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Press Releases, Science and Health - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:03 - 0 Comments
‘You just don’t look disabled’
New York (CNN) — People come up to Aimee Mullins all the time and say, “you know, I have to tell you, you just don’t look disabled.”
The record-setting athlete, actress and model says, “And it’s sweet because I know that they’re confused, and they’re telling me this because they know I’m missing both legs from the shin down, but they’re presented with this package of a highly capable young woman. This has happened all over the world. I tell them it’s interesting because I don’t feel disabled.”
She believes that people are not born disabled. Full Press Release…
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