Aimee Mullins’ legs have ‘Super-powers’.
March 15, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Exposed!, Fitness, Video, disability
Ever wonder what it’s like to have prosthetic legs?
Aimee Mullins – athlete, model, and actress – lets us into her world with this interesting talk at TED.
Image: Newscom
Born without fibular bones, Aimee had both legs amputated below the knee when she was an infant and learned to walk and then run on prosthetics. The running led to competing as a sprinter and resulted in her becoming a world record breaking runner at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta.
