Watch the teenager who uses his feet as his arms
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15-year-old Devin McLane, from Montana, was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) – a rare muscle weakness condition.
Due to the rare condition, Devin is unable to use his arms properly as the muscles in his shoulders don’t work.
Despite the condition, Devin lives like a normal person as he has learned to use his feet as his arms.
Devin told Barcroft TV: “I’ve never really been able to use my arms so I do everything with my feet, my feet work just like your hands so I have all of the dexterity in my feet and not really in my hands.”
Devin is a member of his school’s wrestling team and has a passion for art. He can write, eat and cook using his feet. Devin can even fire a bow and arrow with his toes.
He said: “I’ve learned how to get dressed using my feet…. how to brush my teeth and do my hair with my feet. I do art with my feet and I love building with Legos, and I do that with my feet too.”
“One thing that was challenging about me learning how to get dressed was that I don’t have use of my arms so I’d have to figure out how to use a hook or something, so that made it take a little longer for me to figure out how to do that independently without having to have my mum help me get something up or get something off.
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Devin’s mother, Michelle Eder-McLane says that Devin handles his disability incredibly. She calls him a fighter and a go-getter.
Devin aspires to become an architect. Devin said: “I’ve always loved building and then probably a couple of years ago, I heard the term architect. And then I figured out what that was, and ever since then, I want to be an architect.”
Devin says he would like to tell everyone who is living with disability to never give up.
Devin said: “I would tell this to anybody who has a disability, to just never give up and fight for the things you believe in. And if you work for it, you will get it.”
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