Injuries prevented Patrick Scheibler from running the past several years, so the Libertyville resident has been on the sideline as a volunteer for his hometown's annual Twilight Shuffle 5K fundraiser.

Those who had ended up with amputee partners sometimes changed their focus and became ‘wannabe’ amputees. With regards to the amputee fixation itself, around a quarter of the network were sharply ...

Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Liverpool resident Bryan Costello knew almost instantly that he had lost his right leg below the knee when a car slammed into the motorcycle he was driving outside of Detroit in 2011 ...

Alex Parra has always been athletic — before being diagnosed with Stage 2 osteosarcoma, he was training to compete at the high school state swimming championships. "I always wanted to just be as ...

Nico Calabria is a professional athlete, an educator, a coach, and an advocate for people with disabilities. He was born with one leg and, at five years old, permanently ditched his prosthetic. Since ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — 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, ...

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 ...

The thunderous sound of Robert Ferguson's neon green cleats kicking a soccer ball melded with the click-clacking beat of his crutches as he made the pass. His teammate, Foday Dumbuya, dashed forward, ...