Born without arms, she uses her feet instead

Brut India

Cooking meals, attending classes, driving a car—this 17-year-old does all this and more using just her feet.

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00:00Hi everyone, it's Sofia.

00:11I'm making a nice dish, one of my favourite dishes,

00:14cream pasta.

00:15As you can see, I'm cooking with my feet

00:19because I was born without my upper limbs.

00:31So, before each exercise, I clean my feet

00:36and at the end of each exercise as well.

00:38It's really hygienic.

00:41I always wear pants, not buttoned,

00:46like all the other days, with the legs up.

00:49I wear elastic pants.

00:53Sofia writes so well,

01:01that when there are group exercises,

01:03it's Sofia who writes.

01:05We get used to it quickly and we forget.

01:08It's so incredible what she does,

01:10we forget quickly.

01:12So, I just came back from class

01:14and I'm going to make myself something to eat.

01:16I like it even more with my hands,

01:20because when they touch the floor, etc.

01:23it doesn't become hygienic.

01:26In fact, for me to be autonomous,

01:28I always need to have a big chair.

01:29That means, in my bathroom, I have one,

01:31in my kitchen, in my room,

01:34and almost everywhere.

01:36You see that?

01:37I don't think the others can do it.

01:39When my mother was pregnant,

01:41I had to be at the age of 13 years and 21.

01:44I had to have no lower limbs.

01:46They said I couldn't live without them.

01:49So, in fact, when I was born,

01:51it was more a relief than anything else.

01:53Ammar, can you bring me my bag, please?

02:00I was afraid she would be rejected.

02:02She just joined BTS,

02:04it's all fresh,

02:05and I was like that this summer.

02:08To think about how it's going to go,

02:10people's eyes,

02:11whether they will help her or not,

02:13because Sofia has a quality,

02:15but also a flaw.

02:17When she needs it, she won't say it.

02:19I was faster, more mature than the others.

02:21That means I understood it from birth,

02:24that I had a difference.

02:26Even...

02:27Yeah, give me a section, I already understood.

02:37People, people from outside

02:38didn't want me to drive.

02:40My family, etc.

02:41They say it's a danger.

02:42I only listened to myself.

02:44I went to see a specialist,

02:45a Greek doctor,

02:46who gave me the authorization.

02:48When I heard the doctor's answer,

02:50it relieved me.

02:51He's a professional.

02:54He knows what's best for my safety.

02:56He didn't find any danger.

02:58So I drove a car.

03:01As an adaptation,

03:02there's the accelerator on the left

03:04and the voice commands.

03:05For example, the indicator on the right,

03:07or turn on the traffic lights, etc.

03:08Turn it all the way,

03:09all the way to the stop.

03:11I'm not accelerating.

03:13Honestly, Sofia gives us a real life lesson.

03:16It's impressive,

03:18the will she has.

03:19And I think if she continues to have this will,

03:22she can become whoever she wants.

03:23She can do absolutely whatever she wants.

03:38I didn't feel like I was well accompanied.

03:41On a paper level,

03:43for example,

03:45can I enroll in this school, etc.

03:48On a management level,

03:50I need management,

03:52but it came out more from my father's head

03:55than from the heads of the ergotherapists.

03:57I was offered several times to wear prostheses,

04:00but I never wanted to,

04:02simply because if I wear prostheses,

04:04it's not me anymore.

04:05I wouldn't be myself anymore.

04:06It's not my personality.

04:07It's become really...

04:09It's become...

04:10It's developed my personality.

04:11So yes, I've always refused,

04:13and even if I wear them,

04:14will I be able to use them?

04:16I feel good like this,

04:18and day by day I'm improving.

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