Amazing People with Learning Disabilities
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What is a learning disability
A learning disability is when your brain is wired differently. You have amzining strength and some challanges that others don't have.
Index
Athletes
Michael Phelps
B: 1985Disabilily: ADHD Success: He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals, Olympic gold medals in individual events, and Olympic medals in individual events.- Wikipedia Quote: "You can't put a limit on anything. the more you dream, the farther you get"
Cammi Granato
B: 1971 Disabilily: ADHD Success: American former ice hockey player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2010.- Wikipedia Quote: "Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they're trying to be a women in a man's game."
Magic Johnson
B: 1959Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all-time. Johnson played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association. -Wikipedia Quote: "All Kids need a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them."
Louis Pasteur
B: 1822 D: 1895Disabilily: Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Success: French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him. Quote: "When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become."
Tim Tebow
B: 1987Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American football player who is a free agent. He previously played three seasons in the National Football League as a quarterback, most notably with the Denver Broncos. -Wikipedia Quote: "... learning disabilities, especially dyslexia, have nothing to do with how smart or intelligent someone is."
Terry Bradshaw
B: 1948 Disabilily: ADHD Success: American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. Since 1994, he has been a television sports analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday.-Wikipedia Quote: "When you've got something to prove, there is nothing greater than a challange."
Simone Biles
B: 1997Disabilily: ADHD Success: American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast.-Wikipedia Quote: "I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work than the chances I didn't take"
Film
Keanu Reeves
B: 1964Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: Canadian actor who found his greatest success in comedy, science-fiction, and action movies. Most famous for John Wick and Leo in the Matrix Quote: "Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they only make you stronger."
Tom Cruise
B: 1962Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards. Most Famous for Top Gun and Mission Impossible. Quote: "I always look for a challange and something that's different."
Keira Knightley
B: 1985Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: English actress. Known for her work in both independent films and blockbusters, particularly period dramas, she has received several accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Most Famous for Pirates of the Caribbean. Quote: "I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them."
Daniel Radcliffe
B: 1989Disabilily: Dyspraxia Success: English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name, and has held various other film and theatre roles. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awards and nominations. Quote: "It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it and stretching yourself to learn."
Steven Spielburg
B: 1946Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Famous for Jurassic Park, Jaws, and Ready Player One. Quote: "Dyslexia... it's more common than you can imagine. You are not alone."
Jennifer Aniston
B: 1969Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career progressed in the 1990s, she has become one of the world's highest-paid actresses. Famous for Friends and The Breakup. Quote: "There are not regrets in life, just lessons."
Emma Watson
B: 1990Disabilily: ADHD Success: English actress and activist. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as for her women's rights work, she has received a selection of accolades, including a Young Artist Award and three MTV Movie Awards. Famous for Harry Potter and The Beauty and The Beast. Quote: "I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about."
Tom Holland
B: 1996Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list. Famous for Spider-Man. Quote: "The harder you try, the better the impression you set on the people around you."
Walt Disney
B: 1901 D:1966 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. Famous for creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of Disneyland and Walt Disney World Quote: "If you can dream it, you can do it!"
Sylvester Stallone
B: 1946 Disabilily: Speech Impediment Success: American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, he won his first critical acclaim as an actor for his co-starring role as Stanley Rosiello in The Lords of Flatbush. Famous for Rocky. Quote: "I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going."
Robin Williams
B: 1946 D: 2014Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Famous for Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Jumanji, and Patch Adams Quote: "What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong."
Tim Burton
B: 1958Disabilily: Asperger's syndrome Success: American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood Quote: "Visions are worth fighting for"
Chris Burke
B: 1965Disabilily: Downs Syndrome Success: American actor. He has become best known for his character Charles "Corky" Thatcher on the television series Life Goes On. Quote: "It's not our disabilities, it's our abilities that count."
Jamie Brewer
B: 1985Disabilily: Downs Syndrome Success: American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. Quote: "Take the risk. Take the chance. Put your heart and soul into it, because when you put your soul into it, you will become what you've always dreamed.."
