My 12 Pairs Of Legs Analysis

“Humanness as the only aesthetic ideal.” Is one of the points that Aimee Mullins makes during her presentation of “My 12 pairs of legs.” at a TED conference in February 2009. She goes on to discuss several experiences in her life as a presenter, fashion model and athlete that instigated further exploration of this point which in turn shaped how she saw herself and other people that society has viewed as disabled. She wanted the viewer to take into consideration that we need to assign different values to what is considered disabled and what a prosthetic should be able to do and what it should look like. There are a couple of main points that Aimee made that I have to agree with and also have to rethink or have wondered about to myself. I feel that those that need to use prosthetics should be allowed to be included in the design process of what they are willing to wear and use. What one prosthetic would be for one person is not going to be the same for
We teach our children to see people that are different as people that are disabled or that they are lacking something and not as someone that has potential or possibly as super-abled. We teach them not to stare and that humanness is the only ideal that is acceptable. Instead, we need to think about the opportunities that we have to teach our children that we are all different and that those differences don’t make us any less human. As Aimee said, “I don’t feel disabled.” So we shouldn’t teach our children to see people as