“Diversity is strength.” Allié: April is Limb Loss & Limb Difference Awareness Month. This month (and every day of every month) what do you want people without disabilities to be aware of? Hülya: An amputee is just another human being with strengths and weaknesses like everyone else. My body is crippled and looks very different from what we conceive as ‘normal’ within our society, but this simply means that I have to do some things differently and for other things I need help. That’s all there is to it really. I don’t need pity and I don’t need praise Allié: The con dence and beauty you embody in every photo shared is profound, Hülya. Thank you for having the courage and strength to be beautifully different before the public. If at centerstage before an audience of others with disabilities what words of support would you share? Hülya: Diversity is strength. Our experiences as people with a disability, the way we had to learn to adapt, the strength we had to have to accept and to overcome is an asset to any open society. There is no shame in asking for help when help is needed and that there is beauty in being different. ∎
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