Man With Upside Down Head Is Beating The Odds And Inspiring The World

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This guy beat the odds and now he is inspiring people all over the world. It really is incredible to see someone defy the odds like this. It really makes you appreciate the things you have in this world.

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When Claudio Vieira de Oliveira was born, doctors advised his mother to starve him to death as he was so badly deformed. She chose to ignore this advice.

Claudio, from Monte Santo in Brazil, was born with an upside-down head that faces the wrong way and deformed limbs due to a condition known as arthrogryposis.

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The condition effectively fused his joints together. It's incredibly rare however, this has never stopped him from doing exactly what he wants to do.

From a young age, he realized that if he put a pen in his mouth, he could type. He could use his lips to operate a phone or computer mouse. He was resourceful and ensured that he could find ways to do pretty much anything.

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He went to university at State University of Feira de Santana and qualified as an accountant. Now, he's published his first book ‘El Mundo Esta A Contramano' (The World Is The Wrong Way Around) and has been invited to travel the world as a public speaker.

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He said: "Since I was a child I've always liked to keep myself busy and work I don't like to depend totally on other people.

"I do a bit of accounting, research for clients and consulting.

"I have learned to turn on the TV, pick up my cell phone, turn on the radio, use the internet, my computer I do it all by myself."

Throughout my life I was able to adapt my body to the world. Right now, I don't see myself as being different. I am a normal person.

"I don't see things upside-down. This is one of the things I always talk about in my interventions as a public speaker.