A lot of folks are exercising at home as we get through life in quarantine. Cary resident Jacky Hunt-Broersma took it to the next level becoming the first amputee to run 100 miles in the comfort of her own home. The longest Jacky had ever gone on a treadmill prior to last weekend was 10 … Read article »
Recently, she was granted a gift by one of her inspiration and she’s hoping to be that for others. Lydia Stalaboin, 15, is training to run. The Toll Gate High School sophomore was born with a rare congenital vascular disorder. At age 11, because of the pain in her leg, she made the tough decision … Read article »
For two seasons, Aviva Drescher was a force to be reckoned with on The Real Housewives of New York City. Aviva, an amputee, was the first person with a disability to be featured on any Real Housewives franchise. When she was just six years old, Aviva suffered a tragic farming accident, which resulted in her … Read article »
A woman has chosen to have her leg cut off, despite her family begging her not to, after becoming so self-conscious of it after cancer treatment. Tattoo artist Lisa Scheer was diagnosed with bone cancer in her right leg at the age of 12. Doctors were able to remove the tumour and save her life, … Read article »
“I want to inspire others. You can overcome and do anything.” “Felicia” has enhanced the life of 13-year-old Skylar Scarnecchia of Champion Township, Ohio. Late last year, Felicia may have also saved her life. Felicia is the nickname Skylar gave her prosthetic right leg, which she has worn since her below-the-knee amputation in 2016, due … Read article »
Kayane Carneiro Corrêa, 31, suffered a serious accident when she was a child in Recife-PE, and had one of her legs amputated. She needed physical therapy to adapt for 10 years before putting on the prosthesis. She has been a PCD physiotherapist for four years and has a postgraduate degree in Orthopedics and Traumatology. Today … Read article »
It’s a stunning statement. Then again, the 23-year-old Lambert, a UMass Lowell graduate, is a special person.Lowell – She lost her left leg in a tragic accident. But not her indomitable spirit. While in college, the Londonderry, N.H., native started the Born to Run Foundation on a determined mission to donate specialized athletic prostheses to … Read article »
Student who lost her leg to cancer stops hiding her disability online to inspire people to love their bodies. After being diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma (a type of bone cancer) at the age of six and undergoing three years of gruelling treatment, Felicia Cantone came to a decision. At the age of nine, she told … Read article »
Amputee model wants to spread positivity despite difficulties. It takes a lot of effort and self-discipline to be a model, and we could only imagine how much more demanding it is to be an amputee model. A bad surgery caused Singapore-based Indonesian amputee model Rosalina Oktavia to lose a limb, but it did not deter her from … Read article »
“It’s been a good life,” La Jolla Shores resident Linda Olson said of the one she’s built with the help of her husband after surviving an accident 35 years ago that left her a triple amputee. Olson authored her first book, “Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life,” in which she … Read article »