James is a scientist who was in a horrible accident and needed prosthetics. Then a video game company advertised for a patient who wanted a cyborg arm, like one of their game characters
Read MoreThere are tiny muscles in your hands called lumbricals. Apparently my stroke palm was super tight. My doctor injected them with Botox -- Zop! Eek! Not fun
Read MoreI had a very sweet Mother's Day, with flowers picked out by my son.
Someday he will notice and ask about my hand problem. Then what? What do other parents with disabilities say to small children?
Read MoreAt the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, they are running an exhibit on fashion and technology. One piece is a video by the Alternative Limb Project, of art and prosthetics. Here are some more images of Model / Pop Singer Viktoria Modesta, who has a prosthetic.
Read MoreA reader asks, How is your electric hand machine doing?
This is the electronic shock machine that I wear during hand exercises, two hours a day for an entire year.
Read MoreArtLifting is an online gallery that sells art by the disabled and homeless. This Boston-based gallery has been so successful that some of its members are now full-time artists!
Read MoreMost grammar schools in the Boston area shut down for a week in February. That's because it is frigid; two weeks ago, it was -9 degrees F (-23 C)! So the whole city leaves for somewhere warm.
Read MoreI have vision loss because of my stroke. There is a narrow strip that I cannot see around 6 o'clock of my sight.
Read MoreNicholas McCarthy was born with one hand. He is now a professional pianist.
Read MoreNew Legos have a wheelchair character! You can make it female or old by changing its plastic wig.
Read MoreI've been using the electronic arm machine consistently. It is terribly dull: 2 hours a day.
Read MoreAnd he's off! My son is now mobile, walking here and there around our house. We hastily childproofed.
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