Meet "Tisha UnArmed," the Armless Local Internet Star
All the videos start the exact same way.
Tisha UnArmed via YouTube Yes, that is her foot on the steering wheel.
"Hi everyone. This is Tisha UnArmed and I'm here to answer all your questions about not havin' arms," says Tisha Shelton. "And as you can see, I don't have any arms."
But as she proves on a series of videos posted to YouTube that doesn't stop her from living on her own, shopping at Schnucks, driving a car, or even using chopsticks.
This was information people were apparently dying to know! Collectively, her videos have 1.6 million views and her Facebook fan page has over 2,500 fans.
Shelton was born with no arms and a much shorter right leg, on which she wears a modified prosthetic.The 25 year old is job hunting and says she originally came up with the idea to help prove to potential employers that she can do normal tasks. Instead, the videos went viral.
Shelton navigates day-to-day tasks with two extremely dexterous feet, a set of tools with super specific purposes (the pants-buttoning stick, for example), and a lot of patience. She also demonstrates a good sense of humor:
Fall = best armless sales! y arms don't get cold so I get to wear short sleeves year round. and I save money on gloves :D
— Tisha UnArmed (@TishaUnArmed) September 24, 2012
After the jump, just a few of Shelton's videos, including how she drives, eats sushi, walks her dog, and showers (not sure why a future boss would need to see that, but, hey, Tisha knows what she's doing).
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