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DIFFERENTLY ABLED

The document highlights seven eminent individuals with disabilities, showcasing their achievements and contributions. It includes notable figures such as Vincent Van Gogh, Walt Disney, Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Sudha Chandran, and Helen Keller, each overcoming their challenges to make significant impacts in their respective fields. The summary emphasizes their resilience and the influence of their work on society.

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DIFFERENTLY ABLED

The document highlights seven eminent individuals with disabilities, showcasing their achievements and contributions. It includes notable figures such as Vincent Van Gogh, Walt Disney, Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Sudha Chandran, and Helen Keller, each overcoming their challenges to make significant impacts in their respective fields. The summary emphasizes their resilience and the influence of their work on society.

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7 DIFFERENTLY

ABLED
EMINENT
PERSONS
DONE BY RASHA ANVAR 8B
VINCENT VAN GOGH
• DUTCH PAINTER

Gogh is today regarded


as one of the most
popular Post-
impressionist painters.
Despite only selling one
canvas during his
lifetime, he is famous
for his expressive and
emotive use of vivid
color and brisk
application of
WALT DISNEY
• American entrepreneur, animator,
writer, voice actor, and film producer.

Walt Disney was diagnosed with


Dyslexia, but despite his struggles with
his difference, he created an empire
known as Disney World which is popular
among children.
The world-wide success of the Walt Disney
Company is well known with their popular
movies, shows, and theme parks.
Walt Disney, a dyslexic child born in 1901,
became the founder of Mickey Mouse,
one of the most loved cartoon characters
STEPHEN
• HAWKING
English theoretical physicist

He was Diagnosed with motor


neurone disease in his twenties

he was the first to elaborate an


equation to try to unify general
relativity and quantum physics, a
'theory of everything'. This equation is
called the temperature formula of a
black hole. His idea is that a black
hole is not really such, but it emits
radiation, the so-called 'Hawking
radiation'.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
• Theoretical physicist
He couldn’t talk till he was three and he
wasn’t able to read till he was seven had
learning disability since childhood
Despite such problems he later became the noble
prize winner for his contribution to Physics. His
theory of relativity is considered as a revolutionary
development in Physics. He bagged the Noble
Prize in Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the
Photoelectric Effect and for his research in
Theoretical physics.
THOMAS EDISON
• American inventor

Thomas Edison had hearing problems, learning


difficulties in childhood,could not learn to read
until 12 years old, and was diabeticbut despite
all of this he invented the electric incandescent
lamp (light bulb), also invented the phonograph
(the forerunner of sound reproduction and
sound recordings) and the movie camera
SUDHA
CHANDRAN
• INDIAN ACTRESS AND DANCER
Sudha Chandran is an accomplished
Bharatanatyam dancer who lost her leg
in an accident on one of her return trips
from Mumbai to Chennai. She lost her right
leg and was given an artificial leg. She
overcame her disability with the help of a
Jaipur foot.
Chandran is known for her roles of
Ramola Sikand in Kaahin Kissii
Roz, Yamini in Naagin 1, 2 & 3,
Chitradevi in Deivam Thandha
Veedu, the Tamil remake of Saath
Nibhana Saathiya .
HELEN KELLER
• American author, disability rights
advocate, political activist and lecturer.
Helen Keller was both blind and
deaf But she She founded or co-
founded numerous foundations,
including the American Civil
Liberties Union and several
foundations for the blind. Helen
received numerous awards
throughout her lifetime as a result
of her tireless endeavors, including
the Medal of Honor in 1965

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