Aimee’s Early Life
Aimee Mullins was born without these parts of her body.
What are her lower legs (below the knee)?
Aimee struggled walking on these floors while wearing high heels.
What are marble floors?
Aimee refused to do this when her father told her to change her outfit.
What is hide her legs / change her dress? (X2)
A prosthetic is this type of object.
What is an artificial body part?
Aimee says people should focus on this instead of hiding it.
What is what makes them different? (X2)
Doctors performed this procedure on Aimee when she was an infant.
What is an amputation?
Her early prosthetic legs were made of this material that could rot in water.
What is wood?
This moment marked the first time Aimee did this toward her father.
What is defied him?
Aimee worked with these professionals to design new types of legs.
Who are engineers and designers?
A man asked Aimee to act more like this earlier version of herself.
What is vulnerable or naïve?
As a child, Aimee spent a lot of time at this place for treatment.
What is the DuPont Institute (hospital)?
During music class, this happened to Aimee’s prosthetic leg.
What is it broke into pieces?
Aimee realized she did not have to fit into this idea others expected.
What is “normal”?
These special running legs were inspired by this fast animal.
What is a cheetah?
Aimee refused to do this for others’ comfort.
What is make herself seem less or hide her abilities?
Aimee had to use this because she couldn’t wear prosthetics for a time.
What is a wheelchair?
At the beach, Aimee faced danger when she was caught in this.
What is a rip current?
Aimee learned to see her differences as this instead of weaknesses.
What are strengths?
These lightweight materials were used to make her sprinting legs.
What is carbon fiber?
The little girl in the story proudly showed off her new this.
What is a prosthetic leg?
Aimee’s teacher tried to stop her from returning to school because she thought Aimee was this.
What is a distraction or “inappropriate”?
Aimee used her prosthetic legs in this creative way to stay afloat in the water.
What is holding them under her arms to float?
The main message of her story is that people should do this with what makes them different.
What is accept and celebrate it?
Aimee set this number of world records using her running legs.
What is three?
According to Aimee, this is the source of our greatest creative power.
What is embracing and celebrating our differences?