Musicans
Adam Levine
B: 1979Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer and songwriter. He serves as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock band Maroon 5. Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and lead guitarist. Quote: "ADHD isn’t a bad thing, and you shouldn’t feel different from those who don’t have ADHD"
Justin Timberlake
B: 1981Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Quote: "You're not meant to do what is easy, you're meant to challenge yourself."
Cher
B: 1946Disabilily: Dyslexia and dyscalculia Success: American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. Quote: "I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I shocked a few people."
Ludwig Van Beethoven
B: 1770 D: 1827Disabilily: Deaf and Dyslexic Success: German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. Quote: "...Strive with all our might toward the unattainable, ..."
Ray Charles
B: 1930 D: 2004 Disabilily: Blind Success: American singer, songwriter, pianist and alto saxophonist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Quote: "I never wanted to be famous; I only wanted to be great."
Solange Knowles
B: 1986Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer, songwriter, performance artist, and actress. Quote: "You get educated by travel."
Jewel
B: 1974Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She has received four Grammy Award nominations and, as of 2021, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Quote: "In the end only kindness matters."
Steven Tyler
B: 1948 Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, piano and percussion. Quote: "If you don't have a dream, there is no way to make one come true."
Gwen Stefani
B: 1969 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt. She embarked on a solo pop career in 2004. Stefani has won three Grammy Awards. As a solo artist, she has received an American Music Award, a Brit Award, a World Music Award, and two Billboard Music Awards. Quote: "Being dyslexic definitely has had challenges for me in my life, and I will say the dyslexic advantage has probably made me who I am,"
Sujeet Desai
B: -Disabilily: Down Syndrome Success: An accomplished musician who happens to have Down syndrome. He has mastered seven instruments. Quote: "Each Impossible Mission can be made Possible if you put your mind to it and work hard without giving up."
Entrepreneurs
Richard Branson
B: 1950 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: British billionaire, entrepreneur, commercial astronaut and business magnate. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Quote: "Dyslexia is a kind of disability, but actually it's an opportunity if you turn it into such,"
Henry Ford
B: 1863 D: 1947Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American industrialist and business magnate. He was the founder of Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. Quote: "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."
Tommy Hilfigure
B: 1951Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own eponymous menswear line in the 1980s. Quote: "Don't be afraid to reach out for help."
Ingvar Kamprad
B: 1926 D: 2018Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: Swedish billionaire business magnate best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. Quote: "Making mistakes is the privilege of the active."
Bill Gates
B: 1955Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American business magnate, author, investor, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. Quote: "I failed in some subject exams, but my friend passed it all. Now he is an engineer for Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft."
Daymond John
B: 1969Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American businessman, investor, and television personality. He is best known as the founder, president, and chief executive officer of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Based in New York City, John is the founder of The Shark Group. Quote: "I'm dyslexic too and look at where we're at. You can do it too."
David Neeleman
B: 1959Disabilily: Dyslexia and ADHD Success: Brazilian-American businessman and entrepreneur. He has founded five commercial airlines: Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, and Breeze Airways. Along with Humberto Pedrosa and Aigle Azur, he owned 45% of another commercial airline in Europe, TAP Air Portugal. Quote: "If someone told me you could be normal or you could continue to have your ADHD, I would take ADHD,"
Steve Jobs
B: 1955 D: 2011Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American entrepreneur, business magnate, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Quote: "People who think they are crazy enough to change the world are the ones who do."
Jamie Oliver
B: 1975Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: English chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants. Oliver reached the public eye when his series The Naked Chef premiered in 1999. Quote: "Being dyslexic or having special needs is not an excuse or reason for you not to prosper"
Reyn Guyer
B: 1935Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American inventor. Among his notable developments are Twister in 1967 and the NERF ball in 1969. Quote: "My learning disabilities pushed me to discover talents that I wasn’t aware of having. It has also led me to develop products to help others who struggled through school as I did."
Diane Swonk
B: 1962 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American economic advisor and chief economist at KPMG US. Quote: "Now I'm very open about my dyslexia. It's part of who I am and what makes me who I am. If you want strategic thinking, come to me. If you want linear thinking, don't come to me."
Collette Divitto
B: 1990 Disabilily: Downs Syndrome Success: Entrepreneur and disability rights activist based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder of Collettey's Cookies. Quote: "A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.."
