Michael J. Fox's Accomplishments as a Disabled Person

For my autobiography assignment I chose to read and learn about Michael J. Fox. He is an actor, voice-over-artist, producer, author, and activist who happens to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He has overcome a lot in his life. He is a great actor and activist and someone that should be an inspiration to us all. One of his earliest and most famous roles was as Alex P. Keaton in the show Family Ties. He won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe award for that role. Possibly the role Michael J. Fox is most known for is his role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. Back to the Future was a huge success and has become a family classic. He also starred in many other successful movies including Teen Wolf, Bright Lights, Big City, Casualties of War, Doc Hollywood, For Love or Money, Where the Rivers Flow North, The American President, and The Frighteners among more. He is a successful voice-over artist and has voiced in movies including Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Stuart Little, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Stuart Little 2, and Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild. He is set to star in a new comedy series loosely based on his life. It is scheduled to premiere in the fall of 2013. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991. Since going public in 1998 he has been an avid supporter of Parkinson’s disease research. He founded a foundation named The Michael J. Fox foundation to help go forward with every possible research path to find the cure for Parkinson’s disease. He is an huge supporter of stem cell research. In 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine by Karolinska Institutet for all that he has done to contribute to Parkinson’s research. In closing, I learned a lot by reading about Michael J. Fox’s accomplishments, both in his personal life dealing with his disease and his career. He is a very noble man who deals with his disability everyday to the best of his ability and