Cross-country skier Janine Shepherd was Olympics-bound in 1986, with many thinking that she was a strong contender to earn Australia’s first-ever medal at the winter games. But everything changed on a training bike ride through the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. Shepherd was hit by a truck, and broke both her back and neck.
Aimee Mullins is a record-breaking runner … who was born without shinbones. In this talk from TEDMED 2009, Mullins shares why the term “disabled” is no longer appropriate: because we will all face adversity of some kind, whether physical or otherwise. She shares a powerful message — that it’s not about whether you will meet adversity, but how you will approach it.
- Ed Gavagan: A story about knots and surgeons
- Giles Duley: When a reporter becomes the story
- Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
- Simon Lewis: Don’t take consciousness for granted
- Joshua Prager: My personal half-life
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