Tag: Arts & Culture

Zyra Gorecki is the first amputee actor to land a major role on a network TV series. Here are some ...

This book is a follow-up to I Can Still Do Everything With One Arm, which portrayed Wells’ childhood adaptations to congenital limb ...

For Angelina Bruno, dancing is more than a hobby. Much more. It’s her emotional therapy, her physical therapy, and her profession. ...

To move past the trauma of losing his left leg in a 2016 motorcycle accident, Marc Elliott took up baking. Four ...

In case you missed it, we announced the winners of Amplitude’s Creative Solutions Contest on our website in early December. We’ll ...

Jillian Weise is an award-winning poet, author, and playwright, a creative writing professor at Clemson University, and a disability rights activist. ...

What inspired you to write I Am Sheriauna?   Sherylee: As a young child with a disability, my daughter Sheriauna experienced a lot ...

What prompts a person to start a business? According to a Forbes article by Jodie Cook, author, social media expert, ...

In the Japanese art of Kintsugi, the flaws in the ceramic are what give them their beauty. "That's what we ...

Many musicians have twice as many arms but not even a tenth of Jack Thomas's emotional range. This amputee reminded ...

The African American Theatrical Ensemble (AATE) is accepting submissions for its staged reading of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus on Saturday, ...

Last year we introduced you to Hunter Woodhall, whose YouTube channel (with his girlfriend Tara Davis) has more than 100,000 ...

By Emily Dings ERIC QUANDER IS THE ULTIMATE MULTIHYPHENATE. IN FACT, THE NUMBER OF LABELS THAT COULD PRECEDE HIS NAME ...

By Élan Young Nine-year-old Michaella Metz twirls, tumbles, runs, flips, skates, climbs, and slides her way through life. She is ...

By Eric Quander Finding Fun, Confidence, Understanding, and Community Through Cosplay Erin Ball cosplays the character Octane from Apex Legends ...

Needing to ride in a wheelchair can put the brakes on myriad opportunities–some less obvious than one might think. New ...

By Emily Dings Terms like inclusivity and diversity are often bandied about in today’s media and marketplace, bringing what used to ...

By Amy Di Leo, MS “When toy brands are including us, it helps with the whole attitude that there is ...

Visitors of all abilities will now have additional options for accessing and enjoying Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose with ...

Kinetic Prosthetics, West Chester, Pennsylvania, recently hosted an OPAF First Dance Clinic in recognition of Limb Loss Awareness Month in ...

With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opening in just over 500 days, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the ...

While amputees work in almost every field, even in such demanding jobs as police officers, soldiers, and firefighters, one has ...

By Elizabeth Bokfi “How are you doing these days, with that little peg leg of yours?” said an acquaintance of ...

Words Elizabeth Bokfi “How are you doing these days, with that little peg leg of yours?” said an acquaintance of ...

Any episode of Top Chef will show you that to succeed in the kitchen, a chef must be a good ...

Any episode of Top Chef will show you that to succeed in the kitchen, a chef must be a good ...

The  image that springs to mind when most people hear the word pirate is that of the traditional bearded sailor, ...

Cartoonist Raises Awareness Through New Comic Strip

MIKE DILLON USES COMEDY TO MAKE LIGHT OF HIS HEALTH CHALLENGES

University of West Georgia (UWG) theatre alumnus and double-leg amputee Eric Graise ('15) never dreamed of adding dance—a talent that ...

An Artist Gets Her Groove Back

Faced with a rapid increase in the number of caregivers in the workplace, Northeast Business Group on Health (NEBGH) and ...

The Cheetah prosthetic running blade, developed by Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, is featured in an exhibition at the John F. Kennedy ...

A new surgical technique devised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers could allow prosthetic limbs to feel more like ...

How many patients die in the hospital as a result of preventable medical errors? While debate continues over estimates based ...

Ewing takes his first steps with a prosthesis. Photograph courtesy of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Communications and Public Affairs. Earlier ...

Hugh Herr, PhD, associate professor of media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been given ...

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Japan have, along with collaborators from Tokyo University of Science ...

Safety-net clinics are likely to continue to play a critical role in meeting the needs of insured minority and low-income ...

Parks (far right) is thankful for the opportunity to act as a mentor at Fort Bliss. U.S. Army photo by ...

For decades, researchers have tried to duplicate the function of beta cells, the tiny insulin-producing entities that don't work properly ...

Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error-an inaccurate or delayed diagnosis-in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences, says ...

The Amputee Coalition announced that a record 115 campers will attend the 2015 Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp, to be held ...

Morgan, left, and a participant demonstrate a safety technique. Photograph courtesy of OPAF. OPAF launched First Safeguard on April 25 ...

Showers, Deenie McKeever, and Beatty. Photograph courtesy of OPAF. OPAF and the First Clinics hosted the seventh annual McKeever's First ...

Hugh Herr. Image courtesy of UT Dallas. Last year, Kathryn Kuehn lost both hands and feet from a sudden bacterial ...

Attending the Amputee Coalition's youth camp allows campers, such as (from left) Kylie Smith and Alexandra Jobe, to make new ...

R&D Magazine announced that Hugh Herr, PhD, is the winner of its 14th Innovator of the Year Award. The award ...