amputees
What It's Like to Live with a Prosthetic Leg Your Entire Life
Most people think "amputee" means you've lost a limb, but sometimes you never had one to begin with.
It's the Best and Worst Time to Be an Amputee Actor in Hollywood
There have never been more roles calling for actors with missing limbs. But there's a ceiling to success.
The Man/Machine Interface Just Got an Upgrade
New prosthetic technology uses signals from spinal motor neurons for improved performance.
Some Cops in California Are Claiming a Video of Them Eating Edibles During a Marijuana Raid Violates Their Privacy
Surveillance video footage also shows the officers joking about kicking the dispensary manager, an amputee, "in her fucking nub."
How Will Our Perception of Bodies Change as We Augment Them?
"Bodies are socially created entities."
The Open Source, 3D Printed Bionic Arm Needs to Get a Lot Cheaper
Joel Gibbard wants to make robotic prosthetics both functional and more widely available to amputees.
Meet Mexico City's Amputee Soccer Team
In a city that is unforgiving to people with disabilities, the members of Guerreros Aztecas make the best of a hard life.
When the Definition of ‘Life-Threatening’ Injury Undermines War Refugees’ Health Care
When organizations are scrambling to raise enough money to keep people alive, the living are often overlooked, no matter how serious their injuries.
The Mind-Controlled Robotic Limb Can Now Give A Thumbs-Up
Researchers spent two years fine-tuning the computer algorithm that translates the electricity emitted from the brain to the movements of the robotic arm.
Inside the Turkish Clinic Where Students Are Fitting Syrians With New Legs
Crammed with patients and technicians, there is a steady hum of Arabic, a clicking of metal joints, and the occasional peel of laughter.
I Spoke to the Photographer Who Got Blown Up in Afghanistan
Giles Duley has been getting a lot of attention recently as the photographer who lost both his legs and an arm after stepping on a landmine in Kabul. But it's the work that he's been compiling for ten years that I really wanted to talk to him about...