<p>I agree that on top of her major disability, that she was raised by a blind mother. It makes it all that more incredible. </p>
<p>While this is not as severe as missing limbs, one of my younger daughter’s very close friends in college in her BFA in Musical Theater program, is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. She is wonderfully talented in musical theater. I have seen her in several musicals already and she also is in professional ones. She also gets around NYC on her own as this is not a regular college campus. My D is thrilled that a professional degree program like hers admitted this young woman and that the theater world is casting her. Every time I see her perform, I am in awe.</p>
<p>I apologize if I offended any one. My joke is of poor taste. But… …</p>
<p>I really don’t see this is too big a deal. She is luck that she is in US, there so many people with disabilities in other poor countries who will love to be in her position. I have read so many such stories from the remote villages in China.</p>
<p>Takes a lot of practice to pull off the joke-in-print, LB. Keep trying. And you made a good point about her relative good fortune to live where she does.</p>
<p>“I really don’t see this is too big a deal”</p>
<p>Nope. Compared to the vast majority of the world’s people—U.S., China, Timbuktu, whatever—this young woman is still amazing!</p>
<p>Remarkable story. I’m also glad to hear that she wants pediatrics. Just imagine the message she’ll impart to all her impressionable young patients over the years just by standing in front of them, before she even administers any care.</p>
<p>Hey kat: I think most people might be overwhelmed by the thought of a triple amputee as a summer house guest. But this Aaron sounds as if he’ll be mowing your lawn and cleaning our your gutters!</p>