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There are many people who has certain kinds of disabilities. We see many people in wheelchair, some in underarm clutch and some people with genetic disorders. Here, I am talking about some famous persons who succeeded in their life and they proved that disability has never let them down and its not a barrier for success and also proved that disability is in their body but not in their spirit.
1. Arunima Sinha:- The woman who conquered the Mt. Everest with a prosthetic leg. She is an Indian Mountain climber and a sportsperson. She was also a national volleyball player.
She lost a leg when a gang of robbers drove her out of a moving train in 2011, she firmly concluded that she is not going to give up or ending her life. She proved that disability is not an obstacle to success. She displayed immense self-belief and determination and refused to give. She started training for her feat and under the guidance of Bachendri Pal became the first woman to climb Mt Everest with prosthetic leg. Arunima has become the first woman amputee to have climbed Mount Everest in 2013. After climbing Mt Everest in 2013. After climbing Mt Everest, Arunima's next goal was to climb all the highest mountain peaks in all seven continents.
On Jan 4 2019, she climbed the seventh peak on Antartica and become world's first female amputee to climb Mt Vinson. Arunima Sinha is now dedicated towards social welfare and wants to open free sports academy for the poor and differently abled people. Today, she an inspiration to many other differently abled women.
2. Ira Singhal:- Ira Singhal is an Indian Administrative Officer. She has scoliosis, a spine related disorder which disrupts her arm movement. Despite clearing the civil service exam, Singhal was not allowed to take position in office due to her physical disability. She was refused a posting because she has scoliosis. Ira Singhal topped in the Civil Service Examination in the year 2014, but was denied a posting due to her disability. In 2015 she got Indian Administrative Service. She is the first differently abled person to top the civil service exam.
Ira Singhal is now the brand Ambassador of Department of Disability, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. She is now a inspiration for many disabled civil service aspirants.
3. D.P Singh:- Major D.P Singh also known as Devendra Pal Singh is an retired army officer. He is a Kargil War veteran and is known as India's first blade runner. During the Kargil war, a shrapnel injured multiple parts of his body. A part of his right leg was amputated as it had developed gangrene. After his amputation, he was gradually running using a prosthetic limb and had run in 26 half marathons in his running carrier. This includes 3 HM in extreme high altitude as high as 11700 ft in Leh.
The Limca Books of Records added his names to their "People of the Year 2016" list. In 2018, Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment conferred him with National Award for persons with disabilities under role model category. He was taken by Indian Army for the year 2018, which was the year dedicated to soldiers who got disabled at the line of duty.
4. Hitesh R:- Hitesh Ramchandani is a Paralympic Footballer, Author and Global Speaker. He was born with Cerebral Palsy. It is a condition that affects muscles, movement and motor skills. He faced many insults and problems in his childhood. The people ignored him many times due to his condition. He was bullied in school. But he didn't stop, he didn't wanted to give up. He went for the therapy and training every day for four hours in order to maintain or improve his disability. He fought hard at the obstacles that life has thrown at him. He was determined to succeed and wanted to prove many wrong. He is now a National Football Para- Athlete and motivational speaker and author of the book "Better Than Normal"
He did not allowed Cerebral Palsy to stop him.His goal is to inspire 50 million people to live a Better Than Normal Life.
5. Yasmin Sheikh:- Yasmin Sheikh is a qualified lawyer who developed the passion for the law and social justice as a young girl, became personally engaged in these issues after a disabling injury ten years ago. This has given her lived in experience of being a woman, with a disability she faced many challenges. She has an impact full work on doing with law firms, advising about disability related issues in an effort to improve communication, visibility and opportunities.
Yasmin Sheikh is the founder of Diverse Matters, vice chair of the Law Society's Lawyer disabilities division, consultant, coach and TED x speaker.
6. Sparsh Shah:- Sparsh Shah is an Indian American Rapper, Songwriter and motivational speaker. He was born with a rare medical condition known as 'osteogenesis imperfecta' or brittle bone disease. Sparsh had over 35 broken bones in his body at the time of birth. Till now he has suffered 125 fractures.
Sparsh aim is to change many lives through music and speech. He was featured in World's Best Motivators. He is known for the viral videos of Eminem's "Not Afraid" song. Here is of his quotes:- "Disability does not define me. Disability are not definitions. I might have broken many bones but I know there are two things that will never break me up- My Voice and My Spirit."
7. Bang Dzoel:- His real name is Achmad Zulkarnain. He is an Indonesian photographer with no hands and legs. Every people ignored him when he was a child, everybody thought that he was an useless person. But one day he found a purpose for himself a last thing he expected which was a camera. He picked up the camera with his arm muscles and hold the camera all the strength he had and captured the pictures and that changed his life.
He took many pictures and his pictures were popular in Face Book, Instagram and other social media. He got a scholarship to study in a photography school. He proved to the world that disability is not a obstacle or a barrier to success.
8. Mansi Girishchandra Joshi:- Mansi Girishchandra Joshi is an Indian para-badminton player and World Champion. She met with an accident in Mumbai in which her one leg had to be amputated. After the accident, she was frustrated about her condition. She practiced badminton and meditation to make herself healthy, fit, and positive. She was interested in sports activities life Football and Badminton, her favorite was Badminton. She started practicing Badminton.
She played badminton as her rehabilitation and another para-badminton player urged her to try out to the national team.
She was later selected to the Asian Para Games in the year 2014 in Spain.
In 2015, she won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the Para- Badminton World Championship held in England and Bronze medal in 2018 in Asian Para Games in Jakarta and Gold medal in Para-Badminton in World Championship in 2019.
9. Pranav Bakshi:- Pranav Bakshi is a nineteen year old Indian model with Autism. Pranav has 40 percent disability, and suffers from echolalia and anxiety, but nothing seems to stop him to achieving his goal.
Pranav Bakshi has walked the ramp for some well known fashion labels. He says "Autism is my SuperPower".
10. Sharath M Gayakward:- Sharath Gayakeward is a Paralymic swimmer. He was born with deformed left hand. He was to be seen participating in various swimming events for the disabled.
His coach explains that Sharath was the first paralympic swimmer he had coached. At the 2014 Asian Games, he broke P.T Usha's record for most number of medals by an Indian at any multi-discipline event by six medals.
He has won four gold, two silver and and two bronze in International Wheel Chair and Amputee World Games in 2008. In 2010, he won Bronze Medal in Asian Para Games which was held in Guangzhou, China.
Sharath Talk about his disability like this; "It's a part of me and I have accepted it and even found a way where it doesn't matter anyone.
Today in our world, many disabled people are proving their worth and talent. Some people are ill and some physically handicapped. But they have a dream and they worked hard and proved their talent and dream to the world. If we can prove their dreams, why not we make our dream come true? Even though we are in good health and have good body, still we do not give time to do anything to achieve our dreams.
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