Aimee Mullins and her 12 Pairs of Legs

I've written about Aimee Mullins before, here's another great video from TED about her, and her "bag of legs".
I love the discussion about her prosthetics as art (and some great examples), as well as the conversation moving from overcoming impairment, it's about augmentation or enhancement.

Alexander McQueen's hand carved legs legs


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Aimee Mullins Running on Prosthetics from TED

I've written about the TED conference before regarding Jill Bolte Taylors speech on witnessing her own stroke. Here's another interesting speech from TED with runner Aimee Mullins. She is a double amputee who ran in college and the paralympics. She talks about her prosthetics and design of the various legs she uses. I love the story of running in the paralympics and her competitors and difficulty getting high heels.

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US Open Ball Girl who is Amputee

A n interesting piece about a girl who is a ball girl for the US Open and is an amputee. I anticipated a fluff piece spun as an "inspirational" story, but it steered pretty well away from that. They talked about her role as the first individual with a disability as a ball girl at the US Open, but also about her athletic career, and running both marathons and triathlons. As the interviewer mentions, calling her disabled is almost a misnomer, because with the right technology, she does not have much of an impairment.

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