Jillian Weise is an award-winning poet, author, and playwright, a creative writing professor at Clemson University, and a disability rights activist. She is also a cyborg. She is used to this last descriptor raising eyebrows. Weise identifies as a cyborg because of her computerized prosthetic leg, a technological aid as essential to her personhood as … Read article
In a scathing clip, a Paralympic swimmer took to TikTok to call out a woman who had allegedly criticized her for parking in a handicapped spot. On Jan. 13, 28-year-old Jessica Long, a decorated swimmer who won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, slammed the nameless … Read article
After losing both her legs to toxic shock syndrome, model Lauren Wasser has been dedicated to educating other young women on feminine hygiene products and the condition that nearly took her life. As a model, Lauren Wasser is accustomed to turning heads, and now she’s turning even more of them, everywhere she goes. Lauren (32) … Read article
A 15-year-old amputee has appealed on social media for a new prosthetic leg that will allow her to dance on the tips of her toes Pollyanna Hope, from Hertfordshire, lost her leg in an accident 13 years ago and dances on a running blade, but wants to do “pointe” work on both legs. An appeal … Read article
With five million likes and 204,000 followers on TikTok, and a brand deal with one of the UK’s biggest sporting firms in the bag, it is fair to say that Milly Pickles has fired herself to internet superstardom. She has come a long way in the four years since the accident that would completely change … Read article
One of the first people in the UK to have a double hand transplant said her progress has been “phenomenal” in the two years since the operation. Cor Hutton, from Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire, was the first patient in Scotland and the third in the UK to successfully have the procedure, having had her hands and … Read article
“We should all hear her story and realize what is truly important in our daily lives.”Bebe Winkler, Interior Designer, NY Latona NEW YORK CITY – It was nine months to the day after Sept. 11, 2001. Elmira native Theresa Sareo was well into recording her third album, which reflected upon the World Trade Center tragedy, … Read article
Carolina, wearing a black dress and black tights beautifully fitted to the stump, comes to dress the Christmas tree. Carolina is barefoot! So that you can see her beautiful foot, the stump is also visible. He uses black balls to help her, in the video of course he massages her stump and the rest of … Read article
It’s Like to Lose Your Leg Kirstie Ennis was serving her second tour in Afghanistan in 2012 as a sergeant for the United States Marine Corps when her helicopter went down. “I remember one of the army medics, he came over and he said, ‘Don’t close your eyes ’cause you’re not going to open them … Read article
Marguerite Henderson had lost her feet, hand and fingers to sepsis. An amputee has been given the ultimate Christmas gift – a bionic hand which could allow her to sew again. Marguerite Henderson, who lost her feet, a hand and fingers to sepsis, has become the first person in the UK given the device by … Read article