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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
Two other armless men, Belgium’s Piotr Van Montagu and Mexico’s Víctor Sardina Viveros, are also competing in Paris, and like Devi and Stutzman, use other body parts to aim and shoot. Related...
Purdy was born in Las Vegas in 1979. When she was 19 years old, she contracted Neisseria meningitidis, a form of bacterial meningitis. [1] The disease affected Purdy's circulatory system when the infection led to septic shock; [2] both of her legs had to be amputated below the knee, she lost both kidneys along with hearing in her left ear, [3] and her spleen had to be removed. [1]
Celestine Tate Harrington (October 15, 1955 – February 25, 1998) was an American quadriplegic street musician who was well known for playing the keyboard with her lips, teeth and tongue on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Videos of her incredible performances at the Paris Paralympics have gone viral, making her one of the defining images of these Games. Sheetal Devi pictured training before the Paralympic Games ...
Katie Breland Hughes lost the use of both her legs in 2011 when she missed a stop sign and was hit by a truck. The personal trainer was thrown from the vehicle and told Today that she thought at ...
Paraplegic wheelchair user. Kevin McHale [107] 2002 Butchie: The Wire: Butchie is blind and is portrayed by a blind actor. S. Robert Morgan [108] [109] 2011 Martin Goodman Friday Night Dinner: Hard of hearing and uses a hearing aid. Paul Ritter [110] 1987 Geordi La Forge: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sheetal Devi was born on 10 January 2007 [1] in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. [2] She was born with a rare medical condition called phocomelia, which resulted in her being born without arms.