INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE
Added on: 22nd Jan 2016
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 is an American runner who was the first legally blind
athlete to ever compete in the Olympics.
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
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
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
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
An Irish painter and writer, Christy had cerebral palsy and was
able to type and write using only his foot.
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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