The answer to Question number 2
in the Disability Awareness quiz is C.
Heather Mills McCartney
Heather Mills
McCartney is a patron of Adopt-A-Minefield and a United Nations
Goodwill
Ambassador. Ms. McCartney has won numerous awards including
the inaugural UNESCO
Children in Need Award. In 2002 she released
her updated autobiography, A
Single Step
in North America and donated the earnings to
Adopt-A-Minefield. Ms. McCartney is also
involved in the campaign to
stop the international trade in dog and cat fur.
http://www.heathermills.org/about.php
A
Single Step
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Bernhardt, born in France began her successful stage career in 1862,
moved to
London to establish herself as a leading actress and later
become a pioneer actress in
silent movies. In 1915, ten years after a
serious injury, her right leg was amputated
confining her to a
wheelchair for several months. Nevertheless, she continued to act,
using a wooden prosthetic limb.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Bernhardt
Elizabeth
Dole
Elizabeth
Dole is the United States
senator from North Carolina. Her impressive credentials
include a
Master's degree in education and government from Harvard and a law
degree from
Harvard Law School. In 1983 she was the first woman
to hold the position of Secretary of
Transportation in President
Reagan's cabinet. In 1991 Ms. Dole become the second woman
since
founder Clara Barton to serve as President of the American Red
Cross. Her husband
long term senator from Kansas and former
presidential candidate Robert Dole was twice
wounded during World
War II and lost the use of one arm. Today, Mr. Dole often carries
a
pen
in the hand of his paralyzed right arm as a signal that he is
incapable of shaking hands with
that arm. In the book The
Doles: Unlimited Partners,
written by the couple, they express
their experiences and political
views.
http://dole.senate.gov
The
Doles: Unlimited Partners
Patricia
Neal
Patricia
Neal born in 1926 was an
academy award winning actress. In 1965 she suffered cerebral
aneurysms
while pregnant and was in a coma for three weeks. She subsequently
relearned to
walk and talk. In 1978 the Fort Sanders Regional
Medical Center in Knoxville dedicated the
Patricia Neal Rehabilitation
Center in her honor. In 1988 Ms. Neal published an autobiography
titled
As I am.
http://www.patneal.org/pnrc-home.cfm
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I Am
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