[AMP-L] Consumer-Direct Prosthetics Give Amputees a New Choice

[Wayne Renardson]

via Amplitude:

Upstart prosthetic firms want to provide more amputees with access to 
devices. But are they moving too quickly?

In the spring of 2004, a Danish teenager named Lasse Madsen wiped out 
on his scooter and lost his right leg above the knee. He´d been 
planning to enroll in a high school gymnastics program later that 
year, but when Madsen asked how soon he´d be able to return to his 
sport, his doctor said: "You will learn to walk. You will probably 
never be able to run."  

Undeterred, Madsen called the school. "I told them, `I´m in a 
wheelchair right now, I only have one leg, but I´m still really 
interested in doing this program,´" he recalls. School officials said 
he could attend, but he shouldn´t expect special treatment-he´d be 
graded on the same scale as his able-bodied classmates. "That was a 
very important part of my rehabilitation journey," says Madsen, now 
32. "Because that gave me a goal."  

The rest of the story, with photos, here:

https://tinyurl.com/2ho6925f

Wayne R.