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Annette Funicello

"For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not."

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"For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not."

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"I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad."

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"In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame."
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"As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope."
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"Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing."
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"Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame."
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"The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure."
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