Jean Driscoll à has Spina Bifida and is a world-renowned athlete and also a professional speaker.
Harriet Tubman à had epilepsy and had dedicated her life to rescuing slaves and to civil rights, including women's suffrage.
Ann Bancroft à had a learning disability and was an explorer, lecturer, educator, and was the first women to travel across the ice to the North and South Poles.
Marlee Matlin à is deaf at 18 months, won Best Actress Academy Award in 1986 for "Children of a Lesser God", and also an Emmy Winner.
Helen Keller à was blind and deaf; she was the first person, in her condition, to graduate from college. She was a noted speaker, author and crusader for pacifism, women's right to vote and birth control among other causes.
Carrie Fisher à was bipolar and starred in the Star Wars trilogy.
Whoopi Goldberg à has a learning disability; well-known actress.
Barbara Jordan à had multiple sclerosis; was the 1st black women to work in the Texas Senate. After she was confined to a wheelchair in 1973 she was assigned to the House Judiciary Committee and was part of the impeachment of President Nixon.
Evelyn Glennie à hearing impaired; a percussionist from Scotland received a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 1989.
Cher à has dyslexia; well-known singer and actress.
Marla Runyan à visually impaired; in Sydney, she was the 1st legally blind women to compete in the Olympics.
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