Scientists
Stephen Hawking
B: 1942 D: 2018Disabilily: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Success: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world. Quote: "My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with."
Albert Einstein
B: 1879 D: 1955Disabilily: Dyslexic Success: German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Quote: "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Thomas Edison
B: 1847 D: 1931Disabilily: Dyslexia and ADHD Success: American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. Quote: "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
Dr. Temple Grandin
B: 1947Disabilily: Autism Success: American academic and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Quote: "There needs be to a lot more emphasis on what a child can do instead of what they cannot do."
Toby Cosgrove
B: 1940 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American Vietnam War veteran and former heart surgeon. He served as the president and chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic from 2004 until 2017. Quote: "Don't expect everyone to love [your ideas]—they'll hate it"
John Robert Horner
B: 1946 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American paleontologist most famous for describing Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. Quote: "We spatial thinkers seem to 'think outside the box,' and this accounts for our accomplishments. We are the people who most often follow our dreams, who think differently, spatially, inquisitively "
Carol W. Greider
B: 1961Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. Greider discovered the enzyme telomerase in 1984. Greider pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, the ends of the chromosomes. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Quote: "As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later that I figured out that I was dyslexic and that my trouble with spelling and sounding out words did not mean I was stupid, but early impressions stuck with me and colored my world for a time. "
Galileo Galilei
B: 1564 D: 1642Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo. Galileo has been called the "father" of observational astronomy, modern-era classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science. Quote: "The greatest wisdom is the get to know oneself. "
Baruj Benacerraf
B: 1920 D: 2011Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Venezuelan-American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self." Quote: "One can deal with the problems with special techniques and lots of hard work."
Alexander Graham Bell
B: 1847 D: 1922Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885. Quote: "The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action."
Politicians/Lawyer
- Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
- Royal Highness Princess Beatrice
Ben Carson
B: 1951Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American retired neurosurgeon and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. Quote: "You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life."
John F. Kennedy
B: 1917 D: 1963 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure. Quote: "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
Nelson Rockefeller
B: 1908 D: 1979 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. Quote: "The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything."
Woodrow Wilson
B: 1856 D: 1924 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. Quote: "I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."
David Boies
B: 1941 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.[2] Boies rose to national prominence for three major cases: leading the U.S. federal government's successful prosecution of Microsoft in United States v. Microsoft Corp... Quote: "Embrace a diversity of ideas. Embrace the fact that you can disagree with people and not be disagreeable."
Erin Brockevich
B: 1960 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American legal clerk, whistleblower, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California with the help of attorney Ed Masry in 1993. Quote: "Take a step back, because you can't learn anything under pressure. And don't worry about the label!"
Erna Solberg
B: 1961Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. Quote: "I myself cannot spell. Have never been able to. I do not pay attention to spelling and mix letters."
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
B: 1979 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Quote: "While I have had some struggles, I have been fortunate enough to receive proper help. To be met with knowledge and understanding. To be included."
Princess Beatrice
B: 1988 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of King Charles III and a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Quote: "Dyslexia is not a pigeonhole to say you can't do anything. It is an opportunity and a possibility to learn differently. You have magical brains, they just process differently."
Angela Bachiller
B: 1983Disabilily: Downs SyndromeSuccess: Spanish city councillor for Valladolid and a member of the People's Party. She became Spain's first city councillor with Down syndrome, sworn in on 29 July 2013. Quote: "I have Down's Syndrome but that is not all I am.."
Authors
Patricia Polacco
B: 1944 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American author and illustrator. Famous for Thank You, Mr. Falker, Thunder cake, and Keeping Quilt. Quote: "All Children have gifts, some open them at different times."
Hans Christian Anderson
B: 1805 D:1875 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. Quote: "Where words fail, music speaks."
Dav Pilkey
B: 1966 Disabilily: Dyslexia and ADHDSuccess: Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. Quote: "These 'mistakes' occur in my books for a reason. I have an agenda: I'm secretly trying to inspire kids to create their own stories and comics, and I don't want them to feel stifled by 'perfectionism.'
