Thursday, May 6, 2010

No limits for teen without limbs

By ABBY HAIGHT

Image: Kiera BrinkleyDancer Kiera Brinkley survived bacterial infection at age 2

She doesn't let it get her down. She roams the halls of a Portland high school in a wheelchair, chatting with friends or taking in a hug or two. At home, she cares for her two sisters and a little brother, and makes them dinner.

Through it all, Kiera dances, a lot, in the living room with her mother as her audience, in a practice studio at New York's renowned Juilliard School and on stage with her high school classmates wildly cheering.  Read more...



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