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Kariveppil Rabiya (born 1966) is a physically disabled social worker from Vellilakkadu, Malappuram, Kerala in India who rose to prominence through her role in the Kerala State Literacy Campaign in Malappuram district in 1990. Her efforts were recognized at a national level by the Government of India on multiple occasions.
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 .
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
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 ...
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Bhagat Puran Singh, [47] [48] founder of Pingalwara, Home of Disabled, Amritsar; Bhai Trilochan Singh Panesar, devoted his life to sewa (service to community and God) and simran (remembrance of God), the two tenets of Sikh life. Ravi Singh, CEO, Khalsa Aid; Alex Sangha, social worker and documentary film producer and Founder of Sher Vancouver
Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda (born 26 January 1988), also known as Girish N. Gowda is paralympic high jumper from India. He was born with a disability in the left leg. He represented India in the 2012 Summer Paralympic games held in London in the men's high jump F-42 category and won the silver medal in the finals with a jump of 1.74 meters using scissors technique. [1]
Roger Crawford (born October 8, 1960) is a tennis player and a motivational speaker. He was the first Division I college athlete to compete with a disability affecting all four limbs. [1]