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艾美慕林：不幸的機會

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Aimee Mullins |

TEDMED 2009

• October 2009

同義詞字典把「殘障」（disabled）和「無用」、「殘缺不全」連結在一起，但是突破記錄的跑者，艾美慕林要站出來重新定義這個詞。不顧這些連結，她知道她的逆境（生下來就沒有小腿骨），事實上打開了人體潛能之門。

同義詞字典把「殘障」（disabled）和「無用」、「殘缺不全」連結在一起，但是突破記錄的跑者，艾美慕林要站出來重新定義這個詞。不顧這些連結，她知道她的逆境（生下來就沒有小腿骨），事實上打開了人體潛能之門。

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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.

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