Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jason McElwain was born on October 20, 1988, to David and Debbie McElwain, and was diagnosed with autism at two years old. [4] [5] Jason and his family lived in Greece, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York. [4] He initially struggled when interacting with other children, but began to develop social skills as he grew older. [6]
Breanna Clark (born November 4, 1994) is an American Paralympic athlete who has competed in T20 category races. She was diagnosed with autism at age four. [ 1 ]
The inaugural winner of the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award at the 2005 ceremony was an American swimmer named Erin Popovich, who is affected by achondroplasia. She won seven gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens . [ 7 ]
She was voted the Greatest Female Athlete of the first half of the 20th century by the Associated Press. The Williams sisters have redefined women in tennis and are credited with pioneering a game ...
For one day, a mother of a middle school kid with autism didn't have to worry if her son was eating lunch alone. That's because one Florida State football player made sure Bo Paske had a lunch buddy.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a type of brain damage that has been found in 345 of 376 deceased former National Football League (NFL) players, according to a 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center, which has led the effort to diagnose CTE cases.
Jim Sinclair, autism rights activist. [44] Witold Smętek, Polish athlete and record holder. Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for Portugal. Georgina Somerset (née Turtle) (1923-2013), first openly intersex person in the UK; active in the media from the mid-1960s. [45]
You know their songs, but what you don't know about some of your favorite singers is that they were pretty talented athletes before their careers took off. 15 famous musicians you'd never guess ...