| Many people faced with physical and mental | | | | ability to hear when he was quite young! Though he |
| challenges have shown wonders to the world and | | | | wanted to study music under Mozart, he was trained |
| have created an impact worldwide that they serve as | | | | by Joseph Haydn as Mozart had expired. He went on |
| a role model to many. For example, William Willard and | | | | record saying that he was so ecstatic when he saw |
| his wife, both were deaf. They moved together to | | | | the audience applaud for his musical compositions |
| Indianapolis and started the first educational institution | | | | during one of the public performances. |
| for deaf people named Indianapolis School for the | | | | Laura Dewey Bridgman became deaf and mute due |
| Deaf in the year 1843. It was recognized officially only | | | | to scarlet fever at the tender age of two. In 1837, she |
| three years later. | | | | joined the Perkins School for the Deaf and Blind and |
| Dr. Frank Bowe assisted the United Nations to plan the | | | | with the help of the principal, Dr. Howe, she learnt to |
| International Year of Disabled Persons. Ludwig Van | | | | live an independent life. |
| Beethoven, the popular musician and composer, lost his | | | | |