability:
- Learning Disability – Dyslexia
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Jason McElwain
- Diagnosed with autism at the age of two.
- Didn’t talk until he was five years old
- Acted as basketball team manager while in high school.
- During the last game of his high school career, the coach suited him up to play.
- He played the final four minutes of the game.
- Scored 20 points, and hit six three pointers.
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Babe Ruth
Accomplishments:
- Held record of 60 home runs in 1960
- Most years leading a lead in home runs
- Most total bases in a season
- Highest slugging percentage for a season
- One of the first five players elected to the Hall of Fame
Disability:
- Learning Disability: Dyslexia
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Cher
Accomplishments:
- Academy Award winner
- Grammy Award winner
- Emmy Award winner
- Winner of three Golden Globe Awards
- Honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Disability:
- Learning Disability- dyslexia
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Whoopi Goldberg
Best Known For/Accomplishments:
- Winner of Oscar
- Emmy Award winner
- Golden Globe winner
- People’s Choice Award winner
- NAACP Award winner
Disability:
- Learning Disability- Dyslexia
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Jessica Albright
- Born in Morgantown, West Virginia.
- Diagnosed with a learning disability.
- Helped to design this website.
- Achieved a degree in Psychology.
- Wants to be a counselor helping children with emotional and family relationship issues.
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Magic Johnson
Accomplishments:
- 5 Championships with the Los Angeles Lakers
- First rookie to start in an NBA all-star game
Disability:
- Learning Disability: Dyslexia
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Jewel
Accomplishments:
- Three Grammy Award nominations
- Sold 30 million albums worldwide and almost 20 million in the United States alone.
- Album, The Pieces of You Album, became one of the best selling debut albums of all time
- Went platinum twelve times.
Disability:
- Learning Disability - dyslexia
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Christopher Joseph Burke
Best Known For:
- ABC movie “Desperate”
- Life Goes On
- Touched by an Angel
Disability:
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Billy Blanks
Accomplishments:
- Seven time world Karate champion
- Seventh degree black belt in Tae-Kwon Do
- Captain of U.S. Olympic Karate team
- Member of Karate Hall of Fame
- Inventor of Taebo
Disability:
- Learning Disability - Dyslexia
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John Lennon
Accomplishments:
- With the Beatles he won the following BRIT Awards:
- Outstanding contribution to music during the past 25 years
- Best British band of the past 25 years
- Best British album of the past 25 years (for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band).
- 100 Greatest Britons BBC poll voted Lennon eighth place.
- Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lennon:
- 38 on its list of "The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time".
- number 5 on its list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
Disability:
- Learning Disability – Dyslexia
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Patty Duke
Best Known For:
- The Patty Duke Show
- The Miracle Worker
- Appeared in more “Lifetime movies” than any other actor/actress
- Happy Anniversary
- The Goddess
Disability:
- Emotional disorder – manic depression
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Michael Phelps
Accomplishments:
- Won 14 Olympic gold medals and two bronze medals
- Holds seven world records in swimming
Disability:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD)
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Mozart
Accomplishments:
- Produced more than 600 compositions which include works widely acknowledged
- He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
- He is considered a child prodigy.
Disability (although not officially diagnosed during his lifetime):
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Susan Hampshire
Best Known For:
- What Katy Did
- The Three Lives of Thomasina
- The Fighting Prince of Donegal
Disability:
- Learning Disability – dyslexia
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Joe Montana
Accomplishments:
- Four Superbowl victories
- Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
Disability:
- Learning Disability - Dyslexia
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Harry Belefonte
Best Known As:
- "King of Calypso"
- Popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s.
Best Known For:
- "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O".
- Advocating for civil rights and humanitarian causes.
Disability:
- Learning Disability – Dyslexia,
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Barbra Steisand
Best Known For:
- The Barbara Streisand Album
- No Business like Show business (Song)
- Guilty (Album)
- The Lion Winter (Film)
- What’s Up Doc? (Film)
- Hello, Dolly (Film and Musical)
- Meet the Fockers (Film)
Disability:
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Paul Gascoigne
Accomplishments:
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year
- FA Cup winner
Disability:
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Beethoven
Accomplishments:
- Remains one of the most respected and influential composers of all time.
Disability:
- Bipolar Disorder (not officially diagnosed during his lifetime)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (not officially diagnosed during his lifetime)
- Deaf
NOTE: Beethoven continued to compose, and to conduct and perform, even after he was completely deaf. |
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David Beckham
Accomplishments:
- UNICEF Goodwill advisor
- Football Association Youth Cup
- Premier League Championship participant
Disability:
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Bruce Jenner
Accomplishments:
Disability:
- Learning Disability – Dyslexia
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Lionel Aldridge
Accomplishments:
- Won three world championships
- Two Superbowls
- Greenbay packers Hall of Fame inductee
Disability:
- Emotional Disorder - Schizophrenia
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*Note: Any inaccuracies, please inform Dr. Bradley. |
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