Strong-spirit

Strong-spirit: biographies of notable people, their careers, life stories, key achievements and influence on culture, history and society.

The Man Who Overcame Thyroid Cancer

Patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Phakamad Sangchai

Thai girl with hematidrosis

Michael Jamison

Owner of pet tigers

British woman who didn't stop sunbathing even after being diagnosed with skin cancer

Indian boy with huge hands, probably swollen from elephantiasis

British woman with Sturge-Weber syndrome

Elderly skateboarder

Little British boy with Sanfilippo syndrome

Diane Mullineux

British woman who had tumour removed while still carrying baby

Finnish model, writer and designer quadriplegic

British, mother of two children.

A little American girl with an adenoid face type and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Naomi Kretschmer

Little American girl suffers from intrauterine brain hemorrhage

Brendon Grimshaw

A man who lived alone on an island for 50 years

British woman who suffered a stroke

Macauley Collinson

Briton with Moebius syndrome

Weight-loss American woman raises money to remove 19kg of excess skin

American musician, guitarist without both hands

American officer who hid cerebral palsy for 20 years

The Woman Who Beat Breast Cancer

Srilatha Kanchanapally

Mother of girl born with three legs

British woman who underwent cosmetic surgery.

Amy Palmiero-Winters

American athlete without a leg

25-year-old Indian woman with suspected osteogenesis imperfecta

The 7-Year-Old Autistic Boy Who Doesn't Like Christmas

Antonio Quistian

Designer, creator of jeans for wheelchair users

Manal Al-Sharif

Women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia

Harry Barron-Edgley

British baby born with giant tumour

Michaela Strachan

British TV presenter who underwent a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction

British, mother of two children

Eva Rut Gunnlaugsdottir

35-year-old Icelandic woman who lost more than 50 kg on the “selfie diet”

Little British girl with leukemia

English woman without a leg who goes diving

A little American boy with Down syndrome, heart defect and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Oral cancer survivor in Britain has had her tongue reconstructed using muscle and skin from her arm

Sofia Jingsater

Swedish nurse with McCune-Albright syndrome

Australian victim of shark attack.

Charles Metzler

American with stage II esophageal cancer

Stuart Hutchinson

Victim of medical error

Michael Trimble

An American of Ukrainian origin, deprived of both arms since childhood.

Amanda McGoveren

British woman, widow of a cancer patient.

Harriet Sheehan

15-year-old British girl with cystic fibrosis donates her eyes

Muhammad Mushtaq

Pakistani former butcher succumbed to elephantiasis

Rebekah DiMartino

27-year-old American woman who was injured during the Boston Marathon bombing

Herlinda Garcia

American, victim of medical error

Indian farmer with huge tumor in submandibular salivary gland

Disabled Frenchman Who Skydived to Everest

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