Is it for MS Word or is it for pdf documents? Subramani
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roopakshi Pathania Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Skim Reading The Skim Reading feature lets you quickly browse through long documents by reading the first part of each paragraph. To begin skim reading in a document, press CTRL+INSERT+DOWN ARROW. By default, JAWS reads the first line of each paragraph, but you can choose to read the first sentence of each paragraph instead or set up your own skim reading rules. To change your skim reading preferences, press CTRL+SHIFT+INSERT+DOWN ARROW. --- On Mon, 1/19/09, silpa <[email protected]> wrote: > From: silpa <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] Skim Reading > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 6:03 PM > Hi all, > > What is meant by Skim Reading? > In what circumstances, do we use this command and what is > the exact function of this command? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Awaiting for your quick and valuable rdesponse, > Thanks and regards, > Silpa. > > > > On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 [email protected] > wrote : > >Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > >or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > >You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is > more specific > >than "Re: Contents of AccessIndia digest..." > > > > > >Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Listeners Digest, Audio magazine (mukesh > jain) > > 2. Fw: [humanrightsactivist] IAS Preliminary Exam > 2009 > > Notification, Last Date 5th Jan 2009 (Pradeep > banakar) > > 3. The world's famous disabled people (Pradeep > banakar) > > 4. need an ebook (l pavan) > > 5. Need a E-book on body language (vinod benjamin) > > 6. vishal introduc to u (vishal tayal) > > 7. introducing myself vishal (vishal tayal) > > 8. a good news for hotmail users (ashish) > > 9. Re: The world's famous disabled people (K > .RAGHURAMAN) > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:04:54 +0530 > > From: mukesh jain <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [AI] Listeners Digest, Audio magazine > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > >respected sir, thank you very much for your kind reply. > i really feel > >fortunate to be on this list when i get such a nice > reply and people > >noting down each other's mistakes and teaching such > a good things. so > >thank you very much again and beg for your kind > coperation forever. > >thanking you, > >with regards, > >mukesh jain. > > > >On 1/17/09, vinod benjamin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear sir, > > > > > > That is your connectivity speed, but the > downloading speed is some were > > > between 0KBPS to 40 KBPS and 50 KBPS max, some > times in BSNL broad band. > > > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > Vinod Benjamin, > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of mukesh jain > > > Sent: Saturday, 17 January, 2009 1:49 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [AI] Listeners Digest, Audio > magazine > > > > > > hullo sir, first of all, thank you very much for > your kind reply. i > > > think there is nothing to crash stock exchange or > to say or exaggerate > > > this issue. when i open my internet connnection > my screen reader says > > > sxc is now connectted speed: 230 kbps since i am > using tataindicom sxc > > > is the shortcut refered for this connection and > if i am wrong i > > > think this list is to communicate one other's > mistake in polite way. > > > if i am wrong i request the moderator of this > group to kindly bring my > > > mistake in to my notice. in my view, one could > only say that your > > > calculations are not right. but if one consider > that before making any > > > mistakes one should not post any message that is > not right because > > > here we are to teach each others and learn from > each other many > > > things. sorry if i am wrong again. > > > thanking you, > > > with regards, > > > mukesh jain. > > > > > > On 1/17/09, Amarjit Powar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> Hi Mukesh, > > >> Your math calculations would have brought a > crash in the DOWS or > > > crrippled > > >> the Mumbai Stock Exchange. hahaha!. > > >> Your speed is just a little half of mine. > You should be able to download > > >> the 188 MB file in about twenty minutes at > the most with all > > > fluctuations > > >> considered and not in 5 hours as you seem to > imply. Give it a try and > > > post > > >> the results on AI. > > >> Amarjit > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "mukesh jain" > <[email protected]> > > >> To: <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 10:17 PM > > >> Subject: Re: [AI] Listeners