Did You Know?

• Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut has depression.
• Arthur Ashe, who was a tennis player, died from AIDS as a result of a blood transfusion.
• Jack Benny, who was an entertainer, had diabetes.
• Irving Berlin, who was a composer, had depression.
• Beethoven was deaf when he composed the 9th Symphony.
• Shirley Temple Black is a diplomat and a former child actress who had breast cancer.
• George Burns, who was an actor/comedian, used to stutter.
• Richard Burton, who was an actor, had epilepsy
• Barbara Bush is a former First Lady of President George Bush who has depression.
• Julius Caesar, the Roman leader, had epilepsy.
• Jim Carrey is an actor/comedian who has depression.
• John Cash is a country singer who has diabetes.
• Cher is an actress who is learning disabled with attention deficit disorder.
• Tom Cruise is an actor who is dyslexic, a learning disability.
• Leonardo da Vinci, who was an artist, had epilepsy and a learning disability.
• Charles Dickens, who was a writer, had depression.
• Emily Dickinson, who was a poet, had depression.
• Walt Disney, who was a theme park designer & cartoonist, was learning disabled.
• Thomas Edison had the learning disability, attention deficit disorder.
• Annette Funicello, who was a Mouseketeer and is an actress, has Multiple Sclerosis.
• Judy Garland, who was an actress and singer, had depression.
• Whoopi Goldberg is an actress who is dyslexic, a learning disability.
• Stephen Hawking, who worked on the theory of the Black Hole, uses a wheelchair and a voice activated computer because of ALS.
• Ernest Hemingway, who was a writer, had depression.
• Thomas Jefferson, who was a past President of the U.S., was thought to have attention deficit disorder.
• Geri Jewell is an actress who starred on T.V. in the "Facts of Life." She has Cerebral Palsy.
• Elton John is a singer and composer who has depression.
• Loretta Lynne is a country and western singer who has depression.
• Marlee Matlin is an actress in the movies and on T.V. who is deaf.
• Michelangelo, who was an artist, had epilepsy and depression.
• Marilyn Monroe, who was an actress, had depression.
• Mary Tyler Moore is a popular actress who has diabetes.
• Dolly Parton is an actress and comedienne with depression.
• Itzhak Perlman is a famous concert violinist. His legs were paralyzed from polio.
• Edgar Allan Poe, who was a poet, had epilepsy and depression.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, former President of the U.S., was confined to a wheelchair from polio.
• Carly Simon is a singer who stutters.
• Socrates the philosopher had epilepsy.
• Elizabeth Taylor is an actress who has diabetes.
• Leo Tolstoy, who was a writer, had depression.
• Vincent Van Goh, who was a painter, had epilepsy and depression.
• Bruce Willis is an actor who used to stutter.
• Ryan White, a child advocate, died from AIDS, which he got from a blood transfusion.
• Stevie Wonder is a popular song artist who has been blind since birth.
• Oprah Winfrey is an actress and T.V. personality who has an eating disorder.