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William "Bud" McLeroy (born 1960) was the first amputee to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. [3] He is also the first service member, and firefighter, to serve while only having one leg. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Stephanie Dixon, CM (born February 10, 1984) [1] is a Canadian swimmer.She is a three-time Paralympian and competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games prior to retiring from competitive swimming in 2010.
Cameron Clapp (born February 18, 1986) is an American athlete. As a triple amputee, he has become a motivational speaker, mentor to young amputees, and amputee activist. He is also an actor.
The department twice rescheduled and then canceled an interview with the VA’s top prosthetics officials, before ultimately providing 14 pages of responses on Friday to questions about its care ...
Discussions surrounding disabilities are increasingly cropping up in Ukraine as casualties rise - and sexual rehabilitation is in demand as war amputees navigate a new sex life.
Hugh Herr climbs the wall at the MIT Media Lab's h2.0 symposium on May 9, 2007, watched by fellow bilateral amputee Aimee Mullins. While a postdoctoral fellow at MIT in biomedical devices, Herr began working on advanced leg prostheses and orthoses, devices that emulate the functionality of the human leg. [1]
Connolly was born in Helena, Montana in August, 1985. [1] He was born without legs, as a "'sporadic birth defect,' which is basically the doctors saying they don't know what happened.", he says.
Tilly Lockey (born 7 October 2005) is a British social media personality and amputee known for her bionic arms developed by Open Bionics, which she has used since 2016.In 2021, she competed and went on to win the sixth series of the CBBC competition series Got What It Takes?.