It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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