Mobility

Born Without Limbs

Fri 10 Jan 2020

A woman born with no limbs hasn’t let her condition affect her independence, as she is able to cook, write, photograph and even sew. Amy Brooks from Pittsburgh, USA, was born with Congenital Tetraphocomelia, a birth defect that affects all four limbs. The 37-year-old says: “I obviously have to do things a lot differently than someone who is completely able-bodied but I’m able to do things just in a different way.”

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Videographer / Director: Nick Childers. Producer: Giacomo Brunelli, James Thorne. Editor: James Thorne, Tom Buckman.

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