tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895085051436907920.post833207070777033610..comments2023-09-22T14:02:51.831-04:00Comments on The Right to Design: The Best Arms? Prosthetic limb improvements - or notBesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691600265011800746noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895085051436907920.post-16377383971196536592011-02-25T02:09:38.563-05:002011-02-25T02:09:38.563-05:00This post has been included in this month's Di...This post has been included in this month's Disability Blog Carnival - see http://lilwatchergirl.blogspot.com/2011/02/participate.html. Thanks for a really interesting contribution!Naomi J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10918322634249814999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895085051436907920.post-45659124858672233572011-02-23T11:53:58.017-05:002011-02-23T11:53:58.017-05:00great quote, Penny. thanks!great quote, Penny. thanks!Besshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691600265011800746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895085051436907920.post-58590607259439749002011-02-23T11:52:19.049-05:002011-02-23T11:52:19.049-05:00There's a section in John Hockenberry's _M...There's a section in John Hockenberry's _Moving Violations_ where he talks about his grandfather, who lost his forearm in a 1920s work accident (to the best of my memory). Hockenberry's grandmother said later, "We wanted him to wear something, because of the way people think and talk, you know. People are cruel. They can say things that can hurt you clean through." (p. 63 in the edition I have) Social pressure, not utility, was the reason for a prosthetic in that case too.Penny L. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com