Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind
7. Andrea Bocelli -blind, singer

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind
7. Andrea Bocelli -blind, singer
8. Itzhak Perlman, Polio victim, world famous violinist

oh...technically Helen Keller was NOT mute. She learned to speak and used her voice through out her life. She is generally regarded as Deaf-Blind. Sorry but "mute" is a hanging munckin of mine but I understand the history of the word in the deaf community too...its somewhat better than..."dumb" another word that has history- but we'll save that for another thread.

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind
7. Andrea Bocelli -blind, singer
8. Itzhak Perlman, Polio victim, world famous violinist
9. Homer - Greek poet, reportedly blind from birth

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind
7. Andrea Bocelli -blind, singer
8. Itzhak Perlman, Polio victim, world famous violinist
9. Homer - Greek poet, reportedly blind from birth
10. Franklin D Roosevelt, Polio, Ex USA President

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind
7. Andrea Bocelli -blind, singer
8. Itzhak Perlman, Polio victim, world famous violinist
9. Homer - Greek poet, reportedly blind from birth
10. Franklin D Roosevelt, Polio, Ex USA President
11. Goya
Spanish painter (1746-1828): At age 46, an illness left him deaf. He went on to create the most famous Spanish art of the 19th century.

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind
7. Andrea Bocelli -blind, singer
8. Itzhak Perlman, Polio victim, world famous violinist
9. Homer - Greek poet, reportedly blind from birth
10. Franklin D Roosevelt, Polio, Ex USA President
11. Goya
Spanish painter (1746-1828): At age 46, an illness left him deaf. He went on to create the most famous Spanish art of the 19th century.

12. Christopher Reeve.

Re: Baker's Dozen
 

13 famous disabled people (living or dead)

1. Heather Whitestone, deaf, Miss America 1995
2. Steven Hawking, ALS
3. Mike Nemesvary, tetraplegic, former Freestyle Ski Champion and founder of Back-Up
4. Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf, music composer
5. Heather Mills McCartney, lower limb loss, Model
6. Helen Keller - deaf, mute, blind
7. Andrea Bocelli -blind, singer
8. Itzhak Perlman, Polio victim, world famous violinist
9. Homer - Greek poet, reportedly blind from birth
10. Franklin D Roosevelt, Polio, Ex USA President
11. Goya
Spanish painter (1746-1828): At age 46, an illness left him deaf. He went on to create the most famous Spanish art of the 19th century.
12. Christopher Reeve.
13. John Nash Mathematician/schizophrenia

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1. You are so Beautiful to Me