Overcoming Obstacles In Aimee Mullin's Life

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“Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.” - Aimee Mullins Aimee Mullins was born on July, 20, 1976. She was born without shinbones; because of this, they were amputated when she was one year old. Juliane Koepcke survived a fall of over 10,000 feet and eleven days in the Peruvian rain forest. These two women persevered through their ordeals and both live happy lives. As a child, Aimee was self conscious about her prosthetic legs. Only later did she realize that her difference is what makes her extraordinary. All her life she has been breaking expectations and never let’s anyone bring her down. “He was asking me to be less than, a little more downtrodden. He was asking

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