One would think that as a famous personality, everything would be already perfect. That may be the case for some. However, for some famous people, beneath their popularity is a shady part of their lives that will always be a part of it. This shady part is the condition that they are suffering from. Among the common condition that famous people have is the intellectual disabilities. Some of the famous people with intellectual disabilities are:
Albert Einstein
Everyone knows who Albert Einstein was. He was a theoretical physicist, the one who developed theory of relativity, which is one of the two pillars of the modern physics. He also became known for his formula E = mc2, the mass-energy equivalence. Due to his works, he received several awards including the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.
As a kid, Einstein experienced difficulty in talking. He also could not read until he reached the age of 9. Due to those concerns, there was a point when his teachers even considered Einstein as mentally deficient. The teachers also described him as a dreamer and unsociable kid. When he became a teenager particular when he was an incoming college student, it was a misfortune that he was not able to pass the exam. That was a part of the intellectual disability of Einstein. Even if that was the case, with the patience he came to have, he used it to persevere. In the end, when he became as the Albert Einstein known by people now and no one even expected that it will happen.
Richard Branson
He is an English investor and business magnate. As a famous person, he became known as the Virgin Group’s founder. It is a group comprised with over 400 companies. One of the most notable things about Branson is the fact that he made his first business venture when he was only a 16-year old boy. From then on, the business ventures he made increased until the Virgin Group was eventually presented. At present, he is considered as the 4th richest United Kingdom citizen.
As a person with intellectual disability, Branson considered going to school as a nightmare. Usually, the scores he got from the exams he took were disappointing. Thus, it often leads to question about what his future would be. He suffered from dyslexia, which was something that made him embarrassed. The thing is, no one from his educators discovered his Branson’s true gift. Branson has the ability to connect in a level that is personal.
He has an intuitive sense of people, which was something that was never discovered on him not until he started his first venture, the establishment of a student newspaper. It was a success that Branson experienced along with his fellow founder. This success served as the bridge for him towards his success. Later on, this led him to become one of the famous people today. Although he has an intellectual disability, because he believed in himself, a turnaround in his life occurred. Branson did not let his disability to affect how he lived his life.
Through these famous people’s life stories about how they overcome their disabilities, a positive change in their lives also occurred. It is a change that made people proud of them.
