I know what you’re thinking when you
look at me you feel sorry for me you
wouldn’t know how I have any
independence you wonder how I live my
day-to-day life but I am able to deal
with this because I’m still Isabel I’m
fully independent from the time I wake
up in the morning to when I go sleep at
night
I run walk shower do my own makeup and
go out with my friends I film edit and
upload all kinds of videos on my youtube
channel about how I live my life is a
quadruple amputee
I have a following of about 50,000
people and over 50 videos I have an
entire video where you meet my legs I
answer questions like how do you take a
selfie
I feel makeup tutorials everything from
winter looks to dark brown Halloween
tutorials
I also film challenges with my brothers
some of my videos are silly and some are
more serious like when I talk to
able-bodied people and help them not to
judge people with disabilities I get
loads of responses especially from
people who are in similar situations to
me I love helping people there are
people with disabilities that I’ve met
or they’ve seen my youtube channel that
don’t really try and do nothing I’ve
helped them to realize that you can
still do whatever you want you just have
to put layers of effort in I think
everyone struggles in life disabled and
able-bodied and hopefully my YouTube
will help everyone push through
difficult times things aren’t always
easy but I find a way to make them
challenging instead of difficult because
everyone can go for a challenge it’s
just a bump in the road
I wasn’t born this way in September 2010
when I was 7 years old I got a form of
meningitis could meningococcal
septicaemia it’s the type of blood
poisoning where bacteria enters the
bloodstream and causes damage to blood
vessels I went to school that morning
and I felt a bit else so I got sent home
I called him fever symptoms but nothing
really out of the ordinary by the end of
the day it escalated so my parents
called me an ambulance I got sent to
hospital and as soon as I got there I
was put in an induced coma I was later
transferred to a bigger hospital that
would be able to treat me better and on
the way my heart stopped and had to have
an adrenaline shock to start again in
order to protect my vital organs in my
torso they had to amputate parts of my
arms and my legs after around a month
this was because the blood it leaked out
of my veins into my arms and legs which
caused them to die from lack of
circulation they were black
dead and lifeless when I was in hospital
it wasn’t a dream it was real and I
couldn’t dwell on what happened I had to
just keep fighting for my life I bowed
through pain and had to keep going and
be strong enough to build back up
everything I’d lost I was later told
that I’ve been given a less than 1%
chance of survival I was in hospital for
nine weeks
I went from dialysis and life support
machines and with hundreds of tubes
keeping me alive to being able to
survive on my own when I first got home
it was really frustrating because I’d
lost so much of my independence but I
really supportive group of people around
me my family and my friends even my
little brothers would help me if I get
anything it is obviously really kind of
them but I was so determined to get back
to where I was before I got ill it was
about six months later when I got my
first pair for set it legs I was so
excited because it meant I’d be able to
get out of my wheelchair and use my legs
I didn’t like being in my wheelchair
because it made me feel more disabled
then I saw myself and I felt it labeled
me in a way I didn’t want to be seen I
love that I get to customize my legs
with bright colors and cool patterns
I’ve gone through the boy one stage of
legs and that probably wasn’t the best
so let’s forget about that
these legs that I currently have one of
my favorites the pattern is so cool were
like I’m obsessed one of my favorite
things to do in these legs is
trampolining in secondary school when I
was 11 years old I started trampoline in
it was something a lot of my friends did
and I wanted to go along because I hate
doing different things to my friends I
remember going the first time getting on
the trampoline jumping up and down and
practicing new moves it made me so
excited and it gave me so much freedom
it just fit for me straight away and it
made me feel so free like I could do
anything a couple of months later I
started entering competitions on my
first competition I won in the physical
disability category it was so rewarding
to have my passion seen as a talent I’ve
students of internationals twice and won
it’s incredible to say that in my
category I am the best in my country and
I definitely want to continue with these
competitions
I’m quite a determined person my parents
have always told me that I can do
whatever I want
it just takes a lot of effort as things
have to be adapted sometimes like
holding a pen I hold it between both of
my arms instead of just one I have to
try really hard sometimes because things
are more difficult someone who has a
disability but I don’t like to give up
if something is challenging it makes me
more determined I like to prove to
people that I can I think that when
you’ve been given a less than 1% chance
of survival
you take that 1% and you live life to
the fullest the fact I did get
meningitis and I do have a disability
has given me so many amazing
opportunities and I’m so grateful for
these opportunities I’ve been on
television I’ve met celebrities I get to
be here and sharing my story in America
which is something I would never dream
of happening ever and I also haven’t
my goal in the future is to be fully
independent I want to get a house in the
car I would love to just drive around by
myself and not rely on anybody else just
rely on me a disability should not
define you it should be a will you
courage and your termination it defines
you cuz that’s who really are as a
person
your disability it’s just a tiny part of
what you’ve been through and it makes
you stronger because you’ve had to fight
through difficult challenges one of the
things I’m most excited about is that I
will be doing next racecar driving I’m
learning to race jive with the help of a
race team in England called team Bret
you help people learn to drive with
disabilities it’s a real adrenaline
sport which I love so this time next
year I’ll be driving around a racetrack
at about 90 miles an hour which it’s
so when you look at me I want you to see
me as Isabel a happy motivated confident
teenager who refuses to say she can I can and I will thank you
