No Limits

Amy Purdy sees Amy’s limitations as a gift a gift has helped Amy do amazing things.  

Amy Purdy is a world-class athlete, model, and actress.  Amy has achieved amazing success in Amy’s life and hasn’t let anything slow Amy down--even the loss of both legs.  In fact, some of Amy’s greatest achievements came after Amy lost both legs.

When Amy was 15, Amy started snowboarding.  After finishing high school, Amy moved to the mountains, in the mountains Amy could easily spend Amy’s free time snowboarding.  Amy felt totally in control of Amy’s life.  But then at 19, Amy contracted meningitis, a horrible disease a disease left Amy with only a two-percent chance of survival. Amy survived, but there were terrible consequences. Amy lost a kidney, the hearing in Amy’s left ear, and both legs below the knees.

For a long time Amy felt depressed.  But when Amy closed Amy’s eyes, Amy could still see Amy snowboarding.  Amy decided not to let the no-legs situation take over Amy’s life.  By the time Amy was 21, Amy was back on Amy’s board, wearing artificial legs Amy had built with Amy. The first time Amy tried to use the artificial legs, Amy fell off, but Amy’s legs kept going down the hill without Amy!  After a few years of hard training using Amy’s new legs, Amy was able to reach Amy’s peak performance level.  Amy became the Para-Snowboard World Champion in 2012, and Amy later won the bronze medal in the 2014 Paralympic Games.

Amy’s new life was beyond what Amy expected.  Suddenly, Amy had become a celebrity, a fashion model, and an actress.  Amy was even on the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars.  Most importantly, Amy started helping people like Amy do the sports people like Amy love.  Amy started a company a company makes artificial limbs and Amy created an organization an organization introduces people with physical disabilities to action sports.

Now if the person reading this ask Amy, “Would Amy want to change Amy’s situation?”, Amy would say no.  Losing Amy’s legs has enabled, not disabled, Amy.  According to Amy, “It’s facing people’s fears head on that allows people to live people’s lives beyond people’s borders.”

No Limits

Amy Purdy sees her limitations as a gift that has helped her do amazing things.  

Amy Purdy is a world-class athlete, model, and actress.  She has achieved amazing success in her life and hasn’t let anything slow her down--even the loss of both legs.  In fact, some of Amy’s greatest achievements came after she lost them.

When Amy was 15, she started snowboarding.  After finishing high school, she moved to the mountains, where she could easily spend her free time snowboarding.  She felt totally in control of her life.  But then at 19, she contracted meningitis, a horrible disease that left her with only a two-percent chance of survival. Amy survived, but there were terrible consequences. She lost a kidney, the hearing in her left ear, and both legs below the knees.

For a long time Amy felt depressed.  But when she closed her eyes, she could still see herself snowboarding.  She decided not to let this situation take over her life.  By the time she was 21, she was back on her board, wearing artificial legs she had built herself. The first time she tried to use them, she fell off, but her legs kept going down the hill without her!  After a few years of hard training using her new legs, Amy was able to reach her peak performance level.  She became the Para-Snowboard World Champion in 2012, and she later won the bronze medal in the 2014 Paralympic Games.

Amy’s new life was beyond what she expected.  Suddenly, she had become a celebrity, a fashion model, and an actress.  She was even on the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars.  Most importantly, she started helping people like her do the sports they love.  She started a company that makes artificial limbs and she created an organization that introduces people with physical disabilities to action sports.

Now if you ask Amy, “Would you want to change your situation?”, she would say no.  Losing her legs has enabled, not disabled, her.  According to Amy, “It’s facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our borders.”

Amy Purdy sees 1)her limitations as a gift 2)that has helped 3)her do amazing things.  

Amy Purdy is a world-class athlete, model, and actress.  4)She has achieved amazing success in her life and hasn’t let anything slow 5)her down--even the loss of both legs.  In fact, some of Amy’s greatest achievements came after 6)she lost 7)them.

When Amy was 15, 8)she started snowboarding.  After finishing high school, 9)she moved to the mountains, 10)where 11)she could easily spend 12)her free time snowboarding.  13)She felt totally in control of 14)her life.  But then at 19, 15)she contracted meningitis, a horrible disease 16)that left 17her with only a two-percent chance of survival. Amy survived, but there were terrible consequences. 18)She lost a kidney, the hearing in 19)her left ear, and both legs below the knees.

For a long time Amy felt depressed.  But when 20)she closed 21)her eyes, 22)she could still see 23)herself snowboarding.  24)She decided not to let 25)this situation take over 26)her life.  By the time 27)she was 21, 28)she was back on 29)her board, wearing artificial legs 30)she had built 31)herself. The first time 32)she tried to use 33)them, 34)she fell off, but 35)her legs kept going down the hill without 36)her!  After a few years of hard training using 37)her new legs, Amy was able to reach 38)her peak performance level.  39)She became the Para-Snowboard World Champion in 2012, and 40)she later won the bronze medal in the 2014 Paralympic Games.

Amy’s new life was beyond what 41)she expected.  Suddenly, 42)she had become a celebrity, a fashion model, and an actress.  43)She was even on the hit TV show Dancing with the Stars.  Most importantly, 44)she started helping people like 45)her do the sports 46)they love.  47)She started a company 48)that makes artificial limbs and 49)she created an organization 50)that introduces people with physical disabilities to action sports.

Now if 51)you ask Amy, “Would 52)you want to change 53)your situation?”, 54)she would say no.  Losing 55)her legs has enabled, not disabled, 56)her.  According to Amy, “It’s facing 57)our fears head on that allows 58)us to live 59)our lives beyond 60)our borders.”