(What a shame that it should be down to fund-raising to provide the money for prosthetics that should surely be available through the NHS. These prosthetics are, after all, required as the direct result of an illness that Harley was unlucky enough to contract in the first place. It seems to be adding insult to [...]
by CRAIG ROBINSON Last updated: 30/06/2009 06:00:00 A WOMAN who lost her leg in what should have been a routine knee operation has won more than £1million in compensation. Karen Flory has been left significantly disabled and continues to experience pain in the affected leg as well as phantom limb pains. Ipswich Hospital admitted responsibility [...]
Critical new data disclosed Dallas, TX (June 29, 2009) A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Some of their previously confidential findings were presented to the Court of Arbitration for [...]
We are very grateful to Ray Blackwell for the following article. Also for the very welcome donation he raised for the Douglas Bader Foundation with his efforts. Thank you, Ray – you’re an inspiration. You would have thought at nearly 71 I would be pursuing more sedate pastimes like gardening etc, instead of crazy things [...]
We have received a message from David Kitchenham drawing our attention to Mirror Box Therapy as a treatment for phantom pain. We’d be interested to hear any feedback from people who have tried it. Please click here to be directed to the Website where you can find out more about it or contact David Kitchenham: [...]
A paratrooper who learnt to walk again after losing three limbs in a bomb has spoken of his joy at regaining his independence by moving into a new home. (Please click on the link to see the video clip) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8115626.stm Lance Corporal Tom Neathway, 25, of Crowle, Worcestershire, was injured by a booby trap bomb [...]
The salamander can regrow injured limbs, jaws, skin, organs and parts of its brain and spinal chord. (Reuters: Felipe Leon) Scientists are genetically modifying a bizarre looking Mexican salamander in the hope its ability to regenerate body parts will one day help human amputees. Also known as “water monsters,” the 15-centimetre-long axolotl is nearly extinct [...]
Monday 15th June, 2009 The Douglas Bader Young Aviators Day at White Waltham Airfield, 14th June 2009 Picnics in the sun Airfields all too frequently get a bad press but, had any of their detractors been at White Waltham Airfield, home of the West London Aero Club, yesterday, they would have had to admit that [...]
Shock value Thursday, June 04, 2009 John Pickup, managing director of Amputees in Action, explains how using real amputees and fake gore to simulate battlefield injuries can aid military training. From infancy, people learn best by mimicking situations, especially using common objects that are applicable to the scene. Toy versions of nearly everything, from cars [...]
**EMBARGO – 12.01pm, 31ST MAY 2009** BATTLE OF BRITAIN HERO AND DISABILITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNER, SIR DOUGLAS BADER, COMMEMORATED WITH ENGLISH HERITAGE BLUE PLAQUE – Sir Richard Branson to Join Celebration of World War ll Flying Ace who Suffered Double Amputation – – Bader’s Inspirational Work to Raise Profile of those Living with Disability Commemorated – [...]
How amputee soldier Scott Blaney is fighting back May 30 2009 by Mike Malyon, Coventry Telegraph AMPUTEE soldier Scott Blaney is taking on his next challenge of an endurance swim across the English Channel. Cpl Blaney, from Nuneaton, has joined an army team for the annual inter-services open-water race to be held later this year. [...]
On the 31st May, a glorious sunny Sunday morning I was lucky enough to be part of a select crowd of people associated with Sir Douglas who had gathered outside his old home in Petersham Mews to see an English Heritage Blue Plaque unveiled in his honour by Sir Richard Branson. Douglas and his first [...]
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THE BADER CUP was started in 1987, and is now widely recognised as the largest National Mixed Greensome Stableford Golf Tournament in Europe.
John Southwick founded the Tournament to raise funds for The Douglas Bader Foundation. He still organises the competition.
Please see the Bader Golf Page and the nested Bader Cup pages on the left hand menu bar.For more information, a brochure or to enter and help to raise money for a good cause, please visit John Southwick's dedicated Website:
www.thebadercup.co.uk
Art to Fly, a specialist aviation artwork Website, was created by Pat Barnard, long-time friend of Sir Douglas, as a way of supporting the Douglas Bader Foundation disabled children’s Flying Days.
You can find out more about Art to Fly and the aviation paintings and drawings, aircraft prints and books – all signed by famous WW11 pilots and carefully selected and attractively priced for aviation art collectors - by visiting the Website:
www.arttofly.orgAs Art To Fly is a non-profit organization, 100% of the profits of any sales go to help disabled children experience the joy of flight through the Douglas Bader Foundation’s “Bader Braves” Flying Days programme, details of which can be found on this Website.
