Help the Graduate Student with a Course Assignment? Profile of Adult with "Mild-Moderate" Disabilities

As some of you know, I'm a graduate student at Holy Names University in Oakland, working on an M.Ed. and a certificate in educational therapy.  This term I'm taking a class in "mild-moderate" disabilities.  We're required to write two short essays:    

You will complete two one-page profiles of TWO well-known individuals with a mild-moderate disability.  The exercise is to collect and share with class colleagues someone whose life has been productive, inspirational, and can serve as a role model for students with that disability.  The role models can be historic figures or living.  Describe each person's disability and a statement about his/her unique contributions.  Cite your source of information for each.

Personally, I'm fed up with the "famous person X has disability Y!" meme.  I don't think it is as helpful as stories about every-day people who are living full lives with disabilities.

I've written a lot of  profiles of "high achieving dyslexics" http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/high_achieving_dyslexics/

I'd like to write a profile of a non-famous person, other than dyslexics.

Dear readers, if any of you would like to volunteer your story, please feel free to email me privately (ponytrax@batnet.com) If any of you have suggestions of someone other than yourself to profile, please feel free to post it here in the comments, or email me.

Comments

[whitney]

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[Kia (good enough mama)]

I'd love to help you out, but I can't. That is, unless Housecleaning is an academic subject. This is an area where I am definitely learning disabled... :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love seeing new commentors. :)

Kia