Aimee Mullins: How my legs give me super-powers

Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic leg -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be.

Think different about disability.

From TED, watch it here.
Aimee Mullins website here.

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MS sufferer's landmark win in right to die case

Debbie Purdy, who is confined to a wheelchair, wants to able to die in a clinic in Switzerland when her condition becomes unbearable.

But she fears that if her husband, Omar Puente, helps her on her final journey he may be prosecuted in Britain for assisting her suicide.

More here.

For more on euthanasia see Not Dead Yet.

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