The Only True Disability Is A Crushed

I'm Not Running Around As A Continual Ray Of Sunshine. It's Just I Don't Believe In Wasting Time Feeling Sorry For Myself. Get Over It.

I've Had Journalists Asking Me, 'what Do We Call You - Is It Handicapped, Are You Disabled, Physically Challenged?' I Said, 'well Hopefully You Could Just Call Me Aimee. But If You Have To Describe It, I'm A Bilateral Below-the-knee Amputee.'

There’s An Important Difference And Distinction Between The Objective Medical Fact Of My Being An Amputee And The Subjective Societal Opinion Of Whether Or Not I’m Disabled. Truthfully, The Only Real And Consistent Disability I’ve Had To Confront Is The World Ever Thinking That I Could Be Described By Those Definitions.

With L'oreal, I Get To Be Aimee Mullins, Model. No Qualifier. And That Means Everything To Me.

I Had A Paper Round And Every Night I Would Put The Dinner On Before Mum Came Home From Work. I Was Capable Because I Had To Be.