look at me you feel sorry for me you
wouldn’t know how I have any
independence you wonder how I live my
day-to-day life but I am able to deal
with this because I’m still Isabel I’m
fully independent from the time I wake
up in the morning to when I go sleep at
night
I run walk shower do my own makeup and
go out with my friends I film edit and
upload all kinds of videos on my youtube
channel about how I live my life is a
quadruple amputee
I have a following of about 50,000
people and over 50 videos I have an
entire video where you meet my legs I
answer questions like how do you take a
selfie
I feel makeup tutorials everything from
winter looks to dark brown Halloween
tutorials
I also film challenges with my brothers
some of my videos are silly and some are
more serious like when I talk to
able-bodied people and help them not to
judge people with disabilities I get
loads of responses especially from
people who are in similar situations to
me I love helping people there are
people with disabilities that I’ve met
or they’ve seen my youtube channel that
don’t really try and do nothing I’ve
helped them to realize that you can
still do whatever you want you just have
to put layers of effort in I think
everyone struggles in life disabled and
able-bodied and hopefully my YouTube
will help everyone push through
difficult times things aren’t always
easy but I find a way to make them
challenging instead of difficult because
everyone can go for a challenge it’s
just a bump in the road
I wasn’t born this way in September 2010
when I was 7 years old I got a form of
meningitis could meningococcal
septicaemia it’s the type of blood
poisoning where bacteria enters the
bloodstream and causes damage to blood
vessels I went to school that morning
and I felt a bit else so I got sent home
I called him fever symptoms but nothing
really out of the ordinary by the end of
the day it escalated so my parents
called me an ambulance I got sent to
hospital and as soon as I got there I
was put in an induced coma I was later
transferred to a bigger hospital that
would be able to treat me better and on
the way my heart stopped and had to have
an adrenaline shock to start again in
order to protect my vital organs in my
torso they had to amputate parts of my
arms and my legs after around a month
this was because the blood it leaked out
of my veins into my arms and legs which
caused them to die from lack of
circulation they were black
dead and lifeless when I was in hospital
it wasn’t a dream it was real and I
couldn’t dwell on what happened I had to
just keep fighting for my life I bowed
through pain and had to keep going and
be strong enough to build back up
everything I’d lost I was later told
that I’ve been given a less than 1%
chance of survival I was in hospital for
nine weeks
I went from dialysis and life support
machines and with hundreds of tubes
keeping me alive to being able to
survive on my own when I first got home
it was really frustrating because I’d
lost so much of my independence but I
really supportive group of people around
me my family and my friends even my
little brothers would help me if I get
anything it is obviously really kind of
them but I was so determined to get back
to where I was before I got ill it was
about six months later when I got my
first pair for set it legs I was so
excited because it meant I’d be able to
get out of my wheelchair and use my legs
I didn’t like being in my wheelchair
because it made me feel more disabled
then I saw myself and I felt it labeled
me in a way I didn’t want to be seen I
love that I get to customize my legs
with bright colors and cool patterns
I’ve gone through the boy one stage of
legs and that probably wasn’t the best
so let’s forget about that
these legs that I currently have one of
my favorites the pattern is so cool were
like I’m obsessed one of my favorite
things to do in these legs is
trampolining in secondary school when I
was 11 years old I started trampoline in
it was something a lot of my friends did
and I wanted to go along because I hate
doing different things to my friends I
remember going the first time getting on
the trampoline jumping up and down and
practicing new moves it made me so
excited and it gave me so much freedom
it just fit for me straight away and it
made me feel so free like I could do
anything a couple of months later I
started entering competitions on my
first competition I won in the physical
disability category it was so rewarding
to have my passion seen as a talent I’ve
students of internationals twice and won
it’s incredible to say that in my
category I am the best in my country and
I definitely want to continue with these
competitions
I’m quite a determined person my parents
have always told me that I can do
whatever I want
it just takes a lot of effort as things
have to be adapted sometimes like
holding a pen I hold it between both of
my arms instead of just one I have to
try really hard sometimes because things
are more difficult someone who has a
disability but I don’t like to give up
if something is challenging it makes me
more determined I like to prove to
people that I can I think that when
you’ve been given a less than 1% chance
of survival
you take that 1% and you live life to
the fullest the fact I did get
meningitis and I do have a disability
has given me so many amazing
opportunities and I’m so grateful for
these opportunities I’ve been on
television I’ve met celebrities I get to
be here and sharing my story in America
which is something I would never dream
of happening ever and I also haven’t
my goal in the future is to be fully
independent I want to get a house in the
car I would love to just drive around by
myself and not rely on anybody else just
rely on me a disability should not
define you it should be a will you
courage and your termination it defines
you cuz that’s who really are as a
person
your disability it’s just a tiny part of
what you’ve been through and it makes
you stronger because you’ve had to fight
through difficult challenges one of the
things I’m most excited about is that I
will be doing next racecar driving I’m
learning to race jive with the help of a
race team in England called team Bret
you help people learn to drive with
disabilities it’s a real adrenaline
sport which I love so this time next
year I’ll be driving around a racetrack
at about 90 miles an hour which it’s
so when you look at me I want you to see
me as Isabel a happy motivated confident
teenager who refuses to say she can I can and I will thank you
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