Check out these photos from my speech for Wal-Mart last week.
Photos by Curtis Myers
Archive for the ‘my life’ Category
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Wal-Mart speech photos
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
“Single Shoes” song
Please always ask what I do with my extra shoes.
I’ve always just put them in a box.
Until now.
Monday, April 19, 2010
my MTV appearance!
Here’s my appearance with the Jabbawockeez on MTV’s “Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew.”
Thursday, March 25, 2010
photos from Children’s Hospital event
I recently had the opportunity to return to UVA Children’s Hospital to speak at a fundraiser.
Click here to view more photos from the event!
Signing a book for Mark Andrews, the guy who taught me how to ski right after I lost my leg.
Here I am with Dr. Kimberly Dunsmore, my doctor from fifteen years ago when I had cancer.
Looking over my notes before my speech. That’s my mom and sister Anna sitting beside me.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
good times at WBTX interview
Here are a few highlights from a recent interview with Brad Huddleston and Jim Snavely at WBTX.
To watch the full-length interview, including interviews with my parents and brother, please check out Brad’s website.
Friday, February 5, 2010
is “Avatar” offensive to people with disabilities?
Unlike some members of the disability community, I was not offended by “Avatar.” In fact, quite the opposite.
I saw the movie with my younger brother. As we sat in the front row examining our 3D glasses and waiting for the movie to begin, my mind flashed back to a Saturday afternoon years before, when my father, brother, and I visited a Virginia theme park. We had snagged three seats on the front row of a virtual reality theater, the sort of hokey attraction where the chairs bounce and wobble based on what’s happening in the movie.
Several awkward minutes passed before a manager walked across the front row and told me that I “wouldn’t be able to participate in this experience” because my disability would make it unsafe. Adrenaline shot into my veins as we argued over whether having one leg would affect the seatbelt’s ability to restrain me during the show. It soon became obvious—with a crowd of viewers watching us—that she was not going to start the movie until I had left the theater. Read More
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The Amputee Rap!
Here it is…my brand spankin new music video:
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