When Vitória Bueno's mother initially took her to ballet class, she was concerned about how her five-year-old daughter would be accepted. Born without arms, Bueno's aspiration of becoming a dancer seemed almost impossible - particularly in a small town in rural Brazil, where her impairment made her a source of fascination. "People would form a line outside the house to observe her," Wanda, her mother, 39, said sadly as she remembered the lack of sensitivity. "They would lift up her sleeves to take a look."0

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