Famous People with Famous People with DisabilitiesDisabilities

Famous People with Famous People with DisabilitiesDisabilities

Mr. WilliamsMr. Williams

Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolHarbour Pointe Middle School

Who is this person?

• His mother was a school teacher.• Famous actor who is paid up to

$30 million per film.• Is known not only for his roles in

films, but also as someone who donates to several charities.

• He suffers from severe dyslexia, a reading disorder which makes it very difficult to read.

• Because he has such a hard time reading, he has someone record his lines and then listens to the lines to memorize them.

• He is well known for his roles in “The Last Samurai,” Mission: Impossible,” and “Top Gun.”

Tom Cruise

Other Famous People with Dyslexia

Whoopi Goldberg

Tommy Hilfiger

Jewel Danny Glover

Jay Leno Henry Winkler

Who is this person?

• Began his career as a stand-up comedian.

• Got started in acting on the television show “Mork and Mindy”.

• Has not let his lifelong struggle with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) get in his way.

• Has been in several movies, including, “Flubber,” “Patch Adams,” and “Good Will Hunting,” for which he won an Academy Award for Actor in a Supporting Role.

Robin Williams

Other famous people with ADHD

Bill Cosby Alexander GrahamBell

Jim Carrey

John Lennon Steven Spielberg Michael Jordan

Who is this person?

• Began his career in 1964 in the Stanley Kubrick movie “Dr. Strangelove”.

• Has won two Tony Awards for his acting.

• Began taking acting lessons to help control his stuttering.

• Is well known for his voice – one of the most widely recognized voices in show business.

• Admits that he still needs to think before he speaks to avoid stuttering.

James Earl Jones

Better known as the voice of Darth Vader!

Other Famous People with Speech Difficulties

BruceWillis

JuliaRoberts

JimmyStewart

SylvesterStallone

Who is this person?

• He is one of the worlds leading cosmological scientists.

• He has 12 honorary degrees.• He is considered by many to be

the most brilliant scientist since Einstein.

• He is the best-selling author of the book, “A Brief History of Time,” published in 1988.

• He has ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs Disease, which progressively weakens muscles.

• He has not been able to feed himself since 1974. Stephen Hawking

Other famous people withphysical disabilities.

Ray Charles

Stevie Wonder

Both musicians,

both blind.

Marlee Matlin – Oscar WinningActress

Ludwig von Beethoven – World Famous Composer

Both Deaf!

Who is this person?• Didn’t speak until he was three.• Didn’t read until he was nine.• His parents feared he was

mentally retarded when he was a small child.

• He hated math in school, and dropped out in eighth grade.

• He is considered to be one of the most brilliant people to have ever lived.

• He developed the Theory of Relativity, and attempted to explain the relationship between time and space.

• Had an undiagnosed learning disorder, and many believe he may have even been autistic.

Albert Einstein

“If you think you can do a thing or think you can't

do a thing, you're right.”

-Henry Ford