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Via The Daily Mail:
A sixth-grader from Colorado is turning heads on the football field and redrawing perceptions that American football is a hands-on sport.
12-year-old Jian Cohen, an orphan, was born without arms in China before being adopted by a Fort Collins family ten years ago.
And despite his disability, he’s now made it to the school’s football team. The young teen plays kicker for Lincoln Middle School in Fort Collins, near Denver.
‘I think people look at me and think he’s helpless,’ said Jian to KDVR. ‘I just think no. I can do this by myself and I will do.’
Jian’s determination has become an inspiration to his fellow teammates, his family and even those further afield.
He constantly pushes himself to achieve – and out achieve – boys his age and never wants his disability to get in the way.
‘He doesn’t like it when people help him. He just wants to be treated as a normal kid,’ his father Mark told the broadcaster.