*For Gray days, colorful umbrellas* by Olga Dominguez https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb OLGA DOMINGUEZ--___-- en-us 2021-11-30 19:24:03 UTC 2023-07-26 11:00:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921261987 SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS
COCLE EXTENSION.
FACULTY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PEDAGOGY.
 SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PEDAGOIA.
  BACHELOR IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
   SEMESTER EXAM.
    SUBJECT: ENGLISH.
     TEACHER: AMILKAR ARROCHA.
      STUDENT: OLGA DOMINGUEZ.
     VI SEMESTER.
            2021
]]> 2021-11-30 19:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921261987 Nick Vujicic. olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921290420 Is another of the famous people with disabilities recognized worldwide.
He is the founder of Life Without Limbs, an organization for people with disabilities.
Vujicic was born in 1982 without limbs. He says that as a child he suffered ridicule and discrimination and that he tried to commit suicide but that over time he learned to see his own potential.
He currently gives motivational talks all over the planet, has written several books and is a regular on social gatherings and TV shows. He became very famous by starring in the moving short film "The Butterfly Circus."

]]> 2021-11-30 19:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921290420 STEPHEN HAWKING olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921303632 Theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, cosmologist and eminence in the field of scientific popularization, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at age 21: they gave him 2 more to live. He has been paralyzed from head to toe for more than thirty and uses a voice synthesizer to communicate and a wheelchair that he manages through slight movements of the head and eyes.
None of this has prevented him from developing his activity as an exemplary researcher and teacher and an intense personal life that has allowed him to make his disease known to the world. Become one of the most recognizable characters of our time, his story was made into a movie in the movie "The Theory of Everything."]]> 2021-11-30 19:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921303632 ANDREA BOCELI olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921311708
Italian-born tenor, musician, writer and music producer Andrea Bocelli has sold more than 75 million records.
He was born with congenital glaucoma that left him partially blind, something that did not prevent him from taking piano lessons at the age of six. But at age 12 he suffered a blow during a soccer game that left him completely blind. Endowed with an innate spirit of self-improvement, he decided to focus entirely on music, specifically singing. He also studied law.
Bocelli has received numerous prestigious international awards and even has a beach named after him on the shores of the Adriatic.]]> 2021-11-30 19:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921311708 ALI STROKER olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921332705 When she was 2 years old, Ali Stroker was involved in a car accident that caused her paraplegia.
Stroker was a finalist on the reality show The Glee Project and was the first person in a wheelchair to appear on a Broadway stage in the play Spring Awakening. In 2019, the actress won the Tony Award for Best Musical Actress for the play Oklahoma !, becoming the first person with a disability to receive the award.]]> 2021-11-30 20:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921332705 AaRON FOTHERINGHAM olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921342517
In addition to being one of the most inspiring celebrities with disabilities, Aaron Fotheringham is also one of the best-known skateboarders in the world. His speciality? Skater in a wheelchair.
In his childhood, Aaron underwent several unsuccessful hip operations that forced him to permanently use a wheelchair. Even so, he continued to practice a sport that he was passionate about, adapting it to his disability. In 2005 Aaron Fotheringham made a great 180 degree jump and in 2006 he performed the first wheelchair somersault in history. Since then his feats and challenges are an example for hundreds of people]]> 2021-11-30 20:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1921342517 olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923740502 Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things)

The Stranger Things star has conquered the audience with his peculiar way of smiling, caused by a genetic disease called cleidocranial dysplasia (CDD).

]]> 2021-12-01 20:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923740502 olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923743225 George Robinson (Sex Education)

George Robison plays Isaac on the Netflix series Sex Education. Like the character, Robinson has a spinal cord injury that prevents him from moving his arms and legs.

]]> 2021-12-01 20:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923743225 olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923745361 R.J. Mitte is the son of Walter White in Breaking Bad and, like his character, he has mild cerebral palsy.

]]> 2021-12-01 20:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923745361 olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923748811 Kiera Allen (Corre)

Recently, Kiera Allen captured the Hollywood spotlight for her starring role opposite Sarah Paulson in Run 
]]> 2021-12-01 20:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923748811 olgadominguez5 https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923751373 Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. ]]> 2021-12-01 20:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/olgadominguez5/6ogm2smuhonzp6qb/wish/1923751373