Digest, Audio > magazine > > >> > > >> > > >>> HULLO SIR, I AM USING TATAINDICOM TO USE > THE INTERNET. MY INTERNET > > >>> SPEED IS 230 KBPS AND AS PER THIS SPEED, > IT CAN TAKE ME APPROXIMATELY > > >>> 5 HOURS TO DOWNLOAD THE SAID FILE. SO > COULD ANYONE SUGGEST ME THE > > >>> BETTER SPEED OPTION? I DO NOT WANT TO USE > ANY LANDLINE TO SURF THE NET > > >>> AND I PREFER WIRELESS CONNECTION. HOPE I > AM CLEAR ENOUGH TO PRESENT MY > > >>> QUERY. > > >>> YOUR KIND COPERATION IN THIS REGARD IS > HIGHLY SOLICITED. > > >>> WITH REGARDS, > > >>> MUKESH JAIN. > > >>> > > >>> On 1/17/09, mukesh jain > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> On 1/17/09, Amarjit Powar > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> Hi Harish: > > >>>>> Downloaded it...took 5 min and > 29 sec to download this 188 MB file > > >>>>> atspeeds > > >>>>> varying between 579 to 591 KBps. > What are your speeds like there in > > >>>>> India? > > >>>>> . > > >>>>> Heard a part of the previous one, > but the narrator seemed to have been > > >>>>> sitting a little too far from the > microphone. Have her sit a little > > >>>>> closer > > >>>>> ... > > >>>>> Amarjit > > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > > >>>>> From: "Kotian, H P" > <[email protected]> > > >>>>> To: > <[email protected]> > > >>>>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 > 2:21 AM > > >>>>> Subject: [AI] Listeners Digest, > Audio magazine > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Hello all > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Here is the jan issue of the > captioned subject to download. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Description: Listeners digest > Jan 09 issue audio magazine > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> You can use the following > link to retrieve your file: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > http://www.sendspace.com/file/apjn44 > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Harish > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > ________________________________ > > >>>>>> Notice: This email and any > files transmitted with it are confidential > > >>>>>> and > > >>>>>> intended solely for the use > of the individual or entity to whom they > > >>>>>> are > > >>>>>> addressed. 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Groups blog > > > >Stay up to speed > > > >on all things Groups! > >. > >__,_._,___ > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 3 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:56:39 +0530 > > From: "Pradeep banakar" > <[email protected]> > >Subject: [AI] The world's famous disabled people > >To: <[email protected]> > >Cc: [email protected], > [email protected], > > [email protected], [email protected], > > [email protected] > >Message-ID: > <002201c9795f$a5cb2de0$0201a...@sandeep> > >Content-Type: > text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >taken from another mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > >The world's famous disabled people > >www.swardeep.org > > > >The world's famous disabled people! And through > this list I want to > >spread this message to all people that god with us > don't worry. > >Albert Einstein > >The Mathematician/Physicist who had a learning > disability and did not > >speak until age 3. He had a very difficult time doing > maths in school. > >It was also very hard for him to express himself > through writing. > >Christopher Reeve > >Never has a person with a disability commanded so much > media attention > >in recent history. Christopher Reeve, crippled after a > horse-riding > >injury, wants to be up on his feet & wants to help > others stand > >confident too. His life is now dedicated to harnessing > the power of > >medical research to get up & ride again. > >David Blunkett > >The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP is without doubt > Britain's most famous > >guide dog owner. Often photographed with his guide dogs > - Ted, Offa > >and Lucy - David Blunkett also holds the powerful > political post of > >Home Secretary. Joining the Labour party aged 16, he > was elected to > >Sheffield City Council aged 22. He was the council > leader from 1980 to > >1987 until he was elected MP for Sheffield Brightside. > Seen as the > >archetypal municipal Socialist, he is in many senses a > traditional > >Labour man - beard-wearing and blunt-talking. Arguably, > he is a role > >model for disabled people who just want to get on with > their lives. > >Edison > >Edison had a learning disability. He couldn't read > until he was twelve > >years old and had a very difficult time writing even > when he was older. > >Franklin D. Roosevelt > >Roosevelt had Polio, was governor of New York State > then elected > >President of the United States