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Disability Awareness

Horizontales
Lost almost all of his hearing when he was about 12 years old probably from scarlet fever but he believes otherwise. He was also the inventor of the light bulb and phonograph.
A Congresswoman and an Iraq War Veteran that was a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, in 2004. The first Army woman to fly combat missions during OIF. She was awarded the Purple Heart for her combat injuries. Her helicopter was shot down.
He was the 32nd President and had to use a wheelchair as a result of contracting polio in 1921. He inspired and directed the March of Dimes program and eventually funded the polio vaccine.
It is the most common chromosomal condition diagnosed in the U.S. Each year 6000 babies are born in the U.S. with it. It occurs in about 1 out of every 700 babies.
Helped free slaves via the Underground Railroad but also experienced seizures, severe headaches, and narcoleptic episodes from epilepsy after being hit in the head as a teenager protecting a fellow slave.
She holds the American women's records in several running events and was the first legally blind person to compete in the Olympics. In 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney she finished 8th in the 1,500 meter run.
Verticales
The first quadriplegic to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was injured while in the Boy Scout Explorer program when he was 16. In 1994, he became the nation's youngest Secretary of State, and in 200, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1973 first legislative effort to secure equal playing field for individuals with disabilities.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Born and raised in Hawaii, enlisted in the Army in 1942, lost his right arm in battle in 1945 and received a Purple Heart. He also became Hawaii's first congressman in 1959 and in 1962 was first elected to the U.S. Senate where he served almost 50 years.
A warrior who lost her leg in battle, was fitted with an iron prosthesis and returned to battle between 3500 and 1800 BC.