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I was born without arms. Everything you do is adapting to your environment to live in a world
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that was not designed for you. Are there things I can't do? I mean push-ups would be difficult
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Besides that, there are specific articles of clothing that are difficult for me to wear
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Today is exciting. We are going to go shopping. My wife and I are having a dinner date tonight
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so we get to go find an outfit for that. What do you think
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I was born without arms, and that condition can also just be known as bilateral aplasia of the upper limbs
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I think it definitely made me have thicker skin, and it definitely made me have to learn how to troubleshoot things from a very early age
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I was adopted from the Russian orphanage. I had therapy lessons, and they would have me use my feet to play with things
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Everybody is born with two hands, and you learn how to adapt to your social surroundings
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It's just, I just was born without them. For the most part, no. I love the fact that I don't have arms
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I mean, I wouldn't be on camera right now filming for this
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Are there things I can do I mean push would be difficult Besides that there are specific articles of clothing that are difficult for me to wear I tend to wear clothing a lot more like this that just very easy Very close to my body because I use my legs for everything I don like having puffy sleeves or really loose pants
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I kind of just like everything to be Close to my body if it's a coat and somebody else's around like my boyfriend
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I will just have him do it Joe will help me if I need to have something buttoned
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And he'll even sometimes curl my hair for me, which is really sweet. Today is exciting
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We are going to go shopping. Mark and I are having a dinner date tonight, so we get to go find an outfit for that
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I can do a lot of things by myself. I've learned how to adapt so well with feet
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I need to put this down and then I'm pretty short, so slide that in
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But basically I just have one foot on the gas and then you have your brake and I'll just
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alternate. And then I just do this. And then for like the turn signal
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I can just do that and still have my foot on this. I don't have any card options if that makes any sense. So I can drive any car
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I could not drive a manual though. I'm super looking forward to shopping
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There are going to be days where I feel awkward or where I feel clumsy I think the biggest frustration when I go out in public is just knowing that other people aren used to me and I sort of like an alien in their environment in a way
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And so they'll stare or ask questions, which again is at least completely fine for me
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For some people with disabilities, it's not. Joe is honestly one of the most supportive people that I know
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It's never been an issue for him. I'm definitely hoping to find something that is very comfortable
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and easy to wear and something that will make me feel confident
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This is cute because it's super flowy, so it'd be super easy for me to get on and off
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It looks very comfortable and I can style it very easily. These are bodysuits and I would love to be able to wear bodysuits and stuff like that
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The thing that I avoid wearing the most would probably be bodysuits because those are just
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a pain to get on and off and if you need to use the restroom, it's just game over
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So it's really difficult to get certain things because if they're too wide in the shoulder
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then they'll just fall off. This top is definitely my favorite thing I tried on I think that it very comfortable You like it Actually it really is super cute Y have a good one Thanks please mom Thank you too I just got done shopping
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I had such a fun time, and I'm so excited to wear my new clothing at the grocery store
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Stop. What the heck? All right, dinner is just about ready, so we are going to go get changed
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changed and be right back. Three, two, one, go. What do you think
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Honestly, I think it's perfect. It looks super comfortable and I think you look gorgeous
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I think it's really important for people with limb differences and just people in general with
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disabilities and differences of all kinds to be represented because I think we live
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again in an age that is very comfortable with the one size fits
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all mentality. I think it is really really important for media to showcase more diversity because I mean, at the end of the day
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that's what's real, right