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Alvin Law (born 1960 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan) is a motivational speaker and former radio broadcaster. Law was born without arms as a consequence of his mother's use of thalidomide while pregnant. His birth parents put him up for adoption, and he was raised by foster parents Hilda and Jack Law. After graduating from college, Law embarked on a successful career in radio broadcasting. He expressed an interest in moving to television, but network executives were unsure of how the public would react to an armless news anchor. In 2018, Law was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame.

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rdfs:label	Alvin Law (en) آلفين لو (ar)
rdfs:comment	آلفين لو هو متحدث تحفيزي ومقدم تلفزيوني وموسيقي كندي، ولد في 1960 في يوركتن في كندا. (ar) Alvin Law (born 1960 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan) is a motivational speaker and former radio broadcaster. Law was born without arms as a consequence of his mother's use of thalidomide while pregnant. His birth parents put him up for adoption, and he was raised by foster parents Hilda and Jack Law. After graduating from college, Law embarked on a successful career in radio broadcasting. He expressed an interest in moving to television, but network executives were unsure of how the public would react to an armless news anchor. In 2018, Law was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Saskatchewan Musician Candidates in Saskatchewan provincial elections Humbug (The X-Files) Regina Walsh Acres 1960 births Living people 1986 Saskatchewan general election Canadian radio reporters and correspondents People from Yorkton John Solomon (Canadian politician) Telemiracle Thalidomide People without hands Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Canadian motivational speakers Television Radio broadcaster Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Radio broadcasting Yorkton Motivational speaker dbr:Canadian_Association_of_Professional_Speakers X-Files News anchor Motivational speaking Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party
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has abstract	آلفين لو هو متحدث تحفيزي ومقدم تلفزيوني وموسيقي كندي، ولد في 1960 في يوركتن في كندا. (ar) Alvin Law (born 1960 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan) is a motivational speaker and former radio broadcaster. Law was born without arms as a consequence of his mother's use of thalidomide while pregnant. His birth parents put him up for adoption, and he was raised by foster parents Hilda and Jack Law. Law learned to perform routine activities using his feet alone, including eating, dressing and grooming himself, driving, sewing, playing sports, and playing drums, piano, and trombone. He attended regular elementary and high schools, even though at the time disabled children were usually placed in institutions or special education programs. After graduating from college, Law embarked on a successful career in radio broadcasting. He expressed an interest in moving to television, but network executives were unsure of how the public would react to an armless news anchor. Law began dabbling in motivational speaking in 1981. In 1988 he made this his full-time occupation with the founding of AJL Communications Ltd. He is the subject of two award-winning documentaries, and is the author of a book, Alvin's Laws of Life: 5 Steps To Successfully Overcome Anything. He has also dabbled in acting, his most notable role to date being a preacher in the X-Files episode "Humbug". In 1986, Law ran as a Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the 1986 provincial election, losing to John Solomon in the constituency of Regina North West. Law served on the national board of the . For many years, Law was a mainstay on the annual telethon Telemiracle. In 2018, Law was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame. (en)
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