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A woman paralysed from the waist down trained for years to become an aerial gymnast

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Lauren Watson was left partially paralysed after a car crash at 19(Picture: Instagram/@fitnesstofree)

Proof that you can do the stuff everyone thinks is impossible.

Lauren Watson, a 34-year-old from Queensland, Australia, was left paralysed from the waist down in a car accident when she was 19.

Her spinal injuries resulted in what’s called incomplete paraplegia, meaning she lost most of the sensory and motor function in both of her legs.

She ended up in a wheelchair, and began a lengthy ten year process of physical therapy and re-learning how to do all the daily tasks she took for granted before.

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One day, she saw a demonstration of aerial – the art of using aerial silks and an incredible amount of… Read the full story


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