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A disability may be readily visible, or invisible in nature. Some examples of invisible disabilities include intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mental disorders, asthma, epilepsy, allergies, migraines, arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. [1]
See also Category:People with disabilities. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. D. Lists of deaf people (6 P) P.
Keller became a world-famous speaker and author. She was an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes. She traveled to twenty-five different countries giving motivational speeches about deaf people's conditions. [43] She was a suffragist, pacifist, Christian socialist, birth control supporter, and opponent of Woodrow Wilson.
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
Documentary films about people with disabilities (10 C, 62 P) Fictional characters with disabilities (13 C, 59 P) A. People with amnesia (1 C, 20 P) Amputees (12 C, 7 P)
Puerto Rican people with disabilities (2 C, 17 P) A. American activists with disabilities (303 P) American actors with disabilities (1 C, 271 P) American amputees (516 P)
LGBTQ actors with disabilities (24 P) A. Actors with albinism (7 P) Amputee actors (22 P) Autistic actors (74 P) B. Blind actors (18 P) D. Deaf actors (3 C, 1 P)
"SDS confers the President's Award for artists and activists who embody the goals of the Society, reiterating our commitment to all kinds of work in disability studies. SDS recognizes Judy Heumann for her five-decade career as a disabled activist who has changed the lives of every single disabled person in the United States and across the globe.