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@Avro Arrow #1
Terry Fox
Lost his leg to cancer
Notable for the Marathon of Hope, his attempt to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research
Inspired the annual Terry Fox Run, which is now held in over 60 countries
@Avro Arrow #2
Stephen Hawking
Renowned physicist & cosmologist
Paralyzed due to ALS
@Avro Arrow #3
Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist, helped over 300 people escape enslavement through the Underground Railroad
Mostly blind due to an injury inflicted on her by a slave owner in her youth. Also suffered chronic pain and seizures due to the same injury
@Kai "the spy" #1
Joe Shuster
Partially blind, getting worse with age
Shuster was a comics artist, most notably being the co-creator of Superman
@Kai "the spy" #2
Alex Brooker
Congenital deformation of the arms and amputated right leg
Brooker is a British entertainer, co-host of the late night talk show The Last Leg, and has appeared on programs like 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Would I Lie To You, and The Masked Singer
@Kai "the spy" #3
Alan Rickman
Actor
In a true case of making ones disability into a positive, Rickman suffered from an abnormally tight jaw as a child, making it very hard for him to speak. As he grew up, this resulted in his distinctive voice
@auntiehill
Christopher Reeve
Actor, most famous for playing Superman
Paralyzed from the neck down after a horse riding accident, became a disabled people's rights activist and, with his wife, started the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has stated that of Reeve: "In the years following his injury, Christopher did more to promote research on spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders than any other person before or since".
@Avro Arrow #1
Terry Fox
Lost his leg to cancer
Notable for the Marathon of Hope, his attempt to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research
Inspired the annual Terry Fox Run, which is now held in over 60 countries
@Avro Arrow #2
Stephen Hawking
Renowned physicist & cosmologist
Paralyzed due to ALS
@Avro Arrow #3
Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist, helped over 300 people escape enslavement through the Underground Railroad
Mostly blind due to an injury inflicted on her by a slave owner in her youth. Also suffered chronic pain and seizures due to the same injury
@Kai "the spy" #1
Joe Shuster
Partially blind, getting worse with age
Shuster was a comics artist, most notably being the co-creator of Superman
@Kai "the spy" #2
Alex Brooker
Congenital deformation of the arms and amputated right leg
Brooker is a British entertainer, co-host of the late night talk show The Last Leg, and has appeared on programs like 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Would I Lie To You, and The Masked Singer
@Kai "the spy" #3
Alan Rickman
Actor
In a true case of making ones disability into a positive, Rickman suffered from an abnormally tight jaw as a child, making it very hard for him to speak. As he grew up, this resulted in his distinctive voice
@auntiehill
Christopher Reeve
Actor, most famous for playing Superman
Paralyzed from the neck down after a horse riding accident, became a disabled people's rights activist and, with his wife, started the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has stated that of Reeve: "In the years following his injury, Christopher did more to promote research on spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders than any other person before or since".
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