Jessica Cox - The first girl without a steering wheel in American history

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Jessica Cox was born in 1983, in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Born into an upper-class family in America, but unfortunately while pregnant with her, her mother contracted a viral illness so she was born without both hands. Looking at the disabled daughter, her parents couldn't help but feel heartache.

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Do not surrender to fate. From a young age, she was aware of her disadvantage, Jessica always proved herself to be a strong girl, because although she had no hands, she always tried her best to control everything with her feet. . Until she grew up, she didn't seem to need her hands anymore, because everything was so easy for her. But in order to have that ease, she had to work through hardships, sweat and tears.

From an early age, Jessica was familiar with the use of prosthetic hands. But after only a short time, Jessica Cox decided to give up because she thought that she did not have arms but she still had healthy legs, she began to use her legs to perform daily tasks, because "nothing" Nothing can replace my own magical ability - and my feet have that magic ability too."

As a child, at the age of 3, Jessica attended gymnastics class. Her parents ached every part of their stomach when they watched their daughter practice hard. She also advised her to give up, or else she would suffer. But Jessica Cox, a girl only 3 years old still determined to pursue gymnastics. There have been many times her feet bleed, tears flow ... but she definitely still practice and practice.

At the age of 5, Jessica Cox began to learn to swim, at the age of 6 she took dance lessons and modeled, at the age of 10 she began to come to Taekwondo. With all these subjects, it was extremely difficult for an ordinary child, let alone an unlucky - armless girl like Jessica Cox... Yet she still proved it to everyone. that she did it all. At the age of 14, Jessica earned her first black belt at the International Taekwondo Festival.

After graduating from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology. During college, Jessica found an ATA Martial Arts club and continued to practice the sport of Taekwondo.

There was no subject she would give up no matter how difficult it was. Tears kept falling, blood kept flowing, but Jessica Cox still practiced hard to win against herself. The things that Jessica Cox can do are extraordinary and make everyone amazed. Her parents seem to no longer think about the pain that their daughter has suffered, they only have pride and love for her.

Every day, Jessica performs all daily activities with her skillful feet like any other normal person (eating, drying hair, applying makeup,...). And now, nothing is impossible, from Karate, surfing, swimming, typing with a computer keyboard, writing with feet 25 words per minute...

She can play the piano fluently and can play a complete piece of music, drive a normal car without any aids, and have an unlimited driver's license... And become a first-time pilot. first in the world.

To do this, it took Jessica 3 years of training with 3 different aircraft, 3 different teachers and 80 hours of flying in 3 US states. Needless to say, everyone knows how difficult it is to fly an airplane for an ordinary person, but no one dares to think of someone with no arms like Jessica Cox. In one year she managed to fly 130 hours alone.

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Jessica Cox soon proved that she can do everything normal healthy people can do, even more. "Ordinary people see my lack of arms as a limitation, but I proved them wrong. I can do everything you can imagine," Jessica Cox said proudly.

What's even happier is when Jessica Cox met the man of her life and she proved that her disability is not a barrier to love. In 2010, she met Patrick Chamberlain, 30 years old, Jessica Cox's Taekwondo instructor, who fully loves and admires Jessica Cox. And the two got married 2 years later.

Their love is supported by friends and relatives, but there are also many people who do not believe in it. But the fact was proved by a happy wedding. "Jessica and I dated for a few months and then I realized she was the woman I wanted to marry. She was strong, positive and unstoppable," said Patrick Chamberlain about his special wife. me.

Despite having a husband by her side, Jessica Cox still keeps the habit of doing everything herself, dressing herself, driving her own car, typing and even playing the piano perfectly. The only thing that Jessica Cox needed her husband to do was do her hair. Patrick did not hesitate to learn to do many hairstyles such as ponytails, buns or braids to help his wife beautify and not be annoyed by the hair sticking to her face.

Currently, Jessica has become a speaker, she and her husband go to work and travel around the world. Her work helps to inspire and motivate many people, especially children. Talking about family and children, Jessica Cox confidently said: "If there is a child without arms, we will not hesitate, I have lived well without arms. I want to speak at different places. other countries and change people's attitudes towards people with disabilities".

Her life is really fun and happy because she knows how to take advantage of her strengths and enjoy life even though she has encountered many difficulties. Willpower, energy and faith in life have helped Jessica Cox overcome all obstacles.

In her lectures, Jessica always talks about faith and practical things in life, nothing is impossible if you have faith and energy, nothing is easy even for those who are not. normal, nothing is too difficult for those who are not normal. Everything Jessica says she can do to prove that words are not just words.

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