Handicapped People who excel

[Whirlysplat]

Roadhouse was on BBC1 tonight, yup, dated but fun action movie. I enjoyed watching it again after almost a decade since the last time I saw it most not for the cliched action sequences, over the top Dukes of Hazzard antics (although they were fun). No! I enjoyed it most for Jeff Healey's guitar work, which was awesome. It got me thinking popular music is a field many blind musicians excel in Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Jeff Healey are 3 true legends. What other handicapped people can you think of who are as good as the very best in a field and why when people talk about great guitarist is Healey never mentioned? I always forget him and he is technically better than almost all of them, his unorthodox style lends a flexibility few can match. He and others like him are true inspirations.

- Whirly

 

[Addendum]

The Kids of Widney High

 

[The Question]

 

[Addendum]

If only he was real...

 

[jaguarr]

Jeff Healey is one of my all time favorite blues guitarists. He's now taught himself to play trumpet extremely well and has a jazz outfit called the Jazz Wizards that he's released several recordings with. He tours with both his blues and his jazz bands and owns a club in Toronto called "Healey's" where he plays regularly as well. The man is talented beyond belief.

jag

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[Clouseau]

It got me thinking popular music is a field many blind musicians excel in Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Jeff Healey are 3 true legends. What other handicapped people can you think of who are as good as the very best in a field...?

my dad's left foot was cut off in a tractor accident in 1982, and last summer, he rode a bicycle from ocean to ocean across the United States with a couple other amputees...

here's the official poster advertising the trip (my dad's the one in the middle)...



and here's the official website, including daily journal entries they made during the trip...
http://amputeesacrossamerica.org/aaa2005/index2005.htm

 

[Lex Luthor]

The Incredible Hulk .... Lou Ferigno.

 

[droogiedroogie2]

Not to be dick, but this kind of thinking doesn't really advance the cause of people with disabilities. They don't want to be thought of as a separate demographic. Their excellence or lack thereof has less to do with their disability than it used to. In today's society, almost any non-mental disability can be adequately compensated for.

People with disabilities (the preferred term) are, in terms of talent, no different than any other group of people. In the words of George Carlin, "a few winners, a whole lot of losers."

 

[Gamma Ray]

 

[Mee]

Dubbya.

 

[Lex Luthor]

^

Lol

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

my dad's left foot was cut off in a tractor accident in 1982, and last summer, he rode a bicycle from ocean to ocean across the United States with a couple other amputees...

here's the official poster advertising the trip (my dad's the one in the middle)...



and here's the official website, including daily journal entries they made during the trip...
http://amputeesacrossamerica.org/aaa2005/index2005.htm

Your dad's prothesis is cool

 

[Clouseau]

Your dad's prothesis is cool

i think so, too... he's actually had several prosthetics customized like that over the last few years... i think he used 2 or 3 different legs during the trip (can be seen in some of the journal entries), but yeah... the one in that poster has always been one of my favorites...

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

Yeah I always thought if I lost a limb I would get a prosthesis made to look like a cyborg or something and then completely freak out people who asked about it. If I lost an eye, I would get a glass one with a goldfish in it or something

 

[Addendum]

If I had a fake eye, I'd keep mints in it

 

[Clouseau]

Yeah I always thought if I lost a limb I would get a prosthesis made to look like a cyborg or something and then completely freak out people who asked about it.

hehe... my dad once told a little kid that a bear ate his leg, and then he took off the prosthetic to show the stub... that sure got a reaction!

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

hehe... my dad once told a little kid that a bear ate his leg, and then he took off the prosthetic to show the stub... that sure got a reaction!

 

[The IronMan]

Kyle Maynard....This guy was born with a very rare genetic disability- he only had arms to the elbows and legs just shy of the knees.he went on to become a quite accomplished high school and college wrestler this kid just never gave up.My 8 year old son did a report on him for school it really opened peoples eyes.my kid is truly inspired by Kyles courage

 

[sassycat]

I got this from The Avatar 's thread:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/09/wheelchair.shooter.ap/index.html

I'd say she excelled in PWNing that muggers ass!

 

[WeaponZ2]

 

[sassycat]

whoops! How did I forget about him? my high school would be part of the fundraising runs trail.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

This man was a genius in his prime and he's still a genius today.

 

[chosen1]

Norman Croucher. Double amputee, no legs climed Mount Everest. Why? Because it was his destiny. -- John Locke

 

[WeaponZ2]

whoops! How did I forget about him? my high school would be part of the fundraising runs trail.

Everyone who can should run