Itzhak Perlman – His Polio Didn’t Stop Him

Itzhak Perlman – Another Inspiring Handicap Success Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv on August 31, 1945. At the age of four he was stricken with polio, which caused permanent paralysis of his legs, leaving him to rely on crutches and braces for the rest of his life. He is regarded as one of [...]

Jim Abbott – Baseball Player Without Right Hand

Jim Abbott – Role Model for Baseball Player “I have learned that it’s not the disability that defines you…it’s how you deal with what the disability presents you with…I have never felt slighted.” – Jim Abbott James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967 in Flint, Michigan) – Abbott is best known for playing despite having [...]

Disabled People’s Champion – Lorraine Gradwell

Disabled People’s Champion and Chief Executive of Breakthrough UK Awarded MBE Lorraine Gradwell, one of Manchester’s most prominent disabled women has been recognised in the Queen’s Honours list. She has been awarded an MBE. Having been disabled since childhood, Lorraine successfully completed her education at Hollings College, Manchester, and since that time has been a [...]

Rick Hansen – Man In Motion

Paralyzed From Waist Below, Won Six National Titles – What’s Your EXCUSE? Rick Hansen – THE EARLY YEARS Rick Hansen was born August 26th, 1957 in Port Alberni. A natural athlete, he was very passionate about fishing and sports. One day in August 1973, Rick and his friend Don Alder were riding in the back [...]

Vail Horton – Disabled CEO

An entrepreneur teaches his team to overcome obstacles… Vail Horton, the co-founder and CEO of Keen Mobility (keenmobility.com), likes to glide along the hallway of his headquarters in Portland, Ore., on his wooden skateboard, checking in with employees who might need an extra jolt of encouragement or a laugh with their morning coffee. Wearing Dragon [...]

Amar Latif and Traveleyes

He Walk By Faith and Not By Sight! Amar Latif (born December 4th 1974) is a blind entrepreneur, television actor, director, motivational speaker and world traveller. Traveleyes is an amazing business, not because it is groundbreaking, not because its founder is blind, but because it makes money by transforming customers’ lives. On paper, Amar Latif [...]

Michael Ain – Height Doesn’t Matter

Aiming High, Soaring High – Michael Ain If Michael Ain believed in playing the odds, he never would have become a doctor. Rejection letters from more than 20 medical schools–as Ain received–would have convinced most people to change career plans. But more than anything else, Ain wanted to be a doctor. He was smart and [...]

Kurt Fearnley – Be Involved

Be Involved Born without the lower portion of his spine, in the small western nsw town of Carcoar. Kurt Fearnley took up wheelchair racing when he was 14. From pushing his everyday wheelchair as fast as he could down the grass track at school athletics carnivals, to pushing his chair the last five kilometres on [...]

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