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Sarah Doherty (December 21, 1959 – January 5, 2023) was an amputee mountaineer, ski racer, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur who lost her right leg to a drunk driver at age 13. She was a member of the inaugural U.S. National Disabled Ski Team [ 1 ] and was the first amputee to reach the summit of Denali .
Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs, [3] according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking. [4] According to medical reports, some amputees were able to adjust to the use of a peg leg so well that they could walk 10, or even 30, miles in one day.
Purdy was born in Las Vegas in 1979. When she was 19 years old, she contracted Neisseria meningitidis, a form of bacterial meningitis. [1] The disease affected Purdy's circulatory system when the infection led to septic shock; [2] both of her legs had to be amputated below the knee, she lost both kidneys along with hearing in her left ear, [3] and her spleen had to be removed. [1]
A woman who is missing part of her arm became fed up with a lack of amputee representation in media, so she decided to create her own — and the result has warmed the hearts of thousands.
A new book shines a light on the effects of war in a body-positive way. Photographer Michael Stokes is raising money for a new coffee table book titled "Always Loyal," highlighting wounded U.S ...
Double leg amputee. Sofia Boutella [46] 2024 Nessarose: Wicked: Wheelchair user Marissa Bode [47] 2023 Tommy Olsen The Unseen: Cerebral Palsy: RJ Mitte [48] 2023 Sam Monico Perseus: Downs Syndrome Sam Barnard [49] 2022 Clifford Lady Chatterley's Lover: Physical disability from war injuries Matthew Duckett [50] 2022 Phil American Dreamer ...
At the age of 9, she opted to have her legs amputated and learned to walk with prosthetic legs. [2] [5] Katayama began styling photographs of herself with her sculptures and posting them online on her Myspace page in high school. [6] When starting out, she had her younger sister take photos of her. [7]
This one involves the opposite: a woman with supposedly too many legs. The photo popped up on the image sharing site Imgur: Title. The photo has gone viral because she appears to have three legs ...