Four New Articles from Amputee Writers
...that don’t typically get covered in popular media. This week, we came across two other thought-provoking pieces from a couple ...
...that don’t typically get covered in popular media. This week, we came across two other thought-provoking pieces from a couple ...
...years ago, it sounds like the effects have not worn off. The message that rings true to me today is ...
...recreational settings and prevented it from occurring in clinical, scientific ones. Today’s researchers have to overcome the stigma of criminalization, ...
...should never hesitate to feel worthy enough to ask for—and use—any accommodation you need.” Season 3 of Disarming Disability is ...
...need love and companionship and affection, when there are huge responsibilities on our shoulders and millions of people who rely on us? ...
...would start to happen naturally. Because under the current system, if you want to be physically active, you have to prove ...
...after an accident claimed his natural foot at age 20. The real Edward Teller. One of the most fascinating figures ...
...less worthy than someone who is walking in a prosthesis. Life is not meant to be a race to a ...
...out a worthy performer, send us an email. Let’s get right to it: Receivers Brian Blades. A 2nd-round draft pick ...
...in impoverished countries. That worthy project is on hold while Ayúdame3D supports Spain’s beleaguered medical pros with 3D-printed face masks. ...
...She said it: “It’s easy to believe you’re worthy of crumbs from the fat cats holding the proverbial loaf of ...
...hospitals, corporate product developers, startup firms, and nonprofit agencies. Prosthetics/orthotics is one of the CDMRP’s 30-plus focus areas, all of ...
...car company, not a car company advertising a disabled person.” There’s more in this vein at the #ToyotaWeDisApprove hashtag and ...
...appreciate the admiration; however, the stories of those who thrive despite their physical condition can make some amputees feel less ...
...increase inclusivity in business, has a word for these companies: diversish. For The Valuable 500, diversity doesn’t exist if it doesn’t ...
...to stay at home? How many of us are given an opportunity now to see what we value as important ...
...Roper as Blanche Hudson, alongside an anonymous Baby Jane. @theadamroper. Red Shields, your spot-on version of Lt. Dan is worthy ...
...and operated Titanic, he’s widely regarded as the chief villain of the disaster. At the inquest to determine the causes ...
...the conflict, we would presume, the greater the odds of a global impact. Untreated Limb-threatening Diseases and Illnesses As the ...
...amputees with different types of limb loss and limb difference, and that stem from a variety of causes? How can ...
...brake pedal on an EV causes the motor to run in reverse. While conventional brakes burn off untapped momentum as ...
...pain. What’s still unclear is how PME causes this improvement, or whether there’s any cause and effect at all. “The ...
...diabetes and peripheral vascular disease—two of the leading causes of limb loss. The healthcare system and society at large are ...
...that a foreign input causes pain by triggering an error signal in the brain has also been refuted. For example, ...
...Gaslighting Affects Amputees When an indifferent medical clinician causes you to doubt or discount your symptoms, you’ve been affected by ...
...surgery. Arthofibrosis stiffens the joint, limits its range of motion, and causes tremendous pain—the exact set of symptoms that were ...
...are caused by diabetes and peripheral artery disease. Trauma accounted for most of the remainder, with cancer and other causes ...
...next decade. Titled “Time to Get to Our Feet,” the statement urges primary care doctors to educate themselves and their ...
...amputee rock and roll community includes a recent Grammy nominee, a band of wounded warriors who’ve jammed with Pink Floyd ...
...decade. Titled “Time to Get to Our Feet,” the statement urges primary care doctors to educate themselves and their patients ...
...causes? I think of the top athletes in the individual sports. They have a lot of chances to win medals, ...
...Edition, by Daniel L. Schacter), I can’t help but wonder how is it that my amputated leg causes the jokester ...
...250,000 Americans a year and causes limb loss in thousands of patients. Like most sepsis victims, Grainger didn’t recognize the ...
...psychological health and well-being, but the Mount Sinai analysis found that a strong sense of purpose is associated with a ...
...so important to me about Daruma. This is just two guys who are living their lives, and they get thrust ...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is one of the leading causes of limb loss in the United States. That makes September—PAD ...
...causes any unhappiness. They’re just a badass. I’m like, “Well, of course, you’re a badass. You live in a world ...
...Office. It causes all sorts of problems. That’s a conversation that people already are having, and it includes a lot of ...
...be worn or causes discomfort. “It pays to be up front, especially for those who have a physical job, as ...
...patients. These findings suggest that the biological causes of high blood sugar could be different in different people, the researchers ...
Most of us don’t have the bandwidth to do the hard work of legislative reform, even for causes we care ...
...issues, or any of the other commonplace trials that bedevil our species. Those causes lie at the heart of Bassett’s ...
...leg to get attention for causes and other things,” one old buddy, Jim Gaertner, told Martineau. “He was dedicated to ...
...sleep and causes me to cry out. It’s the most wracking pain imaginable, and it’s totally nonsensical—something I literally cannot touch. The day after a ...
...a fall varies depending on the person and situation, the CDC estimates that one out of five falls causes a ...
...best results. For example, cheap thread breaks easily and is prone to shrinkage, which causes fabric to pucker. Here are ...
...frequent visits to Oakland Orthopedic, because his physically strenuous job at a sugar processing plant causes ongoing weight shifts that, ...
...the causes of sleep disturbances and their effects on the general health condition.” Unfortunately, that research hasn’t materialized, although a ...
...voice of a medieval poet like Chaucer, explain the main causes of limb loss. In the days of yore, when ...
...of one’s own movements associated with a task negatively impacts task learning and performance.” In simpler terms: Hyperawareness often causes ...
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