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Pakistani Teenager Defeats Disability with His Feet

He could have gone through life feeling sorry for himself. He had the perfect excuse, after all — he was born without hands. But his father would have none of it. Umer Javaid's father taught him to use his feet for everything usually done with hands: eating with a fork, drinking out of a glass, typing, painting, throwing a ball and playing video games. Today, he is so used to it, he hardly thinks about his missing limbs. And even though he is only in the ninth grade, he is...

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