Paralympian Amy Purdy Inspires Dancing With The Stars
ABC Reports: Amy Purdy had a typical childhood until losing her legs at 19 as a result of Meningitis, which has led to an adulthood of extraordinary accomplishments, including being an inspiration for people with disabilities as a competitor on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
Currently training for the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia, she is the top ranked adaptive snowboarder in the U.S. and three-time World Cup Para-snowboard winner. Purdy is the Co-Founder of Adaptive Action Sports, a non-profit organization which helps disabled youth, adults and wounded veterans get involved in action sports. AAS was instrumental in getting adaptive snowboarding added to the 2014 Paralympic Games.
Stories, like Amy’s, both inspire and can motivate individual with and without disabilities to look beyond themselves, and within themselves to discover strength to forge ahead in the midst of obstacles