In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader. Her school's coaches were less than enthusiastic. "They said, 'I don't know how you'll be able to do it,' she recalls. "'You won't be able to do it. '" 

But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persisted . And when the junior team cheerleaders won a tournament last year, she was right there, dancing and cheering with the rest of the team. 

Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old. 

Brittany, 18, was born without shinbones --"just blood and muscle tissue", as she puts it. When she tried to walk, her legs twisted. 

After the operation, she adapted quickly. "From day one, I basically jumped up and wanted to do everything," she says. Prosthetic legs allowed her to move around upright, but too slowly to keep up with her friends. Brittany's solution: take the legs off and walk on her knees---sometimes she still does when safety and comfort permit. 

She's rarely _ . Other children laughed at her through the years, especially in junior high school, but she says the challenge only made her stronger. Now she's trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flyer, the cheerleader who's thrown in the air and caught by her teammates. 

Brittany doesn't think her problems are more difficult than the next person's. "My disability was the first thing I had to get through, and that's going to prepare me for the future," she says. "It's all just a test: If someone throws you a curve ball , what are you going to do?"
What did Brittany dream of being in High School?
Who told her she couldn't be a cheerleader?
What was Brittany born without?
What was the reaction to her prosthetic legs in Junior high?
What does Brittany want her coaches to let her do now?
What was the first thing Brittany had to go through in like?
What school is Brittany at near Philadelphia?
Did the junior team cheerleaders win their tournament last year?
How old was Brittany when she lost the bottom of her legs?
What grade is Brittany in?
How did the coaches react to Brittany want to be a cheerleader?
Does Brittany ever move around without her prostetics?
Does Brittany have a great attitude?
Does Brittany think her disability makes her problems more difficult then the next persons?
Brittany was born without?
Did Brittany have any operations?
cheerleader
In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader.
Her school's coaches
Her school's coaches were less than enthusiastic. "They said, 'I don't know how you'll be able to do it,' she recalls. "'You won't be able to do it. '" 
Shinbones
Brittany, 18, was born without shinbones
Other children laughed
Other children laughed at her through the years, especially in junior high school, 
To let her remove the prostheses and be a flye
Now she's trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flye
Her disability
My disability was the first thing I had to get through, and that's going to prepare me for the future," s
Strath Haven High School
But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persisted . 
Yes
And when the junior team cheerleaders won a tournament last year, she was right there, dancing and cheering with the rest of the team. 

Two

Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old. 
a junior
But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persiste
Her school's coaches were less than enthusiastic
Her school's coaches were less than enthusiastic. "They said, 'I don't know how you'll be able to do it,' she recalls. "'You won't be able to do it. '" 

Yes
Prosthetic legs allowed her to move around upright, but too slowly to keep up with her friends. Brittany's solution: take the legs off and walk on her knees---sometimes she still does when safety and comfort permit. 
Yes

Brittany doesn't think her problems are more difficult than the next person's. "My disability was the first thing I had to get through, and that's going to prepare me for the future," she says. "It's all just a test: If someone throws you a curve ball , what are you going to do?"
No

Brittany doesn't think her problems are more difficult than the next person's.
shinbones

Brittany, 18, was born without shinbones --"
Yes

Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old. 