Alison Lapper is a 53 year old woman who was born with no arms & shortened limbs (This is called Phocomelia)
After Alison Lapper was born, she was institutionalised by her family & is still very distant from her family
Alison Lapper used her disability to her advantage and makes art highlighting how people have different body types and shapes, but can still achieve at the same potential
Being disabled became Alison Lapper's master status but was overruled when she became a mother and an MBE (showing being disabled isn't her master status, and that this isn't her main characterisitc)
