Stories
- Book extract
A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine
Harry Parker’s life changed overnight when he stepped on a bomb and lost his legs. He argues that being an amputee doesn’t make him an outlier; we are all hybrid.
- Book extract
Sockets and stumps
Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.
- Article
Adapting to life as a thalidomide survivor
Growing up as a thalidomide survivor meant coping with all the usual challenges of childhood and adolescence, while having to fit into a world designed for the able-bodied.
Catalogue
- Videos
- Online
Arm amputees in industry.
Date: 1960- Videos
Arm amputees in industry.
Date: 1960- Film
Arm amputees in industry.
Date: 1960- Books
Amputoitu sotavammainen : tutkimus Suomen sotien 1939-1945 amputoitujen ammatillisesta kuntoutuksesta = The Amputee veteran : a study on the vocational rehabilitation of the amputees of Finnish wars in 1939-1945 / Jaakko J. Ranta-Knuuttila.
Ranta-Knuuttila, Jaakko J.Date: 1962- Books
How to get behind the wheel : information for amputees wishing to drive a car / compiled by the UK Forum of Driving Assessment Centres.
Date: [1991]