Hilary Lister has become the first disabled woman to sail around Britain . She navigated with a special technology using only her mouth and a straw . and I was about to cancel it , but something stopped me from backing out , '' she said . Hilary suffers from a rare degenerative disease that has made her paraplegic . The British sailor was able to navigate by speaking into his prosthetic hand, which he uses as an aid for walking.
Hilary Lister has become the first disabled woman to sail around Britain . She navigated with a special technology using only her mouth and a straw . Hilary suffers from a rare degenerative disease that has made her paraplegic . The British sailor was able to navigate by speaking into his prosthetic hand, which he uses as an aid for walking.