On Sunday, November 1st, after starting at 6 AM (just before the sun rose over the Verazanno Bridge), twenty-two-year-old John Tartaglio became the first complete double leg amputee to finish a marathon. John completed the 26.2 miles in 15 hours and 59 minutes, running on a custom designed carbon fiber running prosthesis built by A [...]
By Brian M. Boyce The Tribune-Star BLOOMFIELD — Deep within a body full of scars, the spirit of Christmas beats in “B.J. Claus.” The youthful Santa recently spearheaded a Christmas gift drive on behalf of Riley Hospital for Children. “And I want to do it every year,” B.J. Yoho said. For the 7-year-old Bloomfield boy [...]
By CRYSTAL CHAN IT’S A typical evening and the family of four sit at their table, having dinner. Three have cutlery in their hands. Only one, in a wheelchair, eats with cutlery stuck to her magnetic hand gloves. Such moments remind Madam Teo Siew Kim, 60, of what she has lost – both her hands [...]
By Paula Middlehurst My husband Simon has got used to me forgetting our wedding anniversary, so it was fabulous when, last year, my mother offered to have the children for a few days so we could celebrate. We booked into my favourite spa hotel in Hampshire. It was just what we needed – for me, [...]
Meet Molly. She’s a grey dappled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana, USA. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier and almost died. Her gnawed right [...]
Disabled Sportsperson Of The Year Nottinghamshire athlete Richard Whitehead is the Disabled Sportsperson of the Year after a record breaking 2009. Whitehead, who is a double leg amputee, has smashed world bests for the marathon and half-marathon. He set a new world record in the 2009 Chicago Marathon, on 11 October, with a time of [...]
By Max Hastings Last updated at 10:05 PM on 04th December 2009 A young man in shorts stands in a ward chatting to a nurse, idly practising a golf swing with a reversed walking stick. Where his left leg should be, there is instead a densely engineered substitute of steel and hydraulics. On damp Tarmac [...]
We have received this invitation from the aptly-named PACE Rehabilitation. If you fit the criteria below you’ve got nothing to lose by following the link for what could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of the ParalympicGB Team for 2012. ************************************************************* Do you have: An impairment? A UK passport? A sporting [...]
With grateful thanks to Leggz who some of you may know from the Discussion Forum, we are delighted to be able to offer you a NEW SERVICE. “LIMB-LINE” AT YOUR SERVICE There’s already our popular Forum for information, support & chat. But sometimes you may feel in need of something extra. You’re special to us [...]
Amputated girl will live challenged life Dec 1, 2009 10:55 PM | By Judy Lelliott Two-year-old Thembisa Kometsi, who was admitted to hospital for burns on her hands but ended up with her legs amputated, does not realise that her life has changed forever. HEARTBREAKING: Two-year-old Thembisa Kometsi, whose legs were amputated after she was [...]
7:30am Thursday 3rd December 2009 By Diarmuid MacDonagh » A HOTELIER faces having his foot amputated after an allegation of misdiagnosis at Dorset County Hospital. David Knight, from Weymouth, is now seeking compensation from the crisis-hit Dorchester hospital. He claims that he now faces an uncertain future following the failure to diagnose a condition known [...]
A BRAVE tot who had his arms and legs amputated after being struck down with meningitis has finally been allowed home. Little fighter Harley Slack was nearly killed by the disease but made a remarkable recovery to the delight of his family. The four-year-old, who has been in hospital since May, is now allowed out [...]
Dec 3 2009 by Tom Mullen, Evening Chronicle FROM the horrors of Afghanistan to new baby joy – amputee soldier Anthony Makin has become a dad. The squaddie, who lost a leg in a Helmand Province roadside bomb blast, is celebrating the birth of his first child, Leonie Lillie. Anthony’s long-time girlfriend Sarah Watson gave [...]
South African health authorities are investigating how a two-year-old girl who burnt her arms instead had her legs amputated in hospital. Gauteng provincial minister Gedani Mahlangu set up a task-team on Monday. Thembisa Kometsi was admitted into a Johannesburg hospital, where officials say her legs were amputated because they had gangrene. An opposition party has [...]
We have been approached by Hannah Murphy about the following forthcoming Channel 4 Documentary. Please contact Hannah if you think you might fit the bill. Raising awareness of this problem could well help others. Channel 4 documentary – Hearing first hand from disabled adults/young people or families who have a disabled child who are presently experiencing [...]
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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.
