Best YouTube Channels by Amputees: Footless Jo

Last year we introduced you to Hunter Woodhall, whose YouTube channel (with his girlfriend Tara Davis) has more than 100,000 subscribers. But Woodhall is far from the only amputee making a splash on YouTube. The platform is giving amputees a voice and a reach they’ve never had before. This week we’re checking out a handful of people who are drawing big audiences on YouTube, sharing their experiences and demonstrating how rich the lives of today’s amputees really are.

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YouTube Amputee Channel #2: Footless Jo

Name: Jo Beckwith
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFroKGvBjvALxCTFzZXL5w
Subscribers: 122,000
Total views: 20 million
About: “A Colorado girl tackling the new life of being a below-the-knee amputee. Follow my journey from before surgery to the present as I talk about the ups and downs of this massive life change, and discover what life looks like on this side of amputation.”
In her own words: “It’s never a good thing when your doctors are telling each other: ‘Hey, come check out this X-ray. I’ve never seen anything like this before.’ . . . . I was told I could get an ankle replacement, but I’d still be living in pain, I’d have very limited mobility, and I’d probably have to continue having surgeries. I just couldn’t do that anymore. I wanted to live life, embrace life, and stop living from surgery to surgery. Even though this is hard, even though it’s really painful, there’s hope again. I can finally work toward something. And that’s super exciting. I’ve never had a moment of regret.”
Popular videos: “How I Became An Amputee: The Real Story”; “10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Losing My Leg”; “What ‘Learning to Walk’ Really Means”; “My Leg Is Getting Amputated . . . Again?”