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Janis McDavid

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Janis McDavid (born 1991 in Hamburg) is a German author and motivational speaker.

McDavid was born without arms and legs.[1] He visited a Waldorf school in Germany[2] and went on to study economics at Witten/Herdecke University.[3][4] McDavid works as a motivational speaker. His first public event was a presentation of his car, which the German company Paravan built to suit his requirements, in 2012.[5] He won the international speaker slam in Hamburg in 2018.[1] McDavid publicly came out as gay in his autobiography.[6]

Publications[edit]

  • 2016: "Dein bestes Leben: Vom Mut, über sich hinauszuwachsen und Unmögliches möglich zu machen". Verlag Herder, ISBN 9783451311499
  • 2021: "Alle anderen gibt es schon: Die Kunst, du selbst zu sein". Verlag Herder, ISBN 978-3451623455

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kurier, Berliner. "Janis McDavid (28): „Ich erfinde mich jeden Tag neu!"". Berliner Kurier (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. "Der Mutmacher". www.tagesspiegel.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  3. "Ohne Arme, ohne Beine: „Ich bin nicht behindert, ich werde behindert"". FAZ.NET (in Deutsch). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. Franke, Barbara (2015-04-23). ""Ich bin nicht behindert, sondern ich werde behindert"". Kölner Stadt Anzeiger.
  5. KG, VRM GmbH & Co (2019-03-14). "Janis McDavid: Raus aus der Komfortzone". www.wiesbadener-kurier.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  6. "Schwul mit Handicap: "Mir fehlen nur Arme und Beine"". queer.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-05-31.


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