Disability
“My disability has had remarkably little effect on my career. Obviously it has affected my life, but I am happier now than before the disease began. I have a real sense of achievement in having been successful despite my condition... I think people should have the right to die if they want. It is one of the few rights a seriously ill person has left. But, having said that, I don’t think I would ever avail myself of that right.�
Stephen Hawking (1942- ), British theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Hawking has motor neuron disease, which has progressively worsened to the point of almost total paralysis. He is best known for his popular science writing, notably his best-selling book, A History of Time. He holds the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, and numerous other awards, for his scientific accomplishments in the field of cosmology, including the role of black holes in the emission of radiation.
From an interview in Disabilities magazine, October 1993.
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TAGS: Stephen Hawking, Disability, Motor neuron disease, Science, Cosmology, Theoretical physics, Black holes, Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Stephen Hawking (1942- ), British theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Hawking has motor neuron disease, which has progressively worsened to the point of almost total paralysis. He is best known for his popular science writing, notably his best-selling book, A History of Time. He holds the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, and numerous other awards, for his scientific accomplishments in the field of cosmology, including the role of black holes in the emission of radiation.
From an interview in Disabilities magazine, October 1993.
Download free sampler edition of About Canada at
TAGS: Stephen Hawking, Disability, Motor neuron disease, Science, Cosmology, Theoretical physics, Black holes, Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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