Howlings » prosthetics http://howlings.com Wild Woman of the Web Sat, 08 May 2010 19:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Coming Soon… http://howlings.com/2009/10/coming-soon/ http://howlings.com/2009/10/coming-soon/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:05:05 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=277 http://howlings.com/2009/10/coming-soon/feed/ 1 Poems, Prayers, Prosthetics; An Adventure http://howlings.com/2009/08/poems-prayers-prosthetics-an-adventure/ http://howlings.com/2009/08/poems-prayers-prosthetics-an-adventure/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:44:52 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=215 “Not many people have the misfortune, or privilege, however you feel about it, to own and operate an artificial appendage. But those of us who do, through design or default, are privy to a few “different” experiences in life that can sometimes fall into the category of humorous. Or to the more pristine soul, morbidly [...]]]> http://howlings.com/2009/08/poems-prayers-prosthetics-an-adventure/feed/ 0 My Viewpoint: “Real Gimps” http://howlings.com/2009/08/my-viewpoint-real-gimps/ http://howlings.com/2009/08/my-viewpoint-real-gimps/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:27:34 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=178 From Regional Mobility Magazine, December, 1985

“We all joke around about relative levels of disability. Above-the-knee amputees (ak’s) will joke around about below-the-knee amputees: “B-ks are almost human.” But let’s face it. Sometimes even a b-k feels like a real gimp.

I once met a freestyle skier who had blown her knee out the previous season and [...]]]> http://howlings.com/2009/08/my-viewpoint-real-gimps/feed/ 0