Famous Music Artists with Disabilities
Born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is an American rapper, actor and music producer born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Who is Eminem? (Diagnosed with Autism)
This Oscar-winning 2021 film made history by featuring a predominantly deaf cast and highlighting the life of a hearing child of deaf adults.
What is CODA?
Broke down many barriers, notably being the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
Who is Hellen Keller?
This program in UC Health hospital has students with disabilities who intern in different departments with the goal of gaining employment.
What is Project SEARCH?
A blind American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Will make you sing Happy Birthday with style.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This is a modification or adjustment to a job to enable a qualified individual with a disability to work
What is a reasonable accommodation?
An author and animal welfare and autism advocate who became a fellow at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers and won an award from PETA for advocating for more humane treatment of animals.
(She was diagnosed with autism)
The main goal of Project SEARCH is to help interns secure competitive, integrated employment, which means earning at least this wage standard.
What is minimum wage?
This musical artist revealed that she has fibromyalgia
Who is Lady Gaga?
This program from financial aid provides jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay education expenses and provides an opportunity to work on campus.
What is federal work study?
The longest-serving U.S. president, who was elected to office four times before a two-term limit was put in place
Who is Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt? (Roosevelt mainly relied on a wheelchair after surviving a bout of polio)
This design framework involves creating products, environments, and communication tools that are usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without needing adaptation.
What is Universal Design?
You probably didn't know that this famous rapper has epilepsy.
Who is Lil Wayne?
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month also known as
What is NDEAM?
A theoretical physicist who is best known for his work in discovering that black holes emit radiation
Who is Stephen Hawking? (Hawking, who died in 2018, lived with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which led to him becoming paralyzed and using a speech-generating device to communicate)
Adding physical ramps, automatic door openers, and adjustable-height desks falls under this category of workplace modifications.
What are physical accommodations?
German pianist and composer who remains one of the most influential and recognized composers in the world.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This is a professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work related to a student's field of study or career interest. It can sometimes be an unpaid or paid opportunity for students.
What is an internship?
She was known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement."
Who is Judith Heumann?
True or False? Studies consistently show that employees with disabilities have lower turnover rates and equal or higher safety and attendance records compared to their peers!
TRUE!