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Note: This category's interpretation of disability is quite broad, and may include people with medical conditions that may not typically be considered disabled. See also Category:People with disabilities .
Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, disabled rights activist and member of the House of Lords (born with spinal muscular atrophy) Sir Winston Churchill , MP between 1901 and 1964, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; in his second premiership (1951–55) became increasingly deaf (condition onset 1949) and a wheelchair user ...
Javed Abidi – director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in India [1]; Abia Akram – disability rights activist from Pakistan; founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan; prominent figure in the disability rights movement in the country, as well as in Asia and the Pacific; named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021
Owen starts the series as non-disabled but catches meningitis. His mobility and speech are both profoundly affected and the actor used his own condition, Cerebral Palsy, and his experience of having to learn to walk again after major surgery to portray the character's journey through rehabilitation. Zak Ford-Williams [124] 2024 Matthew Shardlake
American disabled sportspeople (5 C, 190 P) W. American wheelchair users (2 C, 112 P) American writers with disabilities (387 P)
Mary Lou Spiess (1931–1992) – American designer of disabled fashion, paralyzed as a result of polio. [37] Darryl Stingley (1951–2007) – American football player, paralyzed in a 1978 exhibition game. [38] Sam Sullivan (born 1959) – Canadian politician, mayor of Vancouver from 2005 to 2008. Paralyzed in a skiing accident at age 19. [39]
Pages in category "Indian disabled sportspeople" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek (παραπληγίη) "half-stricken".It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural (brain) elements of the spinal canal.