The WORLD’s most famous people with disabilities

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This is another comprehensive list of famous people dealing with disabilities (I didn’t know Walt Disney suffered with dyslexia!).  It has categories such as:

• Actors
• Athletes
• Heroes of the armed forces
• Mathematicians
• Politicians
• Recording artists
• and more!

[Celebrities and Famous People with Disabilities in History]

Films involving disabilities

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This features movies that deal with disabilites such as amnesia, autism, blindness, cancer, deafness, disfigurment, learning disabilites, and more.

This site represents a detailed list of over 3,000 feature films & documentaries which involve in one way or another various disabilities.  It is directed towards teachers, students and anyone who has an interest in how disaility is represented in films.

Films are listed in categories and Major and Minor films.  Each film is either reviewed or includes a summary and links to further information.

[Disability Films]

Political graveyard: Politicians with physical disabilites

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This is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet’s most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 180,022 politicians, living and dead.  It arranged alphabetically and covers federal officials, state officeholders and candidates, federal/state judges and mayors.

Very interesting.

[ThePoliticalGraveyard]

Famous people with dyslexia and other learning disabilities

Another inspiring site dedicated to famous people overcoming learning disabilities.

Look for information about successful people with LD and/or AD/HD, in the following categories:

Artists & Artisans	Legal & Political Figures
Athletes	Medical Professionals
Business Leaders	Musicians
Community Advocates	Scientists
Entertainers & Celebrities	Writers & Media Professionals
Explorers

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Famous people with disabilities

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Get a peek into how many famous people are overcoming various disabilities:

• Celebrities (like Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Dempsey),
• Politicians
• Musicians

[Famous People with Disabilities]

Free criminal searches

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Do you really know who these people are? We associate with them and even invite them in our homes. Do they have a criminal background? Are your children safe with them? Find out now for FREE!

Neighbor, babysitter, nanny Cleaning service, janitor Construction workers School teachers Electrician, plumber, gardener

Your children’s friends Locksmith Acquaintances Hedge fund managers Activist shareholders

This site gives you a free criminal check for anyone in the United States.  It reveals the following offenses:

• Behavioral
• Business
• Drugs & Alcohol
• Sex related
• Theft/Robbery
• Violent
• Traffic & other

It gives the person’s date of birth, aliases, sentence type & details, and lots more!

[Criminal Searches]

Capitol Words: An at-a-glance view of lawmakers’ issues

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Would you like to know which issues lawmakers address on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis?  Capitol Words lets you see what are the  most popular words spoken by lawmakers on the House and Senate floor.

You can also see who are the most vocal or quietest members of Congress (i.e., those who have the most or least words attributed to them in the Congressional Record, including via extended remarks).

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