FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo’s other end, and ...

Some of the most bizarre paraphilias that occasionally make their way into reputable psychology journals are those that involve sexual gratification from amputation of some description. Since the late ...

At 15, Alex Parra received a diagnosis that would upend his life. After doctors detected bone cancer in his left leg, he made the decision to amputate the leg above the knee. Parra was told that he ...

The Comrades Marathon—a 56-mile ultra in South Africa that is held every June—is one of the toughest races in the world, and one man completed it on crutches Sunday when he couldn’t use his running ...

While on assignment for National Geographic at a children’s hospital in Zambia I saw David Miti, a man without legs, sitting on a bench making crutches. The poetry of the moment hit me and I asked if ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - January’s ice storm put a few things on hold, but Saturday was a perfect day to re-schedule the Pacific Northwest Amputee Soccer Clinic. The free amputee and limb different ...

Farming trainees who have been amputated during Sierra Leone's civil war from 1991-2002, do warmup exercises before starting their day at the Farming on Crutches initiative in Freetown, Sierra Leone, ...

Some of the most bizarre paraphilias that occasionally make their way into reputable psychology journals are those that involve sexual gratification from amputation of some description. Since the late ...

While the government in Sierra Leone doesn't collect data on amputees, the United Nations estimates there are about 500,000 disabled people in the country. Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a ...