Hello and
welcome to the newest online resource and directory for amputees in
Canada and around the world. I have put together a collection of
Canadian
and International links to amputee and
disability related
web sites to provide quick access to some of the best amputee
resources available.
By doing so, I hope you will
find some useful amputee information that will help you cope
with your amputation and phantom pain experiences.
My name is Larry Gardner, and I have
been an above knee amputee since 1974, almost 30
years.
I lost my
left leg above the knee as a result of a motor vehicle
accident involving a motorcycle and a car.
A year or
so later, I became
seriously involved in disabled sports, including
competitive swimming and skiing, and recreational
sports such as cycling and amputee
waterskiing.
I hope that by sharing my
experiences and those of other amputees, and by providing a
current directory of amputee and disability resources, that I
will be of some assistance in dealing with your amputation or
coping with your phantom limb
pain.
We are featured at these websites:
Read my article about amputee phantom pain,
which is now
published in the Rehabilitation
Engineering Network of the U.K., and a part of the Medical
Engineer Network.
Excellent site about paralympic athletes and
more. We are currently a featured story on their home page.
Amputee Dot Ca has been featured in Ossur's Walking
Tall section and is currently in their archives.
Casting call website for budding amputee
actors and stuntman.
More about my amputee story:
This
site is dedicated to the memory of Malcom S. Bowman,
my swim coach for 4 years, the Head Coach of the Amputee Swim Team in
Holland, and a member of the Virtual Sports Wall of Fame in the City of
Niagara Falls Ontario. Learn more about "Mac" here.
