M Edward·May 21The Surgeons Who Learned to Cut Without KillingThis article is an adaptation of a lecture I gave to Prosthetics and Orthotics students at the University of Derby. When I was researching…
Leandro Loriga·May 17When a Story Becomes a DiagnosisFor conditions without biomarkers, the patient’s narrative is not a supplement to the clinical evidence. It is the clinical evidence. This…
Leandro Loriga·May 5The Two Surgeries: Why Medicine Says Yes to One Body and No to AnotherTwo patients walk into the same surgeon’s office. Both are competent adults. Both have lived for years with a persistent sense that part of…
Haje Jan Kamps·Apr 22Luxury. Best. $15I run AI at a luxury company. I just spent three hours of my life on a nail file. Let me explain.
The Disability Medium·Feb 21She Wore the Prosthetic Because He Said He Was Open-MindedReena almost cancelled.
The Disability Medium·Jan 8A Parking Space That Should Have Saved Her, Not Shamed HerKiara parked her car slowly, carefully, the way she had learned to after the accident — the accident that took her left leg and changed…
InE³ — Entertain Enlighten EmpowerbyCat Strav·May 30, 2025Lose a Finger, Gain a Couple Grand — The Body Pricing Guide You Never Asked ForI work in a manufacturing plant where digits are severed on occasion, so it made me curious.A response icon3A response icon3
Fossils with Folakemi·Apr 30, 2025Clean your lenses: you’re about to see from the POV of an amputeeHere are 10 things we want you to know:A response icon2A response icon2
Patricia Willson·Jan 10, 2025How It All BeganIt’s a summer’s eve of 1970, my 22nd year and I am anticipating acceptance in the Theatre Department at the University. I just left my…