Henry Winkler
B: 1945 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American actor, comedian, author, producer, and director. After rising to fame as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American television series Happy Days. co-write the Hank Zipzer series of children's books with children's literature author Lin Oliver. Quote: "I had a dream, and I'm living it."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
B: 1896 D: 1940 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. Famous for The Great Gatsby. Quote: "Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."
Jules Verne
B: 1828 D: 1905 Disabilily: ADHDSuccess: French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Quote: "There are no impossible obstacles; there is just stronger and weaker wills, that's all."
Historical Ficures
Napoleon Bonaparte
B: 1769 D: 1821Disabilily: AutismSuccess: Corsica-born French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars Quote: "You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success."
Benjamin Franklin
B: 1706 D: 1790 Disabilily: AutismSuccess: American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, forger and political philosopher. He is one of the Founding Fathers. Quote: "Without continuous growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have not meaning."
George Patton
B: 1885 D: 1945 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: A General in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of World War II. Quote: "Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
Louis Braille
B: 1809 D: 1852 Disabilily: BlindSuccess: French educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system, named braille after him, intended for use by visually impaired people. His system is used worldwide and remains virtually unchanged to this day. Quote: "We must be treated as equals- and communication is the way to bring this about."
Artist
- Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Leonardo Da Vinci
B: 1452 D: 1519 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. Famous for the Mona Lisa. Quote: "Wisdom is the daughter of experience."
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
B: 1475 D: 1564 Disabilily: AutismSuccess: known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.Famous for the statue of David. Quote: "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it... but that our aim is too low and we reach it."
Other
Richard Garner
B: 1988Disabilily: ADHDSuccess: Published Author, Engineer who works at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Degree in Physics. Quote: "There is no greater strength than turning a disability into an asset."
Gail Garner
B: 1958Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Retired Special Education Teacher, Mom, Certified ASL interpreter and teacher, Musicals, DJ, and Artist. Has multiple Master's Degrees. Quote: "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. Find you flavor of genius and grow there."
Elizabeth Drummond
B: 1991 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Special Education Teacher, Mom, and Crafter. Has a Master's Degree. Quote: "There is nothing you can't do in your own way and at your own speed when you have the right mindset."
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Amazing People with Learning Disabilities
Turn the page...
What is a learning disability
A learning disability is when your brain is wired differently. You have amzining strength and some challanges that others don't have.
Index
Athletes
Michael Phelps
B: 1985Disabilily: ADHD Success: He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals, Olympic gold medals in individual events, and Olympic medals in individual events.- Wikipedia Quote: "You can't put a limit on anything. the more you dream, the farther you get"
Cammi Granato
B: 1971 Disabilily: ADHD Success: American former ice hockey player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2010.- Wikipedia Quote: "Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they're trying to be a women in a man's game."
Magic Johnson
B: 1959Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all-time. Johnson played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association. -Wikipedia Quote: "All Kids need a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them."
Louis Pasteur
B: 1822 D: 1895Disabilily: Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Success: French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him. Quote: "When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become."
Tim Tebow
B: 1987Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American football player who is a free agent. He previously played three seasons in the National Football League as a quarterback, most notably with the Denver Broncos. -Wikipedia Quote: "... learning disabilities, especially dyslexia, have nothing to do with how smart or intelligent someone is."
Terry Bradshaw
B: 1948 Disabilily: ADHD Success: American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. Since 1994, he has been a television sports analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday.-Wikipedia Quote: "When you've got something to prove, there is nothing greater than a challange."
Simone Biles
B: 1997Disabilily: ADHD Success: American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast.-Wikipedia Quote: "I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work than the chances I didn't take"
Film
Keanu Reeves
B: 1964Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: Canadian actor who found his greatest success in comedy, science-fiction, and action movies. Most famous for John Wick and Leo in the Matrix Quote: "Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they only make you stronger."
Tom Cruise
B: 1962Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards. Most Famous for Top Gun and Mission Impossible. Quote: "I always look for a challange and something that's different."
Keira Knightley
B: 1985Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: English actress. Known for her work in both independent films and blockbusters, particularly period dramas, she has received several accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Most Famous for Pirates of the Caribbean. Quote: "I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them."
Daniel Radcliffe
B: 1989Disabilily: Dyspraxia Success: English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name, and has held various other film and theatre roles. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awards and nominations. Quote: "It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it and stretching yourself to learn."
