00:00I've lived here about three months. This is the first time I've ever lived on my own.
00:05Normally I just have to put like things where I can reach them and kind of set them up.
00:10Like when I go to the bathroom, I can use the side of the cabinet to kind of get my pants up and down.
00:15Stuff like that. I've been used to doing it pretty much my whole life.
00:20I'm Ryan. I'm 26. I was born with arthrogryposis.
00:25And the joints in my arms and legs, they didn't develop all the way.
00:28It's basically just me.
00:30It just means that your joints are like fused.
00:32It limits my mobility and my arms and my...
00:35And now it's time to put my clothes on.
00:38It was a struggle.
00:40Growing up and, you know, having to depend on family and other people too.
00:45Get around or, you know, change clothes and stuff like that.
00:48As I got older, I started to figure...
00:50Figuring out how to do all these things.
00:52Oh, that's how I do that.
00:55I've always tried to find ways to do things on my own because I don't like asking.
01:00People for help.
01:02But yeah, that's how I do that.
01:05Hey, Mom.
01:10When he was born, I kind of explained it as he was folded in half.
01:15His legs were up by his ears.
01:17As a baby, I mean, he was completely normal.
01:20Except for the quote-unquote normal things he couldn't do.
01:24He couldn't get up and crawl.
01:25In the beginning, he scooted around on his bottom.
01:28He was able to keep up and...
01:30Do his own thing.
01:31I could scoot out of my pants and take myself to the bathroom and I use...
01:35My mouth to grab a lot of things.
01:36My mouth is basically kind of like hands for me.
01:40I can't really use like a spoon or a fork, so I just have to eat like a dog is what I...
01:45I call it.
01:50I don't let anything get me down.
01:51I don't make any excuses.
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