for 4 terms. > >George Washington > >Had a learning disability. He could barely write and > had very poor > >grammar skills. > >Goya > >Spanish painter (1746-1828): At age 46, an illness left > him deaf. He > >went on to create the most famous Spanish art of the > 19th century. > >Helen Keller > >(Devoted Life to Persons with Disabilities) She was > Blind, Deaf, and Mute > >Ian Dury > >movement/walking disability, resulting from polio. Hits > from 1978 > >("Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick") into > 1980's. Recorded "Spasticus > >Autisticus" which was banned from radio, not > surprising, as lyrics > >could be mis-construed as disabled-ist > >Alexander Graham Bell > >Had a learning disability > >John Milton > >English Author/poet (1608-1674): He became blind at age > 43. He went on > >to create his most famous epic, Paradise Lost. > >Lord Byron > >"Mad, bad and dangerous to know", > Britain's great romantic was also > >born with talipes, a club foot. It is said that he > "walked with > >difficulty but wandered at will". He toured Europe > extensively and > >captured the popular imagination through his poetry and > his > >personality. From gloomy egoism through to satiric > realism he was > >renowned for his writings, his sexual ambivalences and > his championing > >of Greek independence from the Turks. Disability > activist Tom > >Shakespeare summed him up in the following way: > "Most of his poetry > >hasn't stood the test of time, but he was a > blockbuster in his day, > >and like very few other heroes, his name is still used > as an adjective > >- 'Byronic', meaning dashing." > >Lord Nelson > >Viscount Horatio Nelson is certainly Britain's > greatest naval hero. > >His skill as a naval commander is, of course, > well-documented. He won > >crucial victories at Trafalgar in 1805 and the Battle > of the Nile in > >1798, during the wars with revolutionary and Napoleonic > France. What > >is less often remarked upon is that a great part of his > naval career > >and his major victories were won as a disabled person. > Going ashore in > >Corsica following the fall of Toulon, a French shot > flung debris into > >his face leaving him without sight in his right eye. > Later, an assault > >on Tenerife resulted in a shattered right elbow - back > on his flagship > >the arm was amputated. He carried on as a disabled > seaman for nearly > >ten years, securing his most important naval victories > at the Battle > >of the Nile and the infamous Battle of Trafalgar - > where he died on > >October 21, 1805. Contrary to popular belief, he > didn't say "I see no > >ships". Instead he said, during the Battle of > Copenhagen, "... I have > >only one eye. I have a right to be blind > sometimes" and, raising his > >telescope to his blind eye, "I really do not see > the signal". > >Marla Runyan > >One of the women representing the Unites States in the > 1500 metre > >track event at hte 2000 Olympics was Marla Runyan. The > American runner > >finished seventh in her preliminary heat and rose to > sixth in the semi > >finals to qualify for the finals. During the final > race, Marla lost > >track of the major competitors. She finished in eighth > position, 3.20 > >seconds behind the gold medal winner. In 1996, Marla > set several track > >and field records at the Paralympics in Atlanta, > Georgia. Following > >that success, Marla wanted to compete in the 2000 > Olympics in Sydney > >-- even though she is legally blind. The 31-year-old > runner has been > >diagnosed with Stargardt disease. This is a condition > that leaves her > >with a limited ability to see what is in front of her. > In Sydney, > >Marla became the first legally blind athlete to compete > in an Olympics. > >Marlee Matlin > >Marlee Matlin is a stand-up comedian and an actress. > Some of her films > >include A Dead Silence, My Party,A Hear No Evil, A > Bridge to Silence, > >A Walker, and A Children of A Lesser God. In 1987, she > captivated the > >world by winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in > the film A > >Children of a Lesser God. Marlee Matlin became deaf in > infancy due to > >Roseola infantum. However, deafness has not disabled > her or her career. > >Michael Bolton > >(famous Singer): Deaf in one ear > >Sarah Bernhardt > >French actress (1844-1923) Disabled by a knee injury, > her leg > >amputated in 1914, she continued starring on stage > until just before > >her death. She is regarded as France's greatest > actress -- "The Divine > >Sarah". > >Stephen Hawkings > >Physicist/mathematician has Lou Gehrigs Disease and is > in a > >wheelchair. He needs a computer to speak. > >Sudha Chandran > >(Indian actress and classical dancer) This brave lady > dances with a > >Jaipur foot. She has acted in a movie on classical > dance called "Nache > >Mayuri" & today acts in a variety of TV > serials. > >Tanni Grey-Thompson > >Tanni Carys Davina Grey-Thompson OBE - to give her full > name and title > >- is the disabled athlete that most people instantly > recognise. > >Formerly Tanni Grey - the Thompson was added following > her marriage in > >1999 - she has competed in Paralympic Games since 1988, > representing > >Britain at distances ranging from 100m to 800m. She has > won fourteen > >paralympic medals including nine golds, and has broken > over twenty > >world records. As a wheelchair athlete she was also the > winner of five > >London marathons - in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2001. > In recent > >years, she has established herself as a TV presenter - > including BBC > >TWO's From the Edge disability magazine programme. > >Walt Disney > >Had a learning disability > >Woodrow Wilson > >U.S. President from 1913-1921. Had a learning > disability - he was > >severely dyslexic > >Ludwig van Beethoven > >(Famous Musician) - known to be deaf > > > >Cher > >Has dyslexia > >Tom Cruise > >(Hollywood Star): is severely dyslexic > >Robin Williams > >(famous Hollywood Star) was diagnosed to be suffering > from Attention > >Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) as a child. He > never refuses a > >role related to medicine e.g Awakenings, Patch Adams. > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 4 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:21:43 -0800 > > From: l pavan <[email protected]> > >Subject: [AI] need an ebook > >To: accessindia <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > >-- > >l.pavan("help ever & hurt never") > > > > > >hello list members. > >in this sem i have a subject named software testing > methodologies. > >for which i need to study a book called software > testing techniques by > >boris beizer. > >please inform me if any one has this book i mean ebook. > >a link for down load may also serve the perpose. > >with regards l.pavan > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 5 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:09:21 +0530 > > From: "vinod benjamin" > <[email protected]> > >Subject: [AI] Need a E-book on body language > >To: <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: > <dd5f65c328f547dbbc4d23d51345d...@vinbenji> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > >Dear friends, > > > > > > > >Greetings for the day! > > > > > > > > I am looking a book on body language? So > can some of you help me > >on this? > > > > > > > >Thanks and Regards, > > > >Vinod Benjamin, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 6 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:15:48 +0530 > > From: vishal tayal <[email protected]> > >Subject: [AI] vishal introduc to u > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > hi this is me vishal tayal from indore . i m a low > vision person and also > >new user at access india so frenids help me and tell me > how will i surff at > >net and from where i get the news latest . frens help > me and send me mail > >at [email protected] and tell me how to use the > access india server > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 7 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:25:20 +0530 > > From: vishal tayal <[email protected]> > >Subject: [AI] introducing myself vishal > >To: accessindia <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > >hi me vishal tayal from indore and my best friend is > ruchir .hr help me at > >any time and guide me that how to surf at net and > manage the computer / so > >frens tell me how doo i ..... > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 8 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:08:02 +0530 > > From: "ashish" > <[email protected]> > >Subject: [AI] a good news for hotmail users > >To: <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: > <73f5fd008f7c4f5f9af959b17201b...@hppc> > >Content-Type: > text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >hello friends, if this news is already sent on this > list then please ignore it. now all hotmail users can get > their mails on their computers. hot mail is enabling pop and > smtp slowly for all countries, but if it is not available in > your country still you can get your mails on your computer > by using a small utility. more details are posted on my blog > that is, > >http://techinfo.co.in/wordpress/ > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 9 > >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:37:04 +0530 > > From: "K .RAGHURAMAN" > <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [AI] The world's famous disabled > people > >To: <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: > <003601c9798f$a1b97560$0201a...