Steven Spielburg
B: 1946Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Famous for Jurassic Park, Jaws, and Ready Player One. Quote: "Dyslexia... it's more common than you can imagine. You are not alone."
Jennifer Aniston
B: 1969Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career progressed in the 1990s, she has become one of the world's highest-paid actresses. Famous for Friends and The Breakup. Quote: "There are not regrets in life, just lessons."
Emma Watson
B: 1990Disabilily: ADHD Success: English actress and activist. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent films, as well as for her women's rights work, she has received a selection of accolades, including a Young Artist Award and three MTV Movie Awards. Famous for Harry Potter and The Beauty and The Beast. Quote: "I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about."
Tom Holland
B: 1996Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list. Famous for Spider-Man. Quote: "The harder you try, the better the impression you set on the people around you."
Walt Disney
B: 1901 D:1966 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. Famous for creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of Disneyland and Walt Disney World Quote: "If you can dream it, you can do it!"
Sylvester Stallone
B: 1946 Disabilily: Speech Impediment Success: American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, he won his first critical acclaim as an actor for his co-starring role as Stanley Rosiello in The Lords of Flatbush. Famous for Rocky. Quote: "I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going."
Robin Williams
B: 1946 D: 2014Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Famous for Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Jumanji, and Patch Adams Quote: "What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong."
Tim Burton
B: 1958Disabilily: Asperger's syndrome Success: American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood Quote: "Visions are worth fighting for"
Chris Burke
B: 1965Disabilily: Downs Syndrome Success: American actor. He has become best known for his character Charles "Corky" Thatcher on the television series Life Goes On. Quote: "It's not our disabilities, it's our abilities that count."
Jamie Brewer
B: 1985Disabilily: Downs Syndrome Success: American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. Quote: "Take the risk. Take the chance. Put your heart and soul into it, because when you put your soul into it, you will become what you've always dreamed.."
Musicans
Adam Levine
B: 1979Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer and songwriter. He serves as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock band Maroon 5. Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and lead guitarist. Quote: "ADHD isn’t a bad thing, and you shouldn’t feel different from those who don’t have ADHD"
Justin Timberlake
B: 1981Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Quote: "You're not meant to do what is easy, you're meant to challenge yourself."
Cher
B: 1946Disabilily: Dyslexia and dyscalculia Success: American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry. Quote: "I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I shocked a few people."
Ludwig Van Beethoven
B: 1770 D: 1827Disabilily: Deaf and Dyslexic Success: German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. Quote: "...Strive with all our might toward the unattainable, ..."
Ray Charles
B: 1930 D: 2004 Disabilily: Blind Success: American singer, songwriter, pianist and alto saxophonist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Quote: "I never wanted to be famous; I only wanted to be great."
Solange Knowles
B: 1986Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer, songwriter, performance artist, and actress. Quote: "You get educated by travel."
Jewel
B: 1974Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She has received four Grammy Award nominations and, as of 2021, has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Quote: "In the end only kindness matters."
Steven Tyler
B: 1948 Disabilily: ADHD Success: American singer, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, piano and percussion. Quote: "If you don't have a dream, there is no way to make one come true."
Gwen Stefani
B: 1969 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt. She embarked on a solo pop career in 2004. Stefani has won three Grammy Awards. As a solo artist, she has received an American Music Award, a Brit Award, a World Music Award, and two Billboard Music Awards. Quote: "Being dyslexic definitely has had challenges for me in my life, and I will say the dyslexic advantage has probably made me who I am,"
Sujeet Desai
B: -Disabilily: Down Syndrome Success: An accomplished musician who happens to have Down syndrome. He has mastered seven instruments. Quote: "Each Impossible Mission can be made Possible if you put your mind to it and work hard without giving up."
Entrepreneurs
Richard Branson
B: 1950 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: British billionaire, entrepreneur, commercial astronaut and business magnate. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Quote: "Dyslexia is a kind of disability, but actually it's an opportunity if you turn it into such,"
Henry Ford
B: 1863 D: 1947Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American industrialist and business magnate. He was the founder of Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. Quote: "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."
