Justin Meaders is one of those inspiring human beings who refuses to let anything get in his way. Back in 1999, the aspiring motorcycle racer got in a pretty horrible wreck that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
But he doesn't feel sorry for himself; when most of us would spend time grieving, he decided to figure out new ways to work with his body, and less than two years after his injury, he was participating in triathlons, working out his arms and back, and set his sights on heaven.
Justin decided that he wanted to earn his pilot license and fly free with the birds. But he quickly realized he had trouble finding a school that would accept him due to his "handicap."
After some long searching, he finally found one man who would be his teacher, who quickly learned how ignorant we all are when it comes to disabled people and their abilities. "If somebody is disabled, that doesn't really limit a person as much as we think it does," his teacher said.
Nowadays, Justin is getting closer and closer to his official pilot license. His eventual goal is to become an instructor himself, because when he's behind the yoke, he's completely free from the constraints of a wheelchair, just like the woman who became an aerial gymnast in spite of her paralyzed legs!
"The airplane doesn't know the difference between an able-bodied person and a disabled person," he said with a smile. "Once I'm up here flying the airplane, I'm just like anyone else."
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