Aimee Mullins: The Opportunity Of Adversity
February 20, 2010 by Do'C 
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Do yourself a huge favor, and invest the 22 minutes to watch and listen to this
about facing adversity. Carefully consider her message, and the potential impact of adaptation - you might just gain new perspective on “disability” along the way too.
My favorite quotes from the talk:
“We have to make sure that we don’t put the first brick in a wall that will acutally disable someone. Perhaps the existing model of only looking at what is broken in you and how do we fix it, serves to be more disabling to the individual than the pathology itself.”
“Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.”
“I think the greatest adversity that we’ve created for ourselves is this idea of normalcy. Who’s normal? There is no normal. There’s common. There’s typical.”
What were yours?
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Comment by livsparents — 21 February, 2010 @ 9:01 am
Powerful stuff…
“No prognosis can account for how powerful this could be as a determinant in the quality for someone’s life.”
“All you need is one person to show you the epiphanny of your own power and you’re off”
Comment by Bill — 24 February, 2010 @ 2:18 pm
Thanks for a great video. I enjoyed it quite a bit and I’ve forwarded the link to a number of friends.