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Sep 27, 2005 · Disability can be no handicap. Stephen Hawking. Disability, Handicaps. "Stephen Hawking Reveals What He REALLY Thought Of Eddie Redmayne In 'The Theory Of Everything". The Huffington Post UK Interview, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. August 5, 2015.
Feb 5, 2024 · Stephen Hawking > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault, but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to take pity on you. One has to have a positive attitude and must make the best of the situation that one finds oneself in; if one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be ...
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At the age of 21, Hawking was diagnosed with a rare neurological disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and given only a few years to live. Although he did gradually become paralyzed and lose his ability to speak, Hawking exceeded his life expectancy by decades and continued to make seminal contributions to the scientific world. He al...
Hawking himself frequently acknowledged that much of his success was thanks to a financially-privileged background. In particular, he emphasized how different his life would have been without access to the technology that stopped him from becoming locked in his body. “My communication system broke down for three days, and I was shocked by how power...
“We have a moral duty to remove the barriers to participation, and to invest sufficient funding and expertise to unlock the vast potential of people with disabilities,” wrote Hawking, in a foreword to the World Report on Disability. In the wake of his death, some have suggested that the best way to honor Hawking is by working to remove these barrie...
Sep 25, 2015 · On Disability “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be ...
Mar 14, 2018 · As a person with a disability, Stephen Hawking was inspirational for the right reasons. We need true heroes like him — people who succeed while living with disability, not despite it or solely because of it. He inspired people with and without disabilities to pursue careers in science.
Mar 14, 2018 · On living with a disability. “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes ...
Mar 14, 2018 · Mark Twain. Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. Rumi. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein. We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.