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Specially Skilled Personalities

Nick Vujicic Born without limbs, he had a tough time in the starting years of his lifetime, until he reached an age, where he started having faith in God. With his strong belief in God, he gradually became an Australian Christian evangelist and a motivational speaker who travels miles to inspire people to believe in the existence of God, and motivating about never giving up.

Christy Brown A person suffering from cerebral palsy, and couldn’t use his hands to write put in so much efforts that he became a writer, author and painter of its own kind. As the time passed, he became so renowned that he made many paintings and wrote his autobiography, “My Left Foot.” For complete video click at-home-with-christy-brown-in-1962/ at-home-with-christy-brown-in-1962/

Jennifer Bricker Jennifer Bricker is an American acrobat and aerialist. She is the sister of gymnast Dominique Moceanu. Born without legs, she was placed for adoption by her parents. She was a featured performer on the Britney Spears "Circus" tour and was the first handicapped high school tumbling champion in the state of Illinois.

Sai Prasad Vishwanathan Vishwanathan lost sensation in the lower half of his body when he was a kid. He became India’s first skydiver and has his name registered in the Limca Book of Records for being the first Indian with disability to skydive from 14,000 feet. He has co-founded Sahasra, an organization that provides scholarships to financially disadvantaged students with great potential, to pursue higher studies. He currently works as a risk consultant at Deloitte U.S. in India.

Arunima Sinha Arunima Sinha lost her leg when some robbers pushed her out of a moving train. Two years later, she became the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest. She disliked the look of pity and sympathy in everyone’s eyes and did not want to be looked upon as a handicapped person. She has proved that a strong determination and will is far more important than a strong body. Even with a prosthetic leg, she overcame her challenges and made history.

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Name: Smriti Singh Class: VIII-B