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American disability rights activists

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Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
Christopher Reeve
American actor (1952–2004)
Maria Shriver
First Lady of California from 2003 to 2011
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–2009)
Sargent Shriver
American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)
Lizzie Velasquez
American motivational speaker
Dana Reeve
American actress and singer (1961–2006)
Judith Heumann
American disability rights activist (1947–2023)
Farrelly brothers
sibling duo
C. Everett Koop
American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator (1916–2013)
Sam Berns
American activist (1996–2014)
Stacey Milbern
American disability rights advocate
Alice Wong
American disability activist (1974–2025)
Mama Cax
American–Haitian model and disability rights activist
Gianna Jessen
pro-life activist (born 1977)
Jessica Cox
Armless aviator
Kurt Yaeger
American actor
Annie Glenn
American advocate (1920-2020)
Ari Ne'eman
American autism rights advocate
Carl Erskine
American baseball player (1926-2024)
Ironmouse
Ironmouse (born January 11) is a Puerto Rican VTuber, singer, and Twitch streamer. Active since 2017, she was a founding member of the U.S.-based VTuber agency VShojo and was part of the organization from November 2020 until her departure in July 2025.
Tony Coelho
American politician from California (born 1942)
Ed Roberts
Disability rights activist (1939-1995)
Maysoon Zayid
comedian
Mel Baggs
American blogger (1980–2020)
Harlan Lane
American academic
Haben Girma
Eritrean-American disability rights advocate
Brian Calley
American politician
John Elder Robison
American writer (born 1957)
Timothy Shriver
American non-profit executive
Cara Dunne-Yates
American Paralympic cyclist
Sunaura Taylor
American artist
Helen Newell Garfield
American socialite and advocate for deaf education
Susan Potter
American disability rights activist and body donor for the Visible Human project
Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr.
American disability rights activist (1930-2002)
Don Lane
American talk show host (1933-2009)
Lydia X. Z. Brown
autistic disability rights activist
Dominick Evans
polish-American transgender non-binary filmmaker and activist
Genevieve Caulfield
American blind teacher
Jim Stovall
American writer
Irving Zola
American activist (1935–1994)
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu
HIV and autism activist
Jessica Benham
American politician and disability rights activist
Candace Cable
American Paralympic athlete
Frank Stephens
American disability advocate, actor and athlete
Alex Plank
American activist
Caroline Love Goodwin
American politician (1875-1943)