INDEX

A Beautiful Mind 16

Academy Award (Oscar) 23

achondroplasia 29

activist 12, 25, 34, 48

actor 25, 29

Adepitan, Ade 47

advocate 12, 30

Ait Chitt, Redouan (Redo) 40

Akers, Michelle 58

alphabet grid 53

America (USA) 11, 16, 23, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 46, 50, 57

American Civil Liberties Union 12

Antigua 57

anxiety 20, 39, 50

appendicitis 8

artist 8, 15, 23, 50, 58

astronomer 32

athlete 26, 42, 46, 58

author 11, 12, 39, 45, 47, 53

autism 20, 53

Bedwei, Farida 44

Beethoven, Ludwig van 4

blind 12, 23, 32, 46

break-dancer 41

brittle bone disease 48

bulimia 39

Canada 26

cancer 8, 26

Caribbean 45, 57

Carter, Dwayne Jr. 58

cerebral palsy 45, 57

chemotherapy 26

comedian 48

comic book 34, 45

composer 5

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30

Costa Rica 30

Crohn’s disease 59

crutches 6, 42, 45

deaf 5, 12

depression 38, 39

designer 54

Devandas, Catalina 30

diabetic retinopathy 32

Díaz-Merced, Wanda 32

Dinklage, Peter 28

Doctor Who 25

Down Syndrome 54

DOWN TO XJABELLE 54

Dynamo 59

educator 12

Emmy Award 29

England 5, 39, 25; see also UK

epilepsy 58

equal rights 15

Everest 37

explorer 37

fibromyalgia 50

“Fingertips” 23

footballer 58

Fox, Terry 26

France 8

Frayne, Steven 59

Game of Thrones 29

Germanotta, Stefani 50

Germany 5

Ghana 42, 45

Golden Globe Award 29

Graeae 25

Grammy Award 23

Grandin, Temple 20

Guatemala 54

Haig, Matt 39

hand sign 12

Hawking, Stephen 18

hidden disabilities 58

Higashida, Naoki 52

Holland 41

hospital 15, 16, 20, 23, 25, 37

India 37

“It’s Our Story” 34

Jacobsson, Jonas 46

Japan 53

Jordan 25

Kahlo, Frida 14

Karmzah 45

Keller, Helen 12

Kirchhoff, Gustav 6

Lady Gaga 50

lawyer 30, 38

leg calliper 47

Lil Wayne 58

Lincoln, Abraham 38

London Fashion Week 54

Lovato, Demi 39

magician 59

marathon 26

mathematician 16, 19

Matisse, Henri 8

ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) 58

medal 46, 58

mental health 16, 38

Mexico 15

model 8, 54, 57

motor-neurone disease 19

mountaineer 37

Nash, John 16

National Theatre 25

Nobel Memorial Prize 16

Olympics 42, 58

osteogenesis imperfecta 25, 48

osteomalacia 11

painting 8, 15

Paralympics 46

Perkins School for the Blind 12

Philip, Aaron 56

physicist 6, 19, 32

Pineda, Victor 34

polio 15, 34, 47

President of the USA 38

professor 20

prosthetic leg 26, 37, 42

Puerto Rico 32

rapper 58

Reasons to Stay Alive 39

Russia 6

scholar 16, 34

Shaban, Nabil 24

Shadows and Sunshine 11

Silver Scorpion 34

singer-songwriter 23, 39, 50, 58

Sinha, Arunima 36

software engineer 45

speech therapy 20

spina bifida 30

sport shooter 46

Springmuhl Tejada, Isabella 54

Suggs, Eliza 10

Sullivan, Anne 12

Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 46

Sweden 46

swimmer 46

teacher 11, 12, 19, 20,25, 26, 34, 41, 48

TED Talk 32, 48

The Reason I Jump 53

The Story of My Life 12

transgender 57

TV presenter 47

UK 45, 46; see also England

university 6, 16, 19, 20, 25, 26, 34, 46

Venezuela 34

ventilator 34

wheelchair 6, 8, 11, 25, 26, 30, 34, 46, 47, 48, 57

wheelchair basketball 26, 47

women’s rights 12, 30

Wonder, Stevie 22

World Enabled 34

writer 25

Young, Stella 48

Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu 42

Zorn, Trischa 46