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Vignettes of Persons who Triumphed over their Disabilities

1. Apolinario Mabini ( sublime paralytic)

- a leader who was known for his intellectual capacity, his principles and his ability to influence persons
and situations and to analyze circumstances.

-Graduated Law in University of Santo Tomas 1888

-He is the "Brains of revolution"

-he wrote "La Revolution Filipina"

-exiled 2 years in Guam and brought back to Philippines on February 26, 1903

He was arrested and taken to San Juan de Dios Hospital

Arturo Acosta Borjal ( The Good Samaritan)

-Died June 6 , 2002

-Known as a "brainy guy"

-Graduated at the top of his class in elementary level with academic honors in Ateneo de Manila
University.

-Graduated with flying colors at the same school taking Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Laws.

Achievements:

-Editor in chief in Ateneo de Manila University

-become President of the Ateneo's debating team and the Supreme Student Council

-Newspaper Man of the Year

-Best Opinion Columnist 1986

-Special Apolinario Mabini Presidential Award 1991

- Outstanding Citizen of Manila 1981

-Distinguised Leadersip Award 1961

- Only Filipino journalist to be elected as President of Manila Overseas Club and the National Press club.
-Executive Director of the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Person

-Aurhors of R.A 7277 ( Magna Carta for Disabled Person )

-One of his column who became remarkable to Filipino is "Jaywalker"

-Wrote the "Book Walking through the Pathways of Life"

Stephen W. Hawking ( the great scientist of the 20th century?

-Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and Theoritical Physics at the University of Cambridge in England.

-His goal is to develop "Grand Unifying Theory" of the entire universe

-He diagnosed with Amyothropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Or Lou Gebrig's Disease

-His book "A brief history of time" became best seller in 1988

Christopher Reeve (Superhero in the eyes of the world's disabled)

-The famous disable man and now the Ambassador for scientific research.

Christopher Reeve (Superhero in the eyes of the world's disabled)

-The famous disable man and now the Ambassador for scientific research.

-show the film "Superman"

-wants to show "conventional wisdom is now falling by the wayside"

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