@raghuraman> > >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > >its a marvelous informative article. i would like to > see all our names also > >to be in the pages of history very soon. so > >i wish everyone all the best. regards raghu. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pradeep > banakar" > ><[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Cc: <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; > ><[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; > ><[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 4:56 PM > >Subject: [AI] The world's famous disabled people > > > > > > > taken from another mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The world's famous > > disabled people > > > www.swardeep.org > > > > > > The world's famous disabled people! And > through this list I want to > > > spread this message to all people that god with > us don't worry. > > > Albert Einstein > > > The Mathematician/Physicist who had a learning > disability and did not > > > speak until age 3. He had a very difficult time > doing maths in school. > > > It was also very hard for him to express himself > through writing. > > > Christopher Reeve > > > Never has a person with a disability commanded so > much media attention > > > in recent history. Christopher Reeve, crippled > after a horse-riding > > > injury, wants to be up on his feet & wants to > help others stand > > > confident too. His life is now dedicated to > harnessing the power of > > > medical research to get up & ride again. > > > David Blunkett > > > The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP is without doubt > Britain's most famous > > > guide dog owner. Often photographed with his > guide dogs - Ted, Offa > > > and Lucy - David Blunkett also holds the powerful > political post of > > > Home Secretary. Joining the Labour party aged 16, > he was elected to > > > Sheffield City Council aged 22. He was the > council leader from 1980 to > > > 1987 until he was elected MP for Sheffield > Brightside. Seen as the > > > archetypal municipal Socialist, he is in many > senses a traditional > > > Labour man - beard-wearing and blunt-talking. > Arguably, he is a role > > > model for disabled people who just want to get on > with their lives. > > > Edison > > > Edison had a learning disability. He couldn't > read until he was twelve > > > years old and had a very difficult time writing > even when he was older. > > > Franklin D. Roosevelt > > > Roosevelt had Polio, was governor of New York > State then elected > > > President of the United States for 4 terms. > > > George Washington > > > Had a learning disability. He could barely write > and had very poor > > > grammar skills. > > > Goya > > > Spanish painter (1746-1828): At age 46, an > illness left him deaf. He > > > went on to create the most famous Spanish art of > the 19th century. > > > Helen Keller > > > (Devoted Life to Persons with Disabilities) She > was Blind, Deaf, and Mute > > > Ian Dury > > > movement/walking disability, resulting from > polio. Hits from 1978 > > > ("Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick") into > 1980's. Recorded "Spasticus > > > Autisticus" which was banned from radio, not > surprising, as lyrics > > > could be mis-construed as disabled-ist > > > Alexander Graham Bell > > > Had a learning disability > > > John Milton > > > English Author/poet (1608-1674): He became blind > at age 43. He went on > > > to create his most famous epic, Paradise Lost. > > > Lord Byron > > > "Mad, bad and dangerous to know", > Britain's great romantic was also > > > born with talipes, a club foot. It is said that > he "walked with > > > difficulty but wandered at will". He toured > Europe extensively and > > > captured the popular imagination through his > poetry and his > > > personality. From gloomy egoism through to > satiric realism he was > > > renowned for his writings, his sexual > ambivalences and his championing > > > of Greek independence from the Turks. Disability > activist Tom > > > Shakespeare summed him up in the following way: > "Most of his poetry > > > hasn't stood the test of time, but he was a > blockbuster in his day, > > > and like very few other heroes, his name is still > used as an adjective > > > - 'Byronic', meaning dashing." > > > Lord Nelson > > > Viscount Horatio Nelson is certainly > Britain's greatest naval hero. > > > His skill as a naval commander is, of course, > well-documented. He won > > > crucial victories at Trafalgar in 1805 and the > Battle of the Nile in > > > 1798, during the wars with revolutionary and > Napoleonic France. What > > > is less often remarked upon is that a great part > of his naval career > > > and his major victories were won as a disabled > person. Going ashore in > > > Corsica following the fall of Toulon, a French > shot flung debris into > > > his face leaving him without sight in his right > eye. Later, an assault > > > on Tenerife resulted in a shattered right elbow - > back on his flagship > > > the arm was amputated. He carried on as a > disabled seaman for nearly > > > ten years, securing his most important naval > victories at the Battle > > > of the Nile and the infamous Battle of Trafalgar > - where he died on > > > October 21, 1805. Contrary to popular belief, he > didn't say "I see no > > > ships". Instead he said, during the Battle > of Copenhagen, "... I have > > > only one eye. I have a right to be blind > sometimes" and, raising his > > > telescope to his blind eye, "I really do not > see the signal". > > > Marla Runyan > > > One of the women representing the Unites States > in the 1500 metre > > > track event at hte 2000 Olympics was Marla > Runyan. The American runner > > > finished seventh in her preliminary heat and rose > to sixth in the semi > > > finals to qualify for the finals. During the > final race, Marla lost > > > track of the major competitors. She finished in > eighth position, 3.20 > > > seconds behind the gold medal winner. In 1996, > Marla set several track > > > and field records at the Paralympics in Atlanta, > Georgia. Following > > > that success, Marla wanted to compete in the 2000 > Olympics in Sydney > > > -- even though she is legally blind. The > 31-year-old runner has been > > > diagnosed with Stargardt disease. This is a > condition that leaves her > > > with a limited ability to see what is in front of > her. In Sydney, > > > Marla became the first legally blind athlete to > compete in an Olympics. > > > Marlee Matlin > > > Marlee Matlin is a stand-up comedian and an > actress. Some of her films > > > include A Dead Silence, My Party,A Hear No Evil, > A Bridge to Silence, > > > A Walker, and A Children of A Lesser God. In > 1987, she captivated the > > > world by winning the Academy Award for Best > Actress in the film A > > > Children of a Lesser God. Marlee Matlin became > deaf in infancy due to > > > Roseola infantum. However, deafness has not > disabled her or her career. > > > Michael Bolton > > > (famous Singer): Deaf in one ear > > > Sarah Bernhardt > > > French actress (1844-1923) Disabled by a knee > injury, her leg > > > amputated in 1914, she continued starring on > stage until just before > > > her death. She is regarded as France's > greatest actress -- "The Divine > > > Sarah". > > > Stephen Hawkings > > > Physicist/mathematician has Lou Gehrigs Disease > and is in a > > > wheelchair. He needs a computer to speak. > > > Sudha Chandran > > > (Indian actress and classical dancer) This brave > lady dances with a > > > Jaipur foot. She has acted in a movie on > classical dance called "Nache > > > Mayuri" & today acts in a variety of TV > serials. > > > Tanni Grey-Thompson > > > Tanni Carys Davina Grey-Thompson OBE - to give > her full name and title > > > - is the disabled athlete that most people > instantly recognise. > > > Formerly Tanni Grey - the Thompson was added > following her marriage in > > > 1999 - she has competed in Paralympic Games since > 1988, representing > > > Britain at distances ranging from 100m to 800m. > She has won fourteen > > > paralympic medals including nine golds, and has > broken over twenty > > > world records. As a wheelchair athlete she was > also the winner of five > > > London marathons - in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and > 2001. In recent > > > years, she has established herself as a TV > presenter - including BBC > > > TWO's From the Edge disability magazine > programme. > > > Walt Disney > > > Had a learning disability > > > Woodrow Wilson > > > U.S. President from 1913-1921. Had a learning > disability - he was > > > severely dyslexic > > > Ludwig van Beethoven > > > (Famous Musician) - known to be deaf > > > > > > Cher > > > Has dyslexia > > > Tom Cruise > > > (Hollywood Star): is severely dyslexic > > > Robin Williams > > > (famous Hollywood Star) was diagnosed to be > suffering from Attention > > > Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) as a child. > He never refuses a > > > role related to medicine e.g Awakenings, Patch > Adams. > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or > make any other changes, > > > please visit the list home page at > > > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >AccessIndia mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > >End of AccessIndia Digest, Vol 33, Issue 48 > >******************************************* > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] with the subject > unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any > other changes, please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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