Turning disability into ability | Liam Malone | TEDxAuckland

Paralympian gold medalist, Liam Malone believes that technological advancement and determination is the key to his success in sport and life in general. After having both legs amputated in early childhood, Liam felt like an outcast among his peers. However, with the betterment of artificial limb technology, and the advent of Running Blades, Liam found himself excelling in sporting achievement, representing New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, and breaking records originally set by disgraced sprinter Oscar Pistorius. But what is the future of this technology? How can it be used to improve the lives of differently-abled people? And how can it be harnessed for future sporting milestones?

However, in this motivational speech, Liam does not simply credit technology for his success. He also discusses the importance of determination and ambition to achieve one's goals. No matter who you are, this speech has the potential to motivate and inspire you to strive for success regardless of your circumstances in life. Liam is New Zealand’s blade runner. Hailing from Nelson, Liam had only been training for two years when he burst onto the track at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, winning a silver and two gold medals while smashing records in the process.

[FarasatSaeed]

This is excellent solution. I am advocating forming of a company for disabled people where only disabled will be employed. Watching you is very encouraging.

[MohammadArif-frgq]

You are a hero Liam you are the inspire for persons like me. I also lost my right leg in a bomb blast years ago and i wear the same like you sir.
And I'm always trying to do things to make people feel better and happy and good. To let them know how my life gone how i had experience the life without one leg. I was only 10 when i lost my leg. So thank you so much for talking.

[zandorgirl]

Liam is an incredible young man! His mum would be SO proud!! 💖

[anu_arts]

I'm in 12th std, i am Indian and my left leg is artificial. i use artificial foot. Sometimes my frnds and people around me they are just like ohh so sad that you are handicap it's make me feel down But i don't feel sad like that, i think I'm lucky becoz of this i find myself best. In future i want to do something big for handicapped people. i do everything I love to do everything drawing, dance, Karate, running, sketches, ballet many more. Coz I want to bring all qualities in me.... I don't want to give up. I want to show people that my disability is my ability 💯❤️☺️

[jenniferramos]

An amazing speech. I really needed to hear that i have a learning disability and attending college and still haven't graduated yet, I started college in 2014 and my stepdad talks negative about me he thinks that I'm waisting my time

[acceptableinformation]

Thanks for this motivational video. I’m a disabled person, searching for this kind of motivation on YouTube several times. I do have TREMOR from the infant till now. However, when I was little I was not sure of it but I’m not good at some simple actions like catching, writing, and so on.
However, I managed to go to school. And in the class, my writing is the worse writing, compared to other students writing.
Every time my teacher or tutor will instruct me to improve my writing but they do not know the fact that I have tremor.
I’m from a developing country, where they gave no concern to disabled people.


Despite this, I usually make all my new books rough just by practicing handwriting. I often practiced handwriting from Grade 3 all the way up to Grade 12. However, I haven’t reached a stable and certain type of writing.

In spite of this, due to my love of education, I have managed to pass some Grades. And as I grew up, my tremor is even getting worse. Thus, I used to feel ashamed when other fellow students and neighbors see my disability and laughed at me or take advantage of my disability in some the areas such as printing a word into paper or even during presentations. Even my teachers lost trust in me too.
In Grade 12 National examination (2021), I didn’t finish the Exam on time but somehow I was accepted to a university of Nursing. As we all know, the university is a place where we do more practical rather than theory.
And since my TREMOR is getting worse, I failed all of the practicals. The tremor also gives the problem to my ability to hear.
I’d tried several ways to get this tremor off me but I can’t.
And since, I can talk well, now, the last thing I want to do is to do Youtube by Preaching the Word of God and influencing the world positively. Thus, now I believe that this is the major purpose why God send me to this universe.
Thanks

[rotation__amputee]

Such true words, that’s the game changer. Artificial leg has also his benefits.

[Queen_adonijah]

so proud of you liam! thanks for sharing

[tanzilaleeya]

What brave parents. That must have been so difficult for them

[pugglepooch]

I have chronic severe pain, especially in my hands which I can't use very well without making the pain worse. It's hard to feel positive when in constant pain with limited use of your hands. I want to write, draw and play music or just do anything..

[arlinegeorge]

Great great talk. Filled with positive mindset. Very inspiring. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come.

[BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD]

Very amazing and very inspirational well done and keep up the great work

[ddvantandar-kwkl]

Highly appreciated hopefully technology will solve other issues

[Handycan-xm]

As a disabled person I appreciate this

[baza]

"We have a popular discourse that increasingly demeans and devalues those who, because of life's misfortunes, find themselves dependant on a welfare payment.
But the injustice should not be overlooked just because it was difficult or inconvenient."

"If it was unjust for the legal system to discriminate on the basis of where an injury was suffered, or whether fault could be established, then it is surely unjust to discriminate between incapacity caused by a physical injury and incapacity caused by sickness or disease." - Andrew Little
Little: Change ACC illness 'injustice' - Stuff 2012

[svgfgrq]

How the people are too strong 😢😢😢😢 I can't bear problems I can't face them at all 😭😭

[chrissystewart]

That's what I want to hear turn disabilities to abilities 👏 👏 👏 that's the answer. My message to people with disabilities you are special, you are wonderful, don't worry about people who don't like you neither being friends with you. Don't think negative about your disability. You can change it to ability so drop the " dis" you can do it. There's no Can'ts stop saying I can't avoid it. Say I can & I'll give it a try

[joyceadegboyega]

I do have learning disability I can't do it I can't prove to my parents that I can do something I can't do anything on this earth is what they think .

[karentucker]

I love ur video I made videos of me trying to do motivational speaker about my disability and advocate for people with disablity I want to do the same thing u doing

[T.J.]

But do you have dis-abilty to beat goku