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The following is a list of notable people who have dyslexia. A. Muhammad Ali (1966) Eric Adams (born 1960), American ...
Keller became a world-famous speaker and author. She was an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes. She traveled to twenty-five different countries giving motivational speeches about Deaf people's conditions. [43] She was a suffragist, pacifist, radical socialist, birth control supporter, and opponent of Woodrow Wilson.
This is a list of people with Down syndrome, a condition also known as Down's syndrome or trisomy 21. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. [1] It is typically associated with developmental delays, characteristic physical features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability ...
Javed Abidi – director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in India [1]; Abia Akram – disability rights activist from Pakistan; founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan; prominent figure in the disability rights movement in the country, as well as in Asia and the Pacific; named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021
See also Category:People with disabilities. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. D. Lists of deaf people (6 P) P.
Heumann was a lifelong civil rights advocate for people with disabilities. [4] Her work with governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofits, and various other disability interest groups significantly contributed to the development of human rights legislation and policies benefiting children and adults with disabilities.
Justin Whitlock Dart Jr. (August 29, 1930 – June 22, 2002) was an American activist and advocate for people with disabilities. He helped to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, co-founded the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), and is regarded as the "Godfather of the ADA".
Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman – A British peer and disability rights activist. [34] Theresia Haidlmayr – She had been a politician of Austria's The Greens – The Green Alternative. [35] Freyja Haraldsdóttir – A member of the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly of 2010. [36] [37] [38]