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Marilyn Gillies Carr (born 16 December 1941) is a Scottish woman from Dundee.She was born without arms or hands and uses her feet for all activities of daily living. [1]She appeared with Douglas Bader in the documentary film Two of a Kind in 1971, which contrasted his life as a double-leg amputee with hers as a person with no arms.
Mullins' prosthetic leg shown at CCCB exhibit in Barcelona, October 2015 Mullins watches fellow bilateral amputee Hugh Herr climb the wall at MIT Media Lab's h2.0 symposium, May 9, 2007. Mullins was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US to an Irish father Bernard Mullins from Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland and mother Bernadette Mullins.
Character Movie(s) Type Cause Aron Ralston: 127 Hours: Right below-elbow Self-amputation (knife) Homer Parrish The Best Years of Our Lives: Bilateral below-elbow
Mandy Horvath (born June 10,1993) is a Colorado based American bi-lateral above knee amputee, creative writer, public speaker, actress and mountaineer. She is notable as the first female bi-lateral amputee to summit the Manitou Incline, Pikes Peak (twice), the Statue of Liberty stairwell to the crown, and Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, without the use of prosthetic equipment- using her arms and ...
She has said her migraines, which began in her 20s, are more debilitating and difficult than being an amputee. [6] Beckwith appeared in a 2024 commercial for the migraine medication Nurtec ODT, which also featured Lady Gaga. [7] As of May 2024, Footless Jo has 1.01 million subscribers.
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Amy Palmiero-Winters (born August 18, 1972) is a below-knee amputee, long-distance runner, and triathlete. She holds eleven world records in various events. In 2010, she was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States and the ESPN ESPY Award as the top female athlete with a disability in the world.
Kelly Bruno was six months old when she had her leg amputated below the knee due to a congenital deformity. She currently holds world records for amputees in the 200m and 800m distances, has won gold at the 2008 New York Triathlon and ITU World Triathlon Championships in the amputee division, and was the second amputee to finish the Ironman Kona Triathlon in Hawaii in 2007, setting the current ...