Mark Williams believes he wouldn’t be here today if not for the UK’s National Health Service. “They saved my life when I was a boy,” says Williams, a former Paralympic swimmer who lost his left leg at age 10 in a car-bicycle collision. “From the paramedics who came to my accident and whisked me to...
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1st Person: Restoring a Sense of Balance
It’s been a while since we checked in with Angie Heuser. Quick refresher: Angie became an LAKA in December 2018, learned to surf about a year later, and ran her first 10K as an amputee a month or so after that. She also raises money (and lifts spirits) for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. A...
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Best YouTube Channels by Amputees: Neo KirchBaby
Earlier this year we wrote about five amputees who’ve amassed huge followings on YouTube. They include Crew9t, who’s been sharing videos for nearly a decade now; Stump Kitchen, a cheerful Canadian with congenital limb difference and tasty vegan and gluten-free recipes; AmputeeOT, famous for her DIY Lego prosthesis; Footless Jo, an outdoorsy Coloradan with high...
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Telehealth Case Study: Sheila’s New Foot
Rural Iowa is gorgeous. But when you need to see a prosthetist to adjust your new high-tech foot, and you can't travel because of COVID-19. . . . .then what?
Instagram Amputees: Justin Oliver Davis
This dude works so hard. Seems like he never runs completely out of energy. He posts regularly. He writes thoughtful captions that stick with us. And whoever shoots his images does a wonderful job. The pictures are gorgeous.
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Stay-at-home Workouts by Amputees, for Amputees
Without access to the gym, pool, track or weight room, it's difficult to maintain optimum levels of physical and mental health—and the longer our forced inactivity lasts, the greater the long-term health hazards.
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The “Yelp” of Accessibility
Social distancing won’t last forever—and whenever it ends, iAccess will be ready. iAccess is a phone-based platform that allows people with mobility impairments to rate public places for ease of access.
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Mark Your Calendars
The calendar is packed for the rest of this month, and at least some of these events aren't susceptible to virus-related disruption. Here's some of what we're looking forward to.
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1st Person: Q&A With Amputee YouTuber Crew9t
Last month we introduced you to Johnny Maynard, aka Crew9t, during our series on the most popular YouTube channels by amputees. In addition to being one of the earliest amputee YouTubers, Maynard has a pretty intense story: He lost his right leg below the knee in an industrial accident in 2010, at just 20 years...
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3D-Printed Prosthetics Forge Ahead
3D-printed prosthetics raised a lot of hopes when they debuted about a decade ago. But the quest for practical, durable, affordable 3D-printed prosthetics — especially lower-limb prosthetics — has advanced slowly since then, with a lot of promising experiments but no game-changing progress.
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