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life is subjective. you can steer it away from that all you want, but personal accountability is the name of the game for everyone, disabled or not.
no, they are officially diagnosed and had lots of professional support. you know what the differences between their failures and successes were? putting in the effort. when they studied and practiced, they got good grades and succeed. when they didn't, they failed.
it's almost like learning things is about making the effort to learn them.
according to your philosophy here, nobody can ever run a marathon if they aren't already athletic. that isn't true. almost anyone can do it, they simple have to train their body to do it. and if they are disabled, they use a wheelchair or other accessibility device. they still need to train.
I'm not disagreeing that there's an entire category of people with impairments who can overcome most of the barriers through effort and perseverance. That's absolutely a thing. Please don't think I'm dismissing that.
I'm saying there is also a category of people who will sadly never overcome their impairment though any amount of effort, or really anything short of a miracle. The simplest illustration is at the extreme end -- a person with advanced Alzheimer's is never going to become a pro athlete nor a Jeopardy champion, at least not without major groundbreaking advancements in medicine.
You seem to be making the argument that only the first category exists but not the second, which is just not true.