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.