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Disability Experiences

Disability Specific: Amputation/Limb Differences

Disability Experiences provides a place for you to express information about yourself, your experiences, stories, poetry, art, music, dance, advice or other creative writing. This collection of writings and websites have been submitted by our community or link to websites that share the personal disability experiences of people with disabilities. This section offers individuals a chance to experience other's ideas and thoughts. Also, if you wish to submit your own writing or website, please click on our Personal Experiences Form or Share Your Knowledge.

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New Horizons Un-Limited Community Sharing Your Personal Experiences

New Sign Why Me? Why AEP? Carrie describes her coping strategies growing up with limb loss in a very inspirational message and shares an e-community with NHU community.

Personal Experiences Resource Links

Lilly Walters' About One Hand Typing offers this site providing information on the options available for one-hand typists, Lilly Walters, who is a one-hand typist and an author of two books on the topic, offers some motivational success stories, and available products.

Surviving Limb Loss Amputation offers stories from people who lost a limb and returned to work.

Success Stories offers stories from people who survived limb loss and their experiences, thoughts and successes from Steve Loignon's inspirational website, Stepping Back into Life.

Stories of Survival provides stories from people who lost a limb and survived from Land Mine Survivors

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