Famous People with Learning Differences

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Famous People with Learning Differences
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Celebrity Quiz

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• See if you can 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 school work 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.
• 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.

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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.
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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.
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3. He was slow in school work and did not have a
successful school experience, but later became a
well- known movie producer and cartoonist.
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4. This noted Englishman had much difficulty in
school. He later became a national leader and an
English Prime Minister.
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5. This young boy had difficulty reading but was
able to write some of the world's best loved
stories.
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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.
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7. He is a famous movie star. He learns his
lines by listening to a tape. He suffers from
dyslexia.
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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.
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Celebrity Quiz

• Answers to the Celebrity Quiz1. d, 2. g, 3. b,
  4. e, 5. f, 6. a, 7. h, 8. c.

 a. Albert Einstein e. Winston Churchill b. Walt
Disney f. Hans Christian Anderson c. Nelson
Rockefeller g. George Patton d. F.W. Woolworth h.
Tom Cruise
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lbert_Einstein.html
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ton_Churchill.html
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alt_Disney.html
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rsen_Hans_Christian.html
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elson_Rockefeller.htmlp4
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atton_George_Smith.html
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worth.html
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ruise_Tom.html
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• Famous People with Disabilities
• Sarah Bernhardt French actress (1844-1923)
  Disabled by a knee injury, her leg amputated in
  1914, she continued starring on stage until just
  before her death. She is regarded as France's
  greatest actress -- "The Divine Sarah". 
• Beethoven Composer Was deaf when he composed
  his 9th symphony.
• Winston Churchill had a learning disability.
• Walt Disney had a learning disability.
• Edison Had a learning disability. He couldn't
  read until he was twelve years old and had a very
  difficult time writing even when he was older.
• Albert Einstein Mathematician/Physicist Had a
  learning disability and did not speak until age
  3. He had a very difficult time doing math in
  school. It was very hard for him to express
  himself through writing.
• Goya Spanish painter (1746-1828) At age 46, an
  illness left him deaf. He went on to create the
  most famous Spanish art of the 19th century.
• Alexander Graham Bell had a learning disability.
  
• Stephen Hawking physicist/mathematician has Lou
  Gehrigs Disease and is in a wheelchair. He needs
  a computer to speak.
• Milton English Author/poet (1608-1674) He
  became blind at age 43. He went on to create his
  most famous epic, Paradise Lost.
• George Patton This World War II General had a
  learning disability.
• Nelson Rockfeller, former Vice President had a
  learning disability dyslexia.
• President Roosevelt At age 39, his legs were
  paralyzed by polio. He became governor of New
  York state and was elected president four times.
• Harriett Tubman Abolitionist (1830-1913) As a
  child she was struck by an overseer. The blow
  fractured her skull and resulted in narcolepsy
  for the rest of her life. She rescued hundreds of
  slaves on the underground railroad. 
• Werner Von Braun had a learning disability and
  often flunked his math tests in high school.
• George Washington Had a learning disability. He
  could barely write and had very poor grammar
  skills.
• Woodrow Wilson U.S. President from 1913-1921.
  Had a learning disability -- was severely
  dyslexic.

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