Prosthetic hand puts freedom within grasp
When she was 9, Lindsay Block saw cheerleaders tumbling at a basketball game. That was for her, she decided.
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Lindsay McClellan, 27, shows her iLIMB prosthetic left hand. The covering is made of a silicone material and is designed to be a mirror image of a patient's natural hand. PROVIDED BY MAIKE SABOLICH
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Life without a limb
Amputees face many emotional barriers, Lindsay McClellan said.
They might feel guilt over an accident that caused loss of a limb or over the burden the loss might place on loved ones, she said. They might have insecurity over what others think and fear of adjusting to life without the limb.
Since McClellan was born without most of her left arm, she figures she has "a lot of advantages” over amputees.
"I didn't lose something I already had,” she said. "I didn't have a catastrophe happen. I didn't have to unlearn anything.”
"I was born this way,” she said. "I've done everything the same since I was a baby.”
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