Disabled Speakers

Abbott, Jim - Motivational Speaker & One-handed famed professional baseball pitcher
Jim Abbott was a famed one handed major league baseball player, who overcame a birth defect of only one hand became an amazing pro pitcher and ball player. Through stories, anecdotes, jokes, some self...

Adams, Jeff - Two-time Olympian, Four-time Paralympian
Jeff Adams is a two-time Olympian, four-time Paralympian, six-time World Champion and prior World Record holder in the 1500m men's wheelchair event. For the past eight years, Jeff Adams has spoken ...

Adamson, Kate - Paralyzed but not Powerless, stroke survivor
Kate Adamson is a mesmerizing, inspirational, keynote speaker whose presentation will enhance the theme of your conference. Kate Adamson will bring focus and power to your corporate and health care co...

Bailey, Kevin - Motivational Speaker on Safety Awareness For Everyone
Kevin Bailey was working in October of 1986, when he became entangled in a rotating shaft. The results: traumatic amputation of his right leg and a series of surgeries to maintain function of his le...

Burrows, Scott - Equipping Leaders to Standup to their Challenges & Opportunities!
Early in Scott’s life he played wide receiver at Florida State University under coach Bobby Bowden and was a top-ranked kick-boxing champion having his last fight broadcast by ESPN. But on Novem...

Foppe, John - Author, Visionary born without arms
Born without arms, John Foppe has had to break down and re-engineer every aspect of day-to-day life. He learned that the inability to do something didn’t rest on the lack of resources or vision...

Hiebert, Carl - "The sky is not the limit... It's just the beginning"
The sky is not the limit... It's just the beginning. Carl Hiebert is an entrepreneur of life. Confined to a wheelchair since 1981, he astounded Canadians by flying his open-cockpit ultra light a...

Hymas, Chad - Transforming organizations in the areas of Teambuilding, Customer Service, & Mastering Change!
The Wall Street Journal hails Chad Hymas as one of the 10 most inspirational speakers in the world. At the age of 27, Chad Hymas' life changed instantaneously when an accident left him a quadriplegi...

Law, Alvin - Remarkable Motivational Speaker, Born Without Arms
Over 13,000 babies around the world were deformed in the early 1960's because of a morning sickness drug, Thalidomide. Alvin Law was born without arms after his birth mother, thinking it was completel...

MacDonald, Warren - Finding Opportunity in Adversity
Warren Macdonald’s life’s boundaries were redefined in April 1997 with his accident on North Queensland’s (Australia) Hinchinbrook Island. Climbing to the Island’s tallest peak...

MacFarlane, Craig - The World's Greatest Blind Athlete
Craig MacFarlane is known as a dynamic Inspirational speaker. His skills, charismatic personality and enthusiasm have brought audiences to their feet in 18 countries, Craig MacFarlane has logged over ...

Petitclerc, Chantal - Paralympic World Record Holder
Chantal was born on December 15, 1969 in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières in Quebec. At the age of thirteen, she lost the use of both legs in an accident. Gaston Jacques, a high school physical educati...

Rosen, Paul - Paralympic Gold Medalist
Paul Rosen has a lightning-fast glove, cat-quick reflexes and a calm presence in the crease. He has everything an NHL goaltender has… except… his right leg. Paul Rosen was a promising...

Schlappi, Mike - Gold Medalist, MBA, Author
Keynote speaker Mike Schlappi has an inspiring message for every American, young or old: “Just because you can’t stand up, doesn’t mean you can’t stand out.” As presid...

Waddell, Chris - First Paraplegic to Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro - USA Paralympian
Chris Waddell was a promising young skier at Middlebury College in 1988 when a skiing accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Determined to get back on the slopes, he began skiing on a mon...