Famous people with disabilities - links
Yes, Red Disability has competition! Here are links to just a
few of the other websites featuring celebrities who have disabilities ...
- Wikipedia
lists of famous people with disabilities - a set of lists,
broken down by disability. Some are very thorough, all have links to the Wikipedia
section about the person (where available)
- Famous
Persons with Disabilities
on Tampa Mayor's Alliance for People with Disabilities website - a good
list, broken down alphabetically. Brief info about the people mentioned.
- Council
for Exceptional Children list of famous
people with disabilities - broken down by disability. Very brief
info about the people listed.
- Disease
lists - lists of people who had polio, diabetes, epilepsy, alzheimers,
etc. Broken down by "disease", brief info about the people listed.
A useful reference source, but hardly written from a disability rights point
of view!
- Famous
diabetic people on dlife website - very thorough, broken down by
occupation. Little info about most of the people listed, but a few are profiled
in some detail.
- Diabetes
Music -
details of recording artists with diabetes. Info about the albums recorded
by the featured artists, and links to purchase said CDs (from Amazon)
- Famous
dyslexics - well-presented lists with links to info about the people
listed
- Famous
people with epilepsy - long list, with detailed information about
approximately half of the people listed.
- Famous
people with asthma
on Asthma Initiative of Michegan website - thorough list, broken down
by occupation. Very little info about the people listed, however
- Famous
People with Bipolar Disorder
on Bipolar Disorder Today website - a comprehensive list, broken down by occupation.
No details about the people listed, however.
- Famous
people with coeliac on Celiac Canada website - a short list, but
does have info about the celebrities listed
- Famous
people with autistic traits
- includes both real people and fictional characters (!). Links to information
about the people listed
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