David Powell has always dreamed of having a car of his own.
“I’m an impatient person. I want what I want when I want it and had to wait on other people up until now, so it’s like, I want to go somewhere and just get up and go. It’s freaking awesome,” Powell said.
After a process that was two and a half years long, Powell finally has a license and a specially modified car for him to drive independently. He recently drove himself to his job at Independent Connection for the first time.
Powell was born with leg and arm deformities that resulted in him having no hands and malformed legs. As the oldest of four kids, Powell saw his younger siblings eventually get their licenses before he did. Powell admits that his misplaced priorities earlier in his life stunted his ability to get his own car or achieve other things for himself.