The Douglas Bader Foundation is greatly indebted to Sophie Delderfield (daughter of Keith, our Director of Operations) for taking part in the London Marathon this year in support of the charity. Not only did she complete the gruelling run but she beat last year’s time to boot. She is still trying to reach her sponsorship [...]
Please follow the link below for a report including Richard Whitehead amongst others who produced good performances in the Boston Marathon.
www.thebostonchannel.com/sports/19233102/detail.html
Our thanks as ever to Steve McNeice for this contribution
PACE Rehabilitation is opening a clinic in the South to meet the growing demand for its services.
The leading multi-disciplinary rehabilitation clinic, which has been assessing and treating patients from across the UK and Europe at its centre in Manchester for the past five years is opening a new clinic in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
Experts in rehabilitation related [...]
Charlotte Warburton, a Counselling Psychologist in training at Roehampton University is undertaking a piece of qualitative research on the outcome of counselling for amputees. She would be very grateful to hear from anyone who might be willing to volunteer their experiences.
You will find more information and Charlotte’s contact details below.
Are you an Amputee that has [...]
Fantastic footage of how the WETA team, who have made prosthetics both for film and cosmetic purposes, constructed a mermaid’s tail for a double below knee amputee.
Thanks to Steve McNeice for sending these clips, the first of which gives the background to the story and the second the end result.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9jCsbii5rs&eurl=http://www.freep.com/article/20090227/NEWS07/90227081/1009/Lord+of+the+Rings+crew+turns+woman+into+mermaid+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMUWe9V-94
Jessica Cox was born 25 years ago without any arms. She has just become the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.
Oxford and Cambridge  have now decided to remove the words CAN’T and IMPOSSIBLE from their dictionary
Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an aircraft. The girl from Tucson, Arizona [...]
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 Friends of the Asian Elephant [...]
The boy, 7, who doesn’t let a double
amputation hold him back
“With five pairs of legs, I feel 10 feet tall!”
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 [...]
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 [...]
Touch Bionics’ Founder Steps Down
A fond farewell to David Gow, inventor of the i-LIMB Hand, as he moves to focus on
his work within the Scottish NHS
Livingston, Scotland – March 16, 2009 – Touch Bionics, developer of the world’s
first commercially available bionic hand, today announced that Director of Research
and Non Executive Director, David Gow, was stepping [...]
Thank you to the following companies listed below for their continued support.
19 year old Evan Reynolds lost his left hand in a road traffic accident in 2006 when his arm became trapped between the side of a car and a gatepost. LEIGH DAY & CO. solicitors were able to secure Evan substantial damages which will cover the future costs of his Touch Bionics i-LIMBâ„¢ prosthetic which [...]
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