“If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. It’s much easier to stay in known mediocrity than blossom into unknown glory.” Aimee Mullins, athlete and artist.
Aimee Mullins’ legs were amputated at the age of one, yet with the help of advanced artificial limbs, she has set world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and the long jump at the Paralympics. Off the field, Mullins has a multifaceted career as an artist, actress, model and public speaker.
“I want to challenge people’s ideas of beauty and the myth that disabled people are less capable,” Mullins says on chickspeak.com. “I want to expose people to disability as something that they can’t pity or fear or closet, but something that they accept and maybe want to emulate.”
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