At age six, she contracted polio, which yielded permanent damage to her leg and caused a limp. In 1925, she was involved in an accident in which a streetcar rammed into the wooden bus she was riding. … After the accident, Kahlo was unable to walk for three months and was left disabled for the rest of her life.
Did Frida get paralyzed?
The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) had a life filled with pain. At the age of 6, she contracted polio, and this caused a paralysis of the right leg from which Kahlo took one year to recover. Later on in life, Kahlo had several miscarriages, and had her right leg amputated. …
Did Frida Kahlo go blind?
At the age of six, Kahlo was bedridden will polio. The polio virus cause damaged to her right leg and foot. She was left with a limp.