Parking-Upgraded
Differently Abled
Physically Challenged
Handicapped
I Wish I Knew What To Say
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My song about being in a wheelchair is called
Three Feet Tall Again and the |
I'm a big guy and I carry my own harp upstairs, but you can't help
noticing that I do it on crutches because I only have one leg.
Of COURSE you're curious, you evolved from a monkey (unless you're
a creationist). And yes, it's bad manners to ask a total
stranger.
(But don't smack your kid for asking, because that's why kids grow
up with weird feelings about the handicapped.)
I was riding a small motorcycle at night and got hit by a drunk
car driver. If you've driven drunk, I forgive you.
If you plan to
do it again, do it on a small motorcycle, and leave me your car
in your will.
I do have a prosthetic. It took me almost thirty years to find
somebody who could make a hip disarticulation prosthetic that
actually worked.
His name is Tony van der Waarde and his website
is
www.awardprosthetics.com. Almost all hip-disartic prosthetics
end up in the closet
because they are difficult and dangerous to
use and about as uncomfortable as you would imagine. Most
prosthetists and hospitals are
completely out of their depth and
assume that nobody can do better. That is not true. I have a
fully articulated (hip, knee, ankle) leg that really
works and a
pegleg that is very much lighter and works better. I used to wear
a prosthetic about ten hours a day, four days a week.
Good Points | Bad Points |
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I can carry a cup of coffee People don't freak out as much It gives my shoulders a break It gives me a huge incentive not to get fat |
It's not really stable enough to carry large awkward harps It gets in the way sitting down It attracts fetishists It's a serious nuisance in the bathroom |