Owen Sherman of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, just turned seven years old. He asked his friends and family to skip getting him a birthday gift, but instead he requested donations for an animal shelter where he found his best fr...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/12/A-Boy-and-His-Dog-2/[http://youtu.be/uJcxMDZQkA4] (YouTube link)When I... ...ay recall that Pistorius was the first double-leg- amputee to run track in the Olympics as well as the Paral...
http://www.neatorama.com/skills/2012/12/15/Pistorius-Races-Horse-in-Qatar/
South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius will compete in the individual 40... ...torius was included. Pistorius will be the first amputee to compete in track at the Olympics, although amputees
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/05/oscar-pistorius-makes-olympic-team/
Spencer West has no legs, so he walked on his hands. All the way up Mt. Kilimanjaro! Word came last night that West has reached Uhuru Peak in Tanzania, the highest altitude in Africa. From his blog: The moment the summi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/climbing-mt-kilimanjaro-on-his-hands/
Mental_floss has a continuing series on people that most of us would term "disabled," but still manage to do the very things they aren't supposed to be "able" to. Several have made headlines just recently. You'll mee...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/24/challenge-accepted-8-inspiring-stories/(YouTube link) The Cup of African Nations for... ...(YouTube link) The Cup of African Nations for Amputee Football (CANAF) concluded last month in Ghana, a...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/29/canaf-championship/
It has to be the toughest decision anyone could make, but a man has decided to voluntarily amputate his hand. However this looks like a better alternative as he is going to replace his damaged limb with a bionic one. An...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/25/man-amputates-hand-for-bionic-one/
Doug Forbis is in a graduate education program and has done some student teaching. He aspires to be a physical education teacher for children with special needs. Forbis believe he can offer encouragement because he's an...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/13/man-without-legs-to-be-p-e-teacher/
A Massachusetts man is being hailed a hero for lending a leg when people were in need. Steve Cornell was using an ATM, at a Middleton store last night, when he saw a man inside pointing a gun at the stores manager. W...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/02/amputee-trips-up-robber/
Twenty-seven-year-old Johno Lee, a British veteran of the war in Afghanistan, applied for and was denied a disabled parking permit three times. Meanwhile, he racked up £800 in fines for parking in reserved spots so he c...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/28/amputee-may-get-better/
