<p>This episode of <em>Tell Me More</em> features James Parr, who shares his journey from being diagnosed with a rare bone cancer in his early 20s to having his leg amputated just months later. He opens up about adapting to life with a disability, navigating identity shifts around body image, sexuality, dating, and confronting society’s perceptions of disability. </p><p><br></p><p>Through it all, James highlights the power of mindset, resilience, and self-acceptance, offering a perspective that challenges the idea that disability is something to be pitied, and instead shows how it can become a new normal filled with purpose, growth, and possibility.</p><p><br>Produced by <a href="Headon.agency" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Headon.agency</a></p>

Tell Me More

Olivia Molly Rogers

James Parr: From Diagnosis to Amputation, Shifting the Narrative on Disability

APR 20, 202657 MIN
Tell Me More

James Parr: From Diagnosis to Amputation, Shifting the Narrative on Disability

APR 20, 202657 MIN

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This episode of Tell Me More features James Parr, who shares his journey from being diagnosed with a rare bone cancer in his early 20s to having his leg amputated just months later. He opens up about adapting to life with a disability, navigating identity shifts around body image, sexuality, dating, and confronting society’s perceptions of disability. Through it all, James highlights the power of mindset, resilience, and self-acceptance, offering a perspective that challenges the idea that disability is something to be pitied, and instead shows how it can become a new normal filled with purpose, growth, and possibility.Produced by Headon.agency