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Famous People
(with disabilities)


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Can you guess who they are?


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Famous Person #1
Famous Movie Star
 Has Dyslexia
 Memorizes lines by
listening to a tape
 Was in Top Gun,
Mission: Impossible
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Famous Person #2
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Famous
Scientist/Mathmetician
Didn’t talk until 4, didn’t
read until 9
Worst subject was math
Failed college entrance
exam
Developed theory of
relativity


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Famous Person #3
Famous Englishman
 Did very poorly in school
 Had a learning disability
 Became the most
famous Prime Minister
of England
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Famous Person #4
Had a Learning Disability
 Did very poorly in school
 Became a famous
cartoonist and movieproducer
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Famous Person #5
Had Dyslexia
 Had great difficulty
reading
 Wrote some of the best
loved fairy tales
 Stories include: Little
Mermaid, Emperor’s New
Clothes, and the Ugly
Duckling
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Famous Person #6
Famous Comedian/Actor
 Has ADHD
 Movies include: Mrs.
Doubtfire, Aladdin (voice
of Genie), Jumanji
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Famous Person #7
Famous
scientist/mathematician
 Has Lou Gehrig’s Disease
 In a wheelchair
 Needs Computer to
speak
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And Many More…


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So…
What’s the
point?


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Don’t let your
disability
hold you
back either!!!


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How?
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Understand what your disability is!
Accept your disability and don’t be bitter!
Figure out your strengths and use them to help!
Remember what works for you and do it!
Do things for yourself (don’t wait for help)!
Ask for help when you really need it!
When you fail, keep going!


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Will you be on here too?

YOUR
PICTURE
HERE!


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Sources
http://www.ldonline.org/article/5938
 http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.as
px?r=258
 http://www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov/about/civil/f
amousdisability.html
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