In fact, I'd never even met another amputee until I was 17.

I'm a double amputee, and I was born without fibulas in both legs.

At present there are about a quarter of a million amputee mine victims needing care.

In his research for the role, he was coached by an amputee on how to walk on artificial legs.

BA Haller links to a story about the first ever double amputee to participate in both the Paralympics and Olympics ever.

One out of every 236 Cambodians is an amputee a rate more than 100 times higher than in Europe or the United States.

At the MIT Media Lab, double amputee Hugh Herr has pioneered biomechatronics, which combines biology, mechanical engineering, and electronics to invent efficient, lifelike prosthetics.

A study of 470 amputee survivors of war related violence in six countries showed that nearly one hundred percent said they had benefited from peer support.

In Cambodia, one out of every 234 people is an amputee, a rate more than one hundred times higher than in Europe or the United States.

Oscar Pistorius is set to be the first double amputee runner at the Olympic Games after being picked by South Africa for the 400m at London 2012.

There's an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I'm disabled.

It is estimated that there are currently approximately 250,000 amputee mine victims requiring prosthetics care and that number is expected to increase by about 800 persons every month.

AM Well, for those of you who have seen the picture in the little bio it might have given it away I'm a double amputee, and I was born without fibulas in both legs.

For people with disabilities Peer support is considered to be a key component of the independent living movement and has been widely used by organizations that work with people with disabilities, including the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) and Survivor Corps.