Man With Head UPSIDE DOWN Defies All Odds To Become Public Speaker

The 37-year-old was given a zero chance of survival after he was born with the astonishing condition, but he has defied medical odds to become an inspirational public speaker.
Claudio suffers from various disabilities, including badly deformed legs, almost no use of his arms and hands and his neck folded back on itself.

Doctors had given up hope of his survival shortly after his birth and even told his mother, Maria Jose, to stop feeding him.
But this inspirational man, from Monte Santo, Brazil, has proven them all wrong by overcoming his extreme disadvantages to graduate from university as an accountant and become a public speaker.
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."

Claudio had always wanted to be independent and begged his mother from a young age to let him go to school - despite not being able to use a wheelchair because of his unusual shape.
His first stroke of self-reliance came at eight-years-old when he began to walk on his knees after years of being carried around everywhere by friends and family.
Following this, he had his bed, plugs and lights made lower so that he could do things for himself without asking for help.
Over the years he has taught himself how to type with a pen in his mouth and operate a phone and computer mouse with his lips.
He also has specially made shoes that allow him to shuffle around town - giving him the chance to do more for himself.
These crucial skills allowed him to not only succeed in school, but to then qualify with a degree in accountancy from the State University of Feira de Santana in Brazil.
But his impressive success story is a far cry from the bleak future that doctors predicted for him.
"People started saying 'the baby is going to die' because he could barely breath when he was born," said Ms Jose.
"Some people would say: 'Don't feed him, he is already dying'.
"But there's only happiness now. Claudio is just like any other person - that's how he was raised in this house.



"We never tried to fix him and always wanted him to do the normal things everyone else does.
"That's why he is so confident.
"He is not ashamed of walking around in the street - he sings and he dances."
Doctors have recently diagnosed Claudio with a rare medical condition called congenital arthrogryposis which causes many joints to be stiff and crooked at birth.
They believe he has multiple joint contractions in his legs and arms which mean they cannot extend properly.
It is not clear how many people suffer from the same condition as Claudio, although some figures suggest that it occurs in one in every 3,000 births.
He said: "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.
"Nowadays it's much easier to deal with the public, I'm not afraid of it anymore and I can say that I am a professional, international public speaker and that I receive invitations from all over the world."