This is a partial list of famous persons Alzheimers disease sufferers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require restructuring. ... The following is a list of notable people diagnosed with Crohns disease. ... This is an incomplete list of notable deaf people. ... The following is a list of notable people with dyslexia. ... This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. ... . ... Other famous people, past and present, with Parkinsons include: Brockman Adams, American politician (1927-2004) Muhammad Ali (suffers from pugilistic Parkinsons syndrome) Jack Anderson, US newspaper columnist (1922-2005) Yasser Arafat, Palestinian politician (1929–2004) Jim Backus, American actor (1913-1989) Sir John Betjeman, KBE, Poet Laureate (1906... // Blind from birth Esref Armagan (born 1954), Turkish painter David Blunkett (born 1947), British ex-cabinet minister Sidney Bradford (1906–1960), British case study subject of psychologist Richard Gregory, went blind at 10 months of age, regained sight after a cornea transplant at the age of 52 Tim Cordes, American... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Frank Gardner (journalist) - Prominent BBC journalist who became paralysed after being shot 6 times at point blank range by Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. ... The following people are, or were, afflicted with quadriplegia: Chuck Close - American painter Steven Fletcher - Canadian Member of Parliament, paralysed in an auto accident Stephen Hawking - physicist, afflicted with Motor Neurone Disease Christopher Reeve - actor, lost mobility due to a horse-riding accident Sheikh Ahmed Yassin - leader of Hamas Fictional...
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There are some forms of disability that are rare enough that a list could not be formed from each one. This is mostly for them. Names placed here should be noteworthy and their disability should be self admitted. Historical figures whose disabled status is disputed should therefore not be placed here.
Casey Martin - Professional golfer who has a circulatory disorder in his right leg; successfully filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour under the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2001 for the right to use a golf cart during tournaments.
Disabilitylists Simona Atzori at work in her studio Simona Atzori (June 18, 1974 –) is an artist and dancer who was born in Milan.
Disabled activists, such as Tom Shakespeare (2002), argue that although their impairments may cause them pain or discomfort, what really dis-ables people as members of society is a socio-cultural system which does not recognise their right to genuine equality.
People who are Deaf in particular may see themselves as members of a specific community, properly called the Deaf culture, and so will reject efforts designed to distance them from the central fact of their identity.
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