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Successful People with Learning Challenges -Past,
Present & Future
Sarah Lamanna,
Resource Teacher
JC Birdlebough High School
Copyright 1996-98 © Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc.
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Excuse or Gift? Successful people do not let their differences
define who they are or limit what they can accomplish.
Throughout history there have been successful people who have learned to compensate for their differences.
The following slides will introduce but a few
from the past and the present.
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Career Areas Include:LiteratureArt & DramaMedicineMusicPoliticsMilitary ScienceMath BusinessHuman Rights
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Can you name some of these successful people from the
Past?
HINT:
This person was a noted composer of symphonies even with a hearing impairment…
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Beethoven !
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Name this writer from the past:HINT: She wrote the sonnet:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
She was a paraplegic.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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An artist from the past who was…
Famous for his cartoon characters and movies
Learning Disabled (LD) and incorrectly labeled as “slow” by his teachers
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Walt Disney
What a sad place this world would be today if Walt had given up!
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Can you name this 4 Star General from WWII ?
He was dyslexic and memorized entire lectures to get through West Point
He and the famous actor who played him share the same first name…
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George S. Patton
Played by George C. Scott
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Name this physicist …
He did not learn to read until he was 9 and was considered mentally slow by his teachers.
He failed the entrance exam for college.
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Albert Einstein
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Name this politician…
Hint:
Suffered from polio
Helped to get the US through the Great Depression and WWII
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Photo taken in Ft. Ontario, NY 1929 !!!
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Name this freedom fighter
She suffered from a traumatic brain injury when she was struck as a child.
She lived in Auburn, NY and was good at rescuing people.
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Harriet Tubman
Helped hundred of slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad
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Now for the PresentName this physicist/mathematician who
wrote the best seller,
A Brief History of Time
He suffers from ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease and can not move much at all.
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Stephen Hawking
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Name this gold medal winner
He suffers from dyslexia
He won the Olympic gold medal for the decathlon- a competition with 10 events!
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Bruce Jenner
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Name this Oscar winner
She is dyslexic and also a successful singer.
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Cher
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This TV actress…
Appeared in The Practice
Is dyslexic
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Lara Flynn Boyle
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This brain surgeon…
Is dyslexic
Is an internationally renowned
pediatric neurosurgeon
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Dr. Fred J. Epstein
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Name this NFL player…
He’s dyslexic
He wore # 91
He was a defensive end
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Neil SmithSan Diego Charger
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Future Successful People…
This spot is RESERVED!
It’s all up to the choices YOU make.
Are you going to make excuses
or meet the challenges!
Hope to see YOU here!