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I am an above knee amputee caused by osteosarcoma 36 years ago in 1973. Three years later the cancer metastasized and 2/5 of my lungs had to be removed. A course of chemotherapy -- only just out in clinical use in 1976 -- is probably why I am still here today. I went on to get a PhD in computer... Full Bio

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PacePerMile interview

PacePerMile spoke with Arthur Graham from Next Step Orthotics and Prosthetics for Amputees regarding how the victims who have had limbs...

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OpEd piece for CNN Opinion

(CNN) – Waking up to realize you suddenly have no leg or legs is as horrible an experience as one can have, and one that will, sadly, be...

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Video of the BU Drench lecture

The full 1 hr YouTube video of my invited talk for the Drench lecture series professionally recorded by the fine media people...

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Podcast: Living Beyond Challenges interview

This week, Jim Harold of Living Beyond Challenges did an interview with me that he recorded and re-broadcasts as a Podcast from...

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Susan Myers: Bravo, winter cyclists

By Susan Myers in Boston.com ( http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/brookline/2013/02/bravo_winter_cyclists_by_susan.html ) An excerpt from...

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DANIELD wrote on jothyr's Whiteboard. May 13 2010

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May 13 2010 by DANIELD

Let's dump TSA's screening for domestic flights at DIA -for Amps, and seniors..... civil and ADA must override these rules... ???

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May 13 2010 by DANIELD

HI, My name is Dan - double bka for 20 yrs, fly out of dia very couple of months, many run-ins with tsa and it's lack of any reasonable treatment of amps ... let's file a civil rights action and get ADA to over ride tsa's rules.....

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