This presentation lists some famous people that have over come their disabilities. Despite people who did not believe in them.

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2. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
As a lad of nine, he did not know the
letters of the alphabet. He was
though of as dull and backward. He
entered Davidson College, but he had
to withdraw because of illness. Later
he went to Princeton but his grades
were mediocre.
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3. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This famous entertainer has
achieved success in both standup
comedy and movies. Unfortunately,
due to ADHD he found formal
education too challenging and was
unable to complete high school.
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4. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
His head was large at birth. His mother
did not agree with those who felt that
the child was abnormal. He was sent
to school, but the teacher thought him
to be mentally ill. The mother
withdrew the child from school and
taught him herself. As it turned out, he
might have done well in vocational
education.
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5. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
As a child, he was labeled slow. He
clerked in a village grocery store. He
suggested putting slow-merchandise
on a counter and selling it at a reduced
rate. It turned out to be an excellent
idea.
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6. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This woman was born with
Cerebral Palsy which affected
her speech and physical
coordination. She grew up to
become the first actor with a
disability to have a staring role,
staring in the Facts of Life and
most recently Dead wood.
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7. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This was another child who was slow
in school work. About the only thing
this apparently right-brained
individual had going for him was his
vivid imagination, which used to
bother his teachers, especially when
he doodled.
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8. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
He was unable to learn in school due
to abuse at home and suffering
anxiety. He is unable to read or
write. Became an NHL coach for five
different teams and General
Manager. Coached the Montreal
Canadians to their last Stanley Cup
win in 1993 . Now a member of the
Senate
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9. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This statesman could be called
academically disadvantaged. He
failed grade eight, did terrible in
math, and generally hated school. He
continually worked to overcome a
“speech impediment”. Still he was
upset by people who were “inebriated
by the exuberance of their own their
own verbosity”.
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10. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This person had a learning
disability called dysgraphia,
which prevented any
understood or legible written
work. As a result, all material
had to be dictated to a typist/
transcriptionist.
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11. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This person was born with
cerebral palsy. He became
the first comedian to perform
on the Ellen DeGeneres
Show. He also won the Last
Comic Standing,
demonstrating that people
with disabilities can make an
impact. “…signing an
autograph takes 45 minutes”
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12. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
“You care for nothing but shooting,
dogs, and rat-catching; you will be a
disgrace to yourself and your
family.” Considered by all his
teachers and by his father as a very
ordinary boy, rather below the
common standard in intellect. He
went on to define evolution.
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13. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This person believed to have ADHD,
left high school after 4 terms. His
school record was undistinguished,
marked by absenteeism and
lacklustre grades. He later became
a eminent scientist, inventor, and
innovator. He is the father of the
telephone
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14. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
As a boy, he was
afflicted with a
debilitating stutter, and
initially took up acting
only at the urging of his
speech therapist. He has
gone on to become an
Oscar winning actor
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15. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
This person could not talk until the age
of four. He did not learn to read until
he was nine. His teachers considered
him mentally slow, unsociable and
adrift forever in his foolish dreams.
Thought to have Aspergers a form of
Autism. He failed the entrance
examinations to college. He lost three
teaching positions and then became a
patent clerk.
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16. Famous People with Learning Disabilities
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