Welcome to Disability Awesome. Each week, this post will feature a person or persons with mental and / or physical disabilities who are doing awesome things! As someone with an disability, I love it when others when disabilities do great things!

John McFall is set to become the first astronaut with a disability to head to the International Space Station after completing more than a year of intensive training. The Paralympic medalist and orthopedic surgeon lost his right leg in a motorcycle crash and says his mission could inspire a new generation to see no limits.

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