famous people with disabilities mr. williams harbour pointe middle school
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Famous People with Famous People with DisabilitiesDisabilities
Famous People with Famous People with DisabilitiesDisabilities
Mr. WilliamsMr. Williams
Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolHarbour Pointe Middle School
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Who is this person?
• His mother was a school teacher.• Famous actor who is paid up to
$30 million per film.• Is known not only for his roles in
films, but also as someone who donates to several charities.
• He suffers from severe dyslexia, a reading disorder which makes it very difficult to read.
• Because he has such a hard time reading, he has someone record his lines and then listens to the lines to memorize them.
• He is well known for his roles in “The Last Samurai,” Mission: Impossible,” and “Top Gun.”
Tom Cruise
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Other Famous People with Dyslexia
Whoopi Goldberg
Tommy Hilfiger
Jewel Danny Glover
Jay Leno Henry Winkler
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Who is this person?
• Began his career as a stand-up comedian.
• Got started in acting on the television show “Mork and Mindy”.
• Has not let his lifelong struggle with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) get in his way.
• Has been in several movies, including, “Flubber,” “Patch Adams,” and “Good Will Hunting,” for which he won an Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role.
Robin Williams
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Other famous people with ADHD
Bill Cosby Alexander GrahamBell
Jim Carrey
John Lennon Steven Spielberg Michael Jordan
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Who is this person?
• Began his career in 1964 in the Stanley Kubrick movie “Dr. Strangelove”.
• Has won two Tony Awards for his acting.
• Began taking acting lessons to help control his stuttering.
• Is well known for his voice – one of the most widely recognized voices in show business.
• Admits that he still needs to think before he speaks to avoid stuttering.
James Earl Jones
Better known as the voice of Darth Vader!
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Other Famous People with Speech Difficulties
BruceWillis
JuliaRoberts
JimmyStewart
SylvesterStallone
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Who is this person?
• He is one of the worlds leading cosmological scientists.
• He has 12 honorary degrees.• He is considered by many to be
the most brilliant scientist since Einstein.
• He is the best-selling author of the book, “A Brief History of Time,” published in 1988.
• He has ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs Disease, which progressively weakens muscles.
• He has not been able to feed himself since 1974. Stephen Hawking
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Other famous people withphysical disabilities.
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Both musicians,
both blind.
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Marlee Matlin – Oscar WinningActress
Ludwig von Beethoven – World Famous Composer
Both Deaf!
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Who is this person?• Didn’t speak until he was three.• Didn’t read until he was nine.• His parents feared he was
mentally retarded when he was a small child.
• He hated math in school, and dropped out in eighth grade.
• He is considered to be one of the most brilliant people to have ever lived.
• He developed the Theory of Relativity, and attempted to explain the relationship between time and space.
• Had an undiagnosed learning disorder, and many believe he may have even been autistic.
Albert Einstein
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“If you think you can do a thing or think you can't
do a thing, you're right.”
-Henry Ford