Tommy Hilfigure
B: 1951Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own eponymous menswear line in the 1980s. Quote: "Don't be afraid to reach out for help."
Ingvar Kamprad
B: 1926 D: 2018Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: Swedish billionaire business magnate best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. Quote: "Making mistakes is the privilege of the active."
Bill Gates
B: 1955Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American business magnate, author, investor, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. Quote: "I failed in some subject exams, but my friend passed it all. Now he is an engineer for Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft."
Daymond John
B: 1969Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American businessman, investor, and television personality. He is best known as the founder, president, and chief executive officer of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Based in New York City, John is the founder of The Shark Group. Quote: "I'm dyslexic too and look at where we're at. You can do it too."
David Neeleman
B: 1959Disabilily: Dyslexia and ADHD Success: Brazilian-American businessman and entrepreneur. He has founded five commercial airlines: Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, and Breeze Airways. Along with Humberto Pedrosa and Aigle Azur, he owned 45% of another commercial airline in Europe, TAP Air Portugal. Quote: "If someone told me you could be normal or you could continue to have your ADHD, I would take ADHD,"
Steve Jobs
B: 1955 D: 2011Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American entrepreneur, business magnate, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Quote: "People who think they are crazy enough to change the world are the ones who do."
Jamie Oliver
B: 1975Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: English chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants. Oliver reached the public eye when his series The Naked Chef premiered in 1999. Quote: "Being dyslexic or having special needs is not an excuse or reason for you not to prosper"
Reyn Guyer
B: 1935Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American inventor. Among his notable developments are Twister in 1967 and the NERF ball in 1969. Quote: "My learning disabilities pushed me to discover talents that I wasn’t aware of having. It has also led me to develop products to help others who struggled through school as I did."
Diane Swonk
B: 1962 Disabilily: Dyslexia Success: American economic advisor and chief economist at KPMG US. Quote: "Now I'm very open about my dyslexia. It's part of who I am and what makes me who I am. If you want strategic thinking, come to me. If you want linear thinking, don't come to me."
Collette Divitto
B: 1990 Disabilily: Downs Syndrome Success: Entrepreneur and disability rights activist based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder of Collettey's Cookies. Quote: "A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.."
Scientists
Stephen Hawking
B: 1942 D: 2018Disabilily: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Success: English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world. Quote: "My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with."
Albert Einstein
B: 1879 D: 1955Disabilily: Dyslexic Success: German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Quote: "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Thomas Edison
B: 1847 D: 1931Disabilily: Dyslexia and ADHD Success: American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. Quote: "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
Dr. Temple Grandin
B: 1947Disabilily: Autism Success: American academic and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Quote: "There needs be to a lot more emphasis on what a child can do instead of what they cannot do."
Toby Cosgrove
B: 1940 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American Vietnam War veteran and former heart surgeon. He served as the president and chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic from 2004 until 2017. Quote: "Don't expect everyone to love [your ideas]—they'll hate it"
John Robert Horner
B: 1946 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American paleontologist most famous for describing Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. Quote: "We spatial thinkers seem to 'think outside the box,' and this accounts for our accomplishments. We are the people who most often follow our dreams, who think differently, spatially, inquisitively "
Carol W. Greider
B: 1961Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. Greider discovered the enzyme telomerase in 1984. Greider pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, the ends of the chromosomes. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Quote: "As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later that I figured out that I was dyslexic and that my trouble with spelling and sounding out words did not mean I was stupid, but early impressions stuck with me and colored my world for a time. "
Galileo Galilei
B: 1564 D: 1642Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo. Galileo has been called the "father" of observational astronomy, modern-era classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science. Quote: "The greatest wisdom is the get to know oneself. "
Baruj Benacerraf
B: 1920 D: 2011Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Venezuelan-American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self." Quote: "One can deal with the problems with special techniques and lots of hard work."
Alexander Graham Bell
B: 1847 D: 1922Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885. Quote: "The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action."
Politicians/Lawyer
Ben Carson
B: 1951Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American retired neurosurgeon and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. Quote: "You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life."
John F. Kennedy
B: 1917 D: 1963 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure. Quote: "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
Nelson Rockefeller
B: 1908 D: 1979 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. Quote: "The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything."
