Other than parents and doctors, who can help children with limb loss?
Many people can help inspire children and serve as role models. They include: • Family. Brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and other family members can help children with limb loss. It helps when everyone in the family talks about prostheses in the same way. It does not help children when they see family members act one way in public and another way at home. • Adults with limb loss. Children learn a lot when they meet successful adults with limb loss. Meeting a world-class swimmer, for instance, shows children that they can do great things in this world. Even if they won’t ever be the world’s fastest swimmers, children can learn that there is greatness inside each of them. • Other children with limb loss. It is good for children with limb deficiencies to sometimes be with others going through the same thing. This lets them compare experiences and talk about their feelings. I know of a girl who never met another person with limb loss until she went to summer camp for kids with limb defic
