Alison Lapper
Meet Alison Lapp. She paints pictures for a living. But she’s no ordinary painter. For starters, she doesn’t use her hands when she paints. She uses her mouth ! Alison was born without any arms and she has very short legs. Her physical disabilities caused her to spend the first 17 years of her life in a hospital. But this didn’t stop her from achieving her goals in life. She realized that even though she was disabled, there was no reason why she could not express herself as freely as normal people. This was what got her to start drawing paintings.
Although her disabilities limit her from living a normal life, she never stopped thinking that she wasn’t in any way inferior to others. Her paintings are quite impressive and they do not look like they were drawn by someone who used her mouth. Alison continues to encourage others by telling them never to give up hope of becoming successful. Her positive attitude has inspired many disabled people throughout the world and will continue to do so in the future.