It is pretty difficult to imagine a drummer without a hand and that too a metal/hard rock drummer. Rick Allen is one inspirational musician living with disability who can challenge your imagination. Richard John Cryil Allen (born on Novemember 1, 1963) is the drummer for one of the greatest hard rock band “Def Leppard” since the age of 15.
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May 9, 2012 # 7:35 pm # Living with Disease and Disability, Music # No CommentAdolf Hitler had Parkinson’s Disease?
December 20, 2010 # 8:51 pm # Living with Disease and Disability # No CommentAdolf Hitler, (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945 born in Braunau am Inn, Austria,) was the most well-known German Dictator, who became the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party . He was soon appointed as the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He is said to have suffered from Parkinsonism and Syphillis, the evidence being weak in favor of these …
John F. Nash has Schizophrenia : A Beautiful Mind
August 7, 2010 # 6:20 pm # Living with Disease and Disability # 4 Comments A Beautiful Mind
is one of the all time best movie based on lifestory of Famous Novel Prize winning Economist John F. Nash. It was released in 2001 . John Forbes Nash, Jr.,(born June 13, 1928) was a Nobel Laureate in Economics.
Directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsmanand inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated book of …
Front of the class – Hallmark Hall of Fame
July 3, 2010 # 12:23 pm # Living with Disease and Disability, Movies/serials # No CommentThis movie is based on Brad Cohen’s best-selling and award-winning autobiographical book, “Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had“, co-authored with Lisa Wysocky which describes Cohen’s experiences of growing up with tourette syndrome (TS).
About the movie
Starring Characters
Jimmy Wolk as present-day Brad Cohen
Dominic Scott Cohen as Young Brad Cohen
Treat Williams as Norman Cohen
Sarah Drew as …
Stephen Hawkings has ALS
June 22, 2010 # 7:39 pm # Living with Disease and Disability # 2 CommentsDisease is no bar for Intelligent minds: Hawkings ALS story
Stephen William Hawking who once said “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”, was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England. With degrees like CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA Hawking is a British theoretical physicist, whose scientific career spans over 40 years. His books and public appearances have made him …
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