HAMPSHIRE Susan, 1942-present, (learning disability),
English actor, won Emmys in 1970, 1971, and 1973. Appeared in series The Forsythe Saga, The First Churchills.
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HANDEL George Frederick, 1685-1759, (epilepsy),
English composer, master of baroque music who composed 46 operas, best known work, The Messiah 1741.
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HANNIBAL, 247-183 BC, (epilepsy),
Greatest general and statesman of Carthage, an ancient North African city. His excellent military strategy and leadership ability helped him over come great handicaps and defeat armies much larger than his own. He united people of varied back grounds under his command.
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HANSEN Rick [Man in Motion], 1959-present, (spinal cord injury)
Athlete who has won 19 International Wheelchair Marathons before 1985, then toured around the world through 34 countries for two years to raise over $23 million for spinal cord research and awareness. Recipient of the Order of Canada for his outstanding achievements.

HARRISON Rex Sir, 1908-1990, (visual impairment)
English actor. Won 1957 Tony, 1964 Oscar for role of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. Considered a master of light comedy. He was blind in one eye.
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HAWKING Stephen, 1942-alive, (physical impairment),
Born in Oxford, England and oldest of four children. He was raised in a very close, scholarly family. In the early 60's while at Cambridge university he noticed he was stumbling a lot and his speech was slurred. In January 1963 when Steve was barely 21 years old he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He returned to school and received his Ph.D. in 1966. In 1977 he was the first professor of Gravitational Physics at Cambridge University. Two years later, he achieved the highest position available at Cambridge when he became a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. In 1988, he published a book called A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.
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HEMINGWAY Ernest, 1899-1961, (mental disorder),
Novelist who suffered with suicidal depression. He suffered physical and mental illness and committed suicide in 1961.
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HEMINGWAY Margot [Magdux], 1955-1996, (epilepsy),
Actor and model, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, starred in Lipstick 1976, killed herself by taking an overdose of phenobarbital.
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HESELTINE Michael, 1933-present, (learning disability),
Welsh Government Official. Defense Minister in Margaret Thatcher's conservative government 1983-1992, Secretary of Parliament 1986-1992, Secretary Department of Trade and Industry 1992.
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HEUMANN Judy, 1947-present, (polio),
She contracted polio at 18 months. On and off she was discriminated against because she could attend the public school. After high school she entered Long Island University. She studied to be a teacher. She passed all the course work but failed the New York City Board of Education medical exam. A person who used a wheelchair was automatically disqualified from teaching in New York schools. Judy called the American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) and argued her civil rights were violated. ACLU refused to help. She fought back by contacting a reporter from The New York Times. After the article, lawyers helped her win her case. She got a new medical exam and passed. She taught disabled children. In 1970 she and some friends started an organization called Disabled In Action (DIA). DIA lobbied legislators, published articles and had demonstrations. From 1975 until 1982 she served as Deputy Director of Center for Independent Living in Berkeley California. It is a think tank on disability issues. On July 19 1993 she was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton.
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HOCKENBERRY John, 1956-present, (spinal cord injury),
Journalist. In February 1976 he was in a automobile accident that left his spine broken. In 1975 he entered the University of Chicago as a mathematics major. He had just finished his first semester when the accident occurred. Following rehabilitation he returned to the University of Chicago. Due to winters and non-accessible classrooms he transferred to the University of Oregon as a music major. He volunteered at KLCC a campus station affiliated with National Public Radio. In May 1980 Mt. Saint Helens erupted. John prepared the reports for NPR. Over the months that followed NPR sent John to cover more regional news events. In 1981 John left college to work fulltime for NPR in Washington DC. For three years he worked as a newscaster for the program All things Considered. John left NPR in 1992 for a job with ABC television as a correspondent with a news magazine Day One. In 1995 he switched to CNBC and in 1996 he joined NBC news as a reporter.
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HOMER, 850?BC-9th Century, (blind),
Poet and philosopher. Considered the ancient Greek poet who composed the great epic The Iliad and the Odyssey.
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HOTCHKISS Ralf, 1947-present, (physical impairment),
Wheelchair inventor and a paraplegic due to a college motorcycle accident.
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