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DISABILITY CELEBRITY QUIZ

Many important people have had forms of learning disabilities. Try to match the description with the name of the important person in the list below. Remember, if they can cope with their disability and succeed, others can too!

1. Albert Einstein
2. Harriet Tubman

C. Magic Johnson

4. Ludwig Beethoven
5. George Patton
6. Tom Cruise

G. Franklin D. Roosevelt

8. Whoopi Goldberg
9. James Earl Jones

______ 1.This composer was deaf when he composed his 9th Symphony.

______ 2.Although paralyzed from polio, this man became governor of new York and

was elected president four times.

______ 3.Known as Darth Vader in Star Wars, this actor overcame stuttering in high school.

______ 4.This Sister Act actress has dyslexia but has succeeded in a movie career.

______ 5.A mathematician and physicist who did not speak until the age of three.

Math and writing were difficult for him.

______ 6.Struck by an overseer as a child, a fractured skull caused this abolitionist to

have narcolepsy the rest of her life. She rescued hundreds of slaves on the

Underground Railroad.

______ 7.This actor is unable to read even today because of dyslexia. He learns lines

by listening to tapes.

______ 8. Famous for his athletic skill on the basketball court, this athlete has a

reading disability.

______ 9.This war hero could not read until the age of twelve, but he became a famous

general in World War II.

See if you can also match the following personal description to the names below:

1. _____As a child he was labeled as slow. He clerked in a village grocery store. He suggested putting slow- moving merchandise on a counter and selling it for five cents. This venture was so successful that it was continued with new goods. He became the principal founder of a chain of five and ten cent stores.

2. _____When he was 12 years old, he could not read, and he remained deficient in reading all his life. However, he could memorize entire lectures which was how he got through school. He became a famous general during WW II.

3. _____He was slow in schoolwork and did not have a successful school experience, but later became a well-known movie producer and cartoonist.

4. _____This noted Englishman had much difficulty in school. He later became a national leader and an English Prime Minister.

5. _____This young boy had difficulty reading but was able to write some of the world's best-loved stories. (including "The Little Mermaid")

6. _____This boy could not talk until the age of four. He did not learn to read until he was nine. His teachers considered him to be mentally slow, unsociable and a dreamer. He failed the entrance examination for college. Ultimately, he developed the theory of relativity.

7. _____He is a famous movie star. He learns his lines by listening to a tape. He suffers from dyslexia.

8. _____This young man had much difficulty reading and throughout his life was unable to read well. However, he was the governor of the state of New York for four terms and later won congressional approval to be appointed vice president of the United States.

~ What can we learn from these examples?