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A blind Appaloosa horse named Endo set three Guinness World Records after losing both eyes to a painful disease. His owner Morgan Wagner proved that patience and trust can help animals overcome incredible obstacles.
Shijoy Jacob spent his childhood in surgeries and corrective shoes, struggling to walk. Now he cycles 100+ kilometers daily across Southeast Asia and treks to 15,000 feet in the Himalayas.
A woman in Afghanistan who contracted polio at age 10 taught herself to sew and built a thriving tailoring business that supports her family and trains other women. Her hands became her strength when her legs couldn't be.
K. Jayalakshmi had just one week to prepare before becoming the first woman with a disability from Tamil Nadu to reach Mount Everest Base Camp. The Chennai insurance worker with 40% disability in her right leg made the 14-day trek on a spontaneous decision after hearing about the expedition at her gym.
Zou Weiluo was given three years to live after being diagnosed with a muscle-wasting disease as a baby. Now 12, he just graduated primary school in Shanghai, thanks to his family's devotion and a community that embraced him.
When illness left Gunjan Kumar bedridden months before India's toughest engineering exam, his mother became his note-taker, attending online lectures so his IIT dream wouldn't die. Despite a collapsed lung and severe vision impairment, the Bihar student just earned admission to IIT Delhi's Computer Science program.
Doctors said Zou Weiluo wouldn't live past age 4 after diagnosing him with a rare muscle-wasting disease. At 12, he just graduated from primary school in Shanghai as a star student.
A 13-year-old boy from rural China who lost his leg at age four has become a viral sensation for his incredible basketball skills using a wooden crutch his father built. After his story touched millions online, he received a custom prosthetic limb from a charity foundation.
Alfonso "Alca" Mendoza was born without legs and abandoned as a child, but today he's rapping on buses, surfing waves, and raising a newborn daughter in Colombia. His skateboard-powered journey from suicidal teen to motivational speaker is proving that talent has nothing to do with having two feet on the ground.
Irfan Ahmad Lone lost both eyes before age 10, but his father sold everything to keep him in school. At 30, he became the first person from his Kashmir district to clear India's elite civil service exam.
Kevin Olmedo couldn't blink or eat when Guillain-Barre Syndrome attacked his nerves four years ago. Last weekend, he finished third in a MotoAmerica race at Road Atlanta.
Marion Jones went from a wheelchair to running the Boston Marathon after a rare disease left her partially paralyzed. The clean energy executive's remarkable recovery inspires thousands battling their own health challenges.