Dr. Grandin has been kind enough to offer her name and support to the award. We feel that many times people emphasize the disabilities and not the abilities that these wonderful people bring to the world.
Any accomplishment is worthy of nomination, from passing a grade to creating a new computer program.
Listed below are the 62 nominees for the year 2000. Each has overcome an obstacle. Each has added something to our world. Please take a moment to share in their glories, for even the smallest is great. At 6 he played at Carnegie Hall and was invited to play at the Music and Arts Festival in Italy last summer.