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Aimee Mullins: La Oportunidad de la Adversidad

Filmed Oct 2009 • Posted Feb 2010TEDMED 2009
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El tesauro, o diccionario de sinónimos, puede equiparar la palabra "discapacitado" con sinónimos tales como "inútil" y "mutilado", pero la innovadora atleta Aimee Mullins, está decidida a redefinir la palabra. Al desafiar estas asociaciones, ella muestra cómo la adversidad -- en su caso, haber nacido sin los huesos de la tibia -- realmente abre la puerta para el potencial humano.

A record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and advocate for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Reynaldo Valerio
Reviewed by Miguel Olmos
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