American - Actress | November 7, 1979 -
I don't want to see myself as this sad, disabled girl. I know that. I don't want other people to see me as that, either.
Amy Purdy
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After I lost my legs, all I wanted to do was snowboard again. I remember spending an entire year on the computer, looking for 'adaptive snowboarders' or 'snowboard legs' or 'adaptive snowboard schools' or just something that I could connect to. I already knew how to snowboard - I just needed to find the right legs.
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I kind of had to figure stuff out on my own and get myself snowboarding competitively again. I went through all types of different legs to try to learn which were going to work for me. Luckily, I was able to figure it out.
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I think the designs and creativity are limitless with 3-D-printed clothing.
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When you are truly you and share who you are with the world and be confident in who you are, it doesn't matter what size you are. It doesn't matter what your different body parts look like.
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For me, I just began, eventually, to embrace what I had. This is what I have to deal with and, not just deal with, but this is what I have to share, and how can I do that the best way.
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It was challenging. It was never easy for me. My life changed suddenly, and I lost my health. I lost the body that I knew.
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I lost the life that I knew, and I really had to rethink my future and think about my core values and the things that I love, and my passion, and that's really what helped me move forward. Also, for me just being grateful for what I had in my life versus on focusing on what I was losing, that really helped as well.
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I'm really motivated by music, and I love dancing, even if it's just by myself in my room or if it's going out with my friends.
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A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on the same courses, the same hills.
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That's really what the Paralympics is about: these amazing athletes and this technology that's allowing them to reach their full potential.
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We've all seen that every challenge we've gone through, we've learned something from. It's not getting hung up on the challenges but figuring out how to get ahead.
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