Inspiring Stories

Lizzie Velasquez has always defied the odds -- doctors said she wouldn't survive when she was born with a rare disorder that makes her incapable of creating muscle, storing body fat or gaining weight, but she did. Then she was dubbed "the world's ugliest woman" in high school in some hateful YouTube comments, and now Velasquez risen above the cruelty to find success.

YouTuber Tisha UnArmed was born without arms, and now she makes videos to answer the questions everybody probably wonders but is too afraid to ask. Like "how do you shower," "can you make a sandwich," and 'why don't you have arms?' In this video, she shows how she gets dressed in the morning, and it frankly is amazing...

Ohio high school senior Trent Glaze hasn't let muscular dystrophy stop him from being Fairfield Union High's homecoming king and football team captain. But since Glaze is bound to a wheelchair he also hadn't been able to get on the football field during his three year varsity career, instead contributing to the team by analyzing tape and assisting the coaching staff with other duties. That all cha

When Patrick Myshrall scored a touchdown during a Massachusetts high school football game, a win for his team was already impossible. But the touchdown signaled a different sort of victory for Myshrall since he has Down Syndrome.

Sintayehu Tishale has no arms. But that doesn't stop the 42--year old Ethiopian from making his living as a carpenter. Check out some inspiring footwork.

An unemployed elderly man from Oregon has decided to hit the open road and move nearly 1,000 miles to Arizona using his only available means of transportation: a lawnmower.

Skateboarder Italo Fernandes Romano can do all the tricks you typically see in a skateboarding video. But the stunning difference between Romano and the countless other boarders with baggy pants and over-sized T-shirts who have recorded their moves on camera is that the 23-year old Brazilian has no legs, having lost them in a train accident as a teenager. Watch this inspiring athlete below. Read M