I AM NOT A LABEL: 34 DISABLED ARTISTS, THINKERS, ATHLETES AND ACTIVISTS FROM PAST AND PRESENT

By Cerrie Burnell

Illustrated by Lauren Mark Baldo

Hardcover, 34 pages, 2020.

Wide Eyed Editions (Quarto Group)

disability is a reduction of function or the absence of a particular body part or organ. It can be a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities.

A disability is not a handicap unless it becomes a disadvantage that makes progress or success difficult.

So Stevie Wonder’s blindness is a disability but it wasn’t a handicap in his music career.

I love these inspiring stories from disabled persons around the world who overcame great odds to succeed in fulfilling their dreams, the author included.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Gustav Kirchhoff

Henri Matisse

Eliza Suggs

Helen Keller

Frida Kahlo

John Nash

Stephen Hawking

Temple Grandin

Stevie Wonder

Nabil Shaban

Terry Fox

Peter Dinklage

Catalina Devandas

Wanda Diaz-Merced

Victor Pineda

Arunima Sinha

Abraham Lincoln,

Demi Lovato

Matt Haig

Redouan Ait Chitt

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

Farida Bedwei

Jonas Jacobsson

Trischa Zorn

Ade Adepitan

Stella Young

Lady Gaga

Naoki Higashida

Isabella Springmuhl Tejada

Aaron Philip

Michelle Akers

Lil Wayne

Dynamo

        

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