Presidents Day, also known as Washington's Birthday, is a day to remember the men who held the top leadership position in the United States. Did you know 11 of them had a disability? Franklin D. Roosevelt used a wheelchair due to polio. His fifth cousin once removed Theodore Roosevelt wore glasses because he had a visual impairment from an eye injury during a boxing match. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy had learning disabilities. Ronald Reagan wore hearing aids because of a hearing impairment; so does Bill Clinton. James Madison was diagnosed with epilepsy. Abraham Lincoln (whose birthday was on February 12) had major depression and Marfan syndrome, a disorder affecting connective tissue. All of the above shows even a person with a disability can be president of the United States. For more information, go to https://www.inc.com/john-rampton/11-us-presidents-who-overcame-a-disability.html.
So informative! Thanks.
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