Famous motivational speakers with disabilities

Videos Over the years we have heard many inspirational stories about individuals with special needs who have focused on their abilities and have accomplished some pretty amazing things in their lives.

Some of these individuals have gone on to help motivate others to look past their challenges and focus on the talents and abilities that they have. Here are 8 motivational speakers that are spreading the messages of ability, inclusion and most importantly, Yes I Can!

Robert Pio Hajjar: Ideal Way

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWbyKVLYr8&rel=0] In 2006, Robert Pio Hajjar, born with Down syndrome, and Addie J. Daabous, Robert’s aunt, founded Ideal Way. During an atypical conversation about Addie’s frustrations with her successful business, Robert suddenly suggested that they have a higher calling in life: to create an organization to help people with intellectual disabilities.

They started Ideal Way