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Eventually I'll be putting together a compilation of mentally ill and physically disabled artists. As far as mental illness is concerned, these can be either artists who were officially diagnosed with an illness such as schizophrenia, or those who are obviously mentally ill, yet were never officially diagnosed. However I will not be including artists who behaved erratically due to the influence of drugs. This list is as much for myself as it is anyone else, so if you know of any artists that deserve to be on the list, please leave a comment. I will continue to update this list as I discover new artists, and receive recommendations.

Roky Erickson - Schizophrenia
Alexander "Skip" Spence - Schizophrenia
Syd Barrett - Schizophrenia
Wild Man Fischer - Schizophrenia
Tom Harrell - Schizophrenia
Josef Hassid - Schizophrenia
Charles Manson - Undiagnosed
Wesley Willis - Schizophrenia
David Helfgott - Schizophrenia
Bob Mosley - Schizophrenia
Moondog - Blind
Augustin Barie - Blind
Ray Charles - Blind
Stevie Wonder - Blind
Helmut Walcha - Blind
Amadou & Mariam - Blind
Jose Feliciano
Paul Pena
Ludwig von Beethoven - Deaf
Bedrich Smetana - Deaf
Charles Mingus - Motor Neuron Disease
Jason Becker - Motor Neuron Disease
Teddy Pendergrass - Paralyzed
Itzhak Perlman - Paralyzed