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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
This is a list of multiple Paralympic gold medalists, listing people who have won ten or more gold medals at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed.
The character was created by Gene Roddenberry – a positive role model for disabled people. Toph Beifong – from the show Avatar: The Last Airbender was born blind, but uses her Earthbending abilities to sense vibrations and "see" things that are in contact with the earth. For this reason, she hates flying and sailing, as she lacks contact ...
Hansen is most famous for his Man In Motion World Tour, in which he circled the globe in a wheelchair to demonstrate the potential of people with disabilities if barriers were removed and to raise money to support the removal of additional barriers in the future for people with disabilities in the future.
In 2010 Stephen Wampler decided to push the limits to raise awareness of disabled people and became the first person with Cerebral Palsy to climb Yosemite's El Capitan.The ascent took him six days ...
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.
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 ...
The double gold medallist has called for change in the exposure successful disabled athletes are getting. Richard Whitehead: Too many disabled athletes are known for reality TV shows Skip to main ...