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[257] [258] Hawking was fiercely independent and unwilling to accept help or make concessions for his disabilities. He preferred to be regarded as "a scientist first, popular science writer second, and, in all the ways that matter, a normal human being with the same desires, drives, dreams, and ambitions as the next person". [259]
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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]
Disability advocate who testified before US Congress in 2017 to explain that he regarded the abortion of fetuses with Down syndrome as immoral. b. 1982 United States [49] Grace Strobel: Model, Brand Representative First professional model with Down syndrome to represent an international skincare line. b. 1996 United States [50] Madeline Stuart
Disabled people make up about 3% of the science, technology, engineering and math workforce, according to 2021 data from the National Science Foundation. Scientists with disabilities say that’s in part because labs, classrooms and field sites aren’t designed to accommodate them.
It includes American scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "American scientists with disabilities" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total.
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.
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS HonFRSC [9] [10] (née Crowfoot; 12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was a Nobel Prize-winning English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for structural biology.