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From Common Cold To Quadruple Amputee: How I Got My Life Back

From Common Cold To Quadruple Amputee: How I Got My Life Back

Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott vor 3 Wochen

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Samaritans -- 116 123 -- samaritans.org.uk

Drinkline -- 0300 123 1110

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In November 2013, after contracting what he thought was
a common cold, Alex Lewis woke up unable to move. In the ICU, he
was diagnosed with Strep A and told that he had a 1% chance of
survival. Against all odds, Alex survived, at the cost of all
four of his limbs and parts of his face.

Today, he is a passionate advocate for disability
tech and an extreme sportsman, working
with universities to develop
new assistive technologies with
each extraordinary challenge he undertakes.