Please follow the link and watch the video at the bottom of the page to see this incredible new invention that can help amputees and others to get (very!) mobile.
We’d love to hear from you if you’ve ever had the opportunity to try one of these amazing Glide Cycles. Are they as good as they [...]
Amputee Veterans Battling Back
By Frank Gardner
BBC News in Bavaria
Tom Neathway cuts an unusual figure, 6,000ft (1,829m) up in the Bavarian Alps.
With one arm and both legs amputated above the knee, the 25-year old Parachute Regiment corporal is skiing in a “sitski”, effectively a wheelchair without the wheels, mounted on a single, racing ski. [...]
Margaret, aka Leggz, who many of you will know from the Forum has suggested a transport sharing scheme. In these days of financial gloom and carbon footprint awareness, what could make more sense? Also, as she points out, apart from the economy aspects, a great way for people to meet and (hopefully) enjoy time together [...]
Margaret, aka Leggz, who many of you will know from the Forum has suggested a transport sharing scheme. In these days of financial gloom and carbon footprint awareness, what could make more sense? Also, as she points out, apart from the economy aspects, a great way for people to meet and (hopefully) enjoy time together [...]
Profile: Bonnie St. John, champion skier, author
by Terri Finch Hamilton | The Grand Rapids Press
Sunday March 15, 2009, 5:33 AM
Courtesy photos Inspirational: Bonnie St. John was the second-fastest woman in the world on one leg in 1984 and the first African-American to win Olympic medals in ski racing.
Bonnie St. John is remembering what [...]
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:45 AM on 11th March 2009
He has short ones for sitting and climbing and long fancy ones for when he wants to run really, really fast.
Cody McCasland was born without a working set of legs – but now has pairs for just about any occasion.
The seven-year-old [...]
2:36pm UK, Tuesday March 10, 2009
The world’s first elephant fitted with a prosthetic leg is growing so fast that she has had a larger one made for her.
Mosha, now three, was only seven-months-old when she lost her right front leg after stepping on a landmine.
Close to death, she was rescued and brought to the [...]
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