Woodrow Wilson
B: 1856 D: 1924 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. Quote: "I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."
David Boies
B: 1941 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.[2] Boies rose to national prominence for three major cases: leading the U.S. federal government's successful prosecution of Microsoft in United States v. Microsoft Corp... Quote: "Embrace a diversity of ideas. Embrace the fact that you can disagree with people and not be disagreeable."
Erin Brockevich
B: 1960 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American legal clerk, whistleblower, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California with the help of attorney Ed Masry in 1993. Quote: "Take a step back, because you can't learn anything under pressure. And don't worry about the label!"
Erna Solberg
B: 1961Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. Quote: "I myself cannot spell. Have never been able to. I do not pay attention to spelling and mix letters."
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
B: 1979 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Quote: "While I have had some struggles, I have been fortunate enough to receive proper help. To be met with knowledge and understanding. To be included."
Princess Beatrice
B: 1988 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of King Charles III and a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Quote: "Dyslexia is not a pigeonhole to say you can't do anything. It is an opportunity and a possibility to learn differently. You have magical brains, they just process differently."
Angela Bachiller
B: 1983Disabilily: Downs SyndromeSuccess: Spanish city councillor for Valladolid and a member of the People's Party. She became Spain's first city councillor with Down syndrome, sworn in on 29 July 2013. Quote: "I have Down's Syndrome but that is not all I am.."
Authors
Patricia Polacco
B: 1944 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American author and illustrator. Famous for Thank You, Mr. Falker, Thunder cake, and Keeping Quilt. Quote: "All Children have gifts, some open them at different times."
Hans Christian Anderson
B: 1805 D:1875 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. Quote: "Where words fail, music speaks."
Dav Pilkey
B: 1966 Disabilily: Dyslexia and ADHDSuccess: Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. Quote: "These 'mistakes' occur in my books for a reason. I have an agenda: I'm secretly trying to inspire kids to create their own stories and comics, and I don't want them to feel stifled by 'perfectionism.'
Henry Winkler
B: 1945 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American actor, comedian, author, producer, and director. After rising to fame as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American television series Happy Days. co-write the Hank Zipzer series of children's books with children's literature author Lin Oliver. Quote: "I had a dream, and I'm living it."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
B: 1896 D: 1940 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. Famous for The Great Gatsby. Quote: "Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."
Jules Verne
B: 1828 D: 1905 Disabilily: ADHDSuccess: French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Quote: "There are no impossible obstacles; there is just stronger and weaker wills, that's all."
Historical Ficures
Napoleon Bonaparte
B: 1769 D: 1821Disabilily: AutismSuccess: Corsica-born French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars Quote: "You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success."
Benjamin Franklin
B: 1706 D: 1790 Disabilily: AutismSuccess: American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, forger and political philosopher. He is one of the Founding Fathers. Quote: "Without continuous growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have not meaning."
George Patton
B: 1885 D: 1945 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: A General in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of World War II. Quote: "Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
Louis Braille
B: 1809 D: 1852 Disabilily: BlindSuccess: French educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system, named braille after him, intended for use by visually impaired people. His system is used worldwide and remains virtually unchanged to this day. Quote: "We must be treated as equals- and communication is the way to bring this about."
Artist
Leonardo Da Vinci
B: 1452 D: 1519 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. Famous for the Mona Lisa. Quote: "Wisdom is the daughter of experience."
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
B: 1475 D: 1564 Disabilily: AutismSuccess: known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.Famous for the statue of David. Quote: "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it... but that our aim is too low and we reach it."
Other
Richard Garner
B: 1988Disabilily: ADHDSuccess: Published Author, Engineer who works at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Degree in Physics. Quote: "There is no greater strength than turning a disability into an asset."
Gail Garner
B: 1958Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Retired Special Education Teacher, Mom, Certified ASL interpreter and teacher, Musicals, DJ, and Artist. Has multiple Master's Degrees. Quote: "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. Find you flavor of genius and grow there."
Elizabeth Drummond
B: 1991 Disabilily: DyslexiaSuccess: Special Education Teacher, Mom, and Crafter. Has a Master's Degree. Quote: "There is nothing you can't do in your own way and at your own speed when you have the right mindset."
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