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  2. Helen Keller - Wikipedia

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    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. [44] She was a suffragist, pacifist, radical socialist, birth control supporter, and opponent of Woodrow Wilson.

  3. Joni Eareckson Tada - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.joniandfriends.org. Joni Eareckson Tada (born October 15, 1949) is an American evangelical Christian author, radio host, artist, and founder of Joni and Friends, [1] an organization "accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community". [2][3]

  4. Judith Heumann - Wikipedia

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    Judith Heumann. Judith Ellen "Judy" Heumann (/ ˈhjuːmən /; [2] December 18, 1947 – March 4, 2023) was an American disability rights activist, known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement". [3] She was recognized internationally as a leader in the disability community. Heumann was a lifelong civil rights advocate for people with ...

  5. Category:Lists of people with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    Lists of people with disabilities. 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.

  6. Adam Pearson (actor) - Wikipedia

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    Alma mater. Brighton University. Occupation (s) Actor, television presenter, advocate. Adam Pearson (born 6 January 1985) is a British actor, presenter and campaigner. He appeared in the 2013 film Under the Skin. [1] He has neurofibromatosis and has been involved in outreach programmes to prevent bullying associated with deformities. [2][3]

  7. Bree Walker - Wikipedia

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    2. Bree Walker (born Patricia Lynn Nelson; February 26, 1953) is an American radio talk show host, actress, and disability-rights activist. She gained fame as the first on-air American television network news anchor with ectrodactyly. [1] Walker worked as a news anchor and reporter in San Diego, New York City, and Los Angeles.

  8. Kitty Cone - Wikipedia

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    Kitty Cone. Kitty Cone (April 7, 1944 – March 21, 2015) was an American disability rights activist. [ 1 ] She had muscular dystrophy. [ 2 ] She moved to the California Bay Area in 1972, and began working as a community organizer for the disability rights movement in 1974. [ 3 ][self-published source]

  9. List of disability rights activists - Wikipedia

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    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