Posts Tagged ‘research’
You can make an impact in limb difference research
This week, I am full of stories of dads who are contributing to the limb difference community. Today I wanted to give you the heads up about a research project that you may be able to help. There is an online survey that ends at the end of the week and I hope we can…
Read More +Putting Born Just Right in View of the Experts
I’m serious about getting Jordan the best possible care. I feel the same way for her brother. When they need something, I will find what they need and work as hard as I can to find the best. And that’s exactly what I did to find David Rotter, Jordan’s prosthetist. Not only does he work…
Read More +Brain Images Share the Secrets of Limb Differences
Earlier in 2013, I discovered a research lab in my town that is focused on how the brain manages limb differences. It’s pretty remarkable. I’ve stayed in touch with Scott Frey, the director of Brain Imaging Center & Rehabilitation Neuroscience Lab at the University of Missouri. He recently reached out to share and update in his…
Read More +Limb difference research in my own backyard
There are moments where you have to wonder how the heck it all worked out the way it worked out. Remember back in the fall when Jordan had a chance to meet Hayden Filson? Well, their meeting was in the newspaper. That’s when a researcher in Columbia, MO reached out to me and wondered if…
Read More +One in 88
I’m trying to wrap my brain around the statistic that every one child in 88 is diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Here are the stats I know about congenital limb differences: Limb difference occurs in 1 in 3,846 live births in the U.S., or at a rate of 2.6 per 10,000 live births. Congenital upper…
Read More +Looking at the future
I’m really interested in the many changes in prosthetics as the military invests in tools to help support soldiers who lost limbs in Iraq or Afghanistan. When Jordan was very young, I reached out to a researcher named Todd Kuiken who was working on bionics in Chicago. He told me that he was certain prosthetics…
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