Members of the War Amps Child Amputee (Champ) Program helped mark the 35th anniversary of Champ through their participation in the Victoria Day Parade. …

A butcher has won a £250,000 payout after a series of medical blunders led to his leg being amutated.

Ian Watts from Rochester has been left severely disabled following the incident.

He was initially admitted to Medway Maritime Hospital with an infection in his little toe in 2004, which doctors said they could treat by amputation.

Although the toe was removed, Mr Watts’ condition deteriorated and his left leg below the knee had to be amputated.

“Should Disabled still be recognized as Disabled”

The subject has come up again in debate,

All people are created differently some are a little more advantaged and some disadvantaged throughout their lives.

With the advancements in technology there is a growing number of “lucky” amputees that may now be for all intensive purposes be considered advantaged when it comes to sports.

If this is the case does this mean that an amputee could no longer be called “disabled” but should now be referred to as “moreabled”?

Will these Nobel efforts by a handful of amputee athletes, put the not so able in the firing line to loose their benefits and pensions as there is a possibility that with the right limb they may also be advantaged?

Falls are a common and potentially dangerous event, especially in amputees. In this study, we compared the mechanisms of balance recovery of 17 unilateral transtibial amputees and 17 matched able-bodied controls after being released from a forward-inclined orientation of 10%. Kinematic analysis revealed statistically significant differences in response time and knee flexion at heel-strike between both groups.

“Prosthetic limbs are usually made from acrylic resins, supported by either glass or carbon fiber to provide structural strength,” principal researcher Carl Schaschke, PhD, explained to Chemistry World. “However, these materials are difficult to source in developing countries and require expensive fume-extraction equipment due to the toxic vapors produced when working with acrylic resins.”