Tag: disability
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Woman Documents Herself Slowly Dying From A Rare Disease To Show Why Euthanasia Should Be Legalized
By Holly Warland: My partner and I have been documenting daily life with a disability through Instagram without the filters and mushy inspo-porn. I’m brutally honest and open with my photos, revealing aspects of disabled life that you don’t often hear about. I’m Holly Warland, a 27-year-old woman from Australia and I have a rare…
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One-Legged Man Creates The Most EPIC Halloween Costumes
As we've said a few times now, 2018 was the year of EPIC Halloween costumes. You guys went all out and produced some of the best costumes we've ever seen. We were particularly impressed by Paralympian Josh Sundquist, an amputee who lost his leg to cancer at the age of 9. This didn't slow him…
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Father Builds Jaw-Dropping Halloween Costumes For Kids In Wheelchairs
Magic Wheelchair is a nonprofit created by Oregon-based dad Ryan Weimer, who has spent years building costumes for his three children that use wheelchairs for mobility. Out of his five kids, three of them have Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Weimer, who works full time as a nurse, has assembled teams that spend 100 to 200 hours…
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Amazing See-Through Prosthetics Made with 3D Printed Titanium
We especially love when art and design combine to create a functional item that can be used for something other than pure aesthetics. That’s why we were taken aback when we came across industrial designer William Root‘s innovative new take on prosthetic engineering with this futuristic structure of geometrically intersecting metal strands. Called Exo, Root’s prosthetic concept…
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Artist Who Was Born Without Arms Creates Amazingly Realistic Drawings
Next time things get a bit tough and you want to throw in the towel, spare a thought for artist Mariusz Kedzierski. Despite the fact that Mariusz was born without arms, he has fulfilled his dream of becoming an artist. And his realistic drawings are some of the best we’ve seen! According to Mariusz: “But for me disability doesn’t…