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Redefining Accessible Travel
After I became an amputee, getting back on the road took more than physical adaptations and logistical hacks. It required a whole new mindset, different objectives, and revised strategy ...
Bionic Skins’ Scientific Socket Solution
At his new clinic, Bionic Skins, Hugh Herr wants to transform fabrication of prosethtic liners and sockets for amputees from a largely artisanal process into a scientific one ...
Commuting for Prosthetic Care: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
For some amputees, no distance is too great to travel for a prosthetist who makes their life work. Here's how they weigh the tradeoffs and manage the extra effort required to commute for care ...
Playing the Market: Why Do Prosthetics Cost So Much?
Yes, mobility is priceless. But does the cost of a prosthetic leg really have to be so high? Here's why amputees and their insurers end up paying so much for prosthetic technology ...
Beyond Opioids
Prosthetic Technology as Pain Management ...
Undeterred Overcoming Limits To Achieve Your Dreams
By Tony Phillips Marina Nakhla is modest about her achievements. When asked about what she has accomplished as a young woman with limb difference, she says, “It’s really all due to my parents and my sister. They’ve always been supportive ...
Laughter Is Great Medicine
MIKE DILLON USES COMEDY TO MAKE LIGHT OF HIS HEALTH CHALLENGES ...
Inclusion—Is Disability Enough?
By Elizabeth Bokfi Including actors with disabilities in productions related to disabilities is a hot topic in the media. Some of that heat comes from a statement by Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation, published on the foundation’s ...
