It is nice to see that there are no obstacles to writing; no physical obstacles that is. An excerpt from Yahoo! News:

Shirley Cheng (b. 1983), a blind and physically disabled author and poet of three books, was diagnosed with severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at only eleven months old. Due to years of hospitalization, she received no schooling until age 11. Having achieved grade level in all areas after merely 180 days in a special education class in elementary school, she was transferred to a regular sixth grade class in middle school. Unfortunately, Shirley lost her eyesight at the age of seventeen. After a successful eye surgery, she hopes to earn five science doctorates from Harvard University.

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But I suppose this case is one where the author and poet in question was already highly talented. That doesn’t detract from her successes of course, but it does prompt us to imagine what she could have achieved without her disabilities.