Some of the world's greatest men and women have been saddled with disabilities and adversities but have managed to overcome them.

• Cripple him, and you have a Sir Walter Scott.
• Lock him in a prison cell, and you have a John Bunyan.
• Bury him in the snows of Valley Forge, and you have a George Washington.
• Raise him in abject poverty, and you have an Abraham Lincoln.
• Subject him to bitter religious prejudice, and you have a Benjamin Disraeli.
• Stri…