British pilot, Douglas Bader, established himself as a war hero and an ace flyer after losing both his legs in a plane crash.
One of the world’s greatest music composers, Ludwig van Beethoven (known for his legendary composition “symphony”), composed music even after he became completely deaf in 1817.
Sarah Bernhardt, a French actress, continued to act in movies after she lost a leg in 1914.
Being blind did not prevent, Louis Braille, from inventing the Braille printing technique which uses raised dots to enable blind people to read by feeling the text with their fingers.
Spanish author, Miguel de Cervantes, penned literary masterpiece “Don Quixote” after he lost an arm in a battle.
After losing a leg to cancer, Canadian athlete Terry Fox, raised funds for a cancer charity through long distance running.
Paralysed by a gun attack while reporting from Saudi Arabia in 2004, television reporter Frank Gardner resumed duty with the British Broadcasting Corporation.
British physicist Stephen Hawking, suffers from motor neurone disease which has confined him to a wheel chair. He speaks with the aid of a voice synthesizer. But, that did not deter him from becoming the celebrated author of “A Brief History of Time.”
Blind and deaf Helen Keller was a renowned author and lecturer.
British Admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson, lost an arm and an eye in a battle. But, he posted many naval victories including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The four time US president, Franklin. D. Roosevelt, was crippled by polio and spent most of his time on wheelchair.
Negative attitude is the greatest disability in the world. Surely the above listed are not disabled rather challenged ....
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