What's new?

This section presents the most recent additions in the Features section as well as the most recent novelties on the site itself.

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The big novelty on the OverGround website is... this "What's new" section!

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Testimonies : A photoshooting session at Ampworld.de
by Paul

The editor of this website recently payed a visit to Amputee World, a professional agency which features models who are amputees.

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Testimonies : My Very First Sighting
by E.

E. tells us his moving story about his meeting with an arm amputee in school when he was a 6-year-old child. He later met again the now young woman whom he married and with whom he has been happily married for nearly forty years now.

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Testimonies : Like A Dream Come True
by Anon.

This anonymous testimony from a young woman who is a leg amputee has been posted recently on one of the many Yahoo Groups. We reproduce it here because the author is giving us her opinion about devotees in a balanced and inspiring way.

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Articles : What does your partner find sexy about your disability?
by Mitchell S. Tepper

The author, himself disabled, looks at sexuality and attractiveness of people with disability, and mention devotees: "Anyone who gets involved with someone who has a disability becomes suspect and is assumed a devotee. This does an injustice to all parties". For him, devotee or not, people with disabilities are sexy.

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Articles : Disability and Delight: Staring Back at the Devotee Community
by Raymond J. Aguilera

This article in Bent, a magazine for gay people with disabilities, has been written by someone who is himself disabled and his part of a personal research project. For once, the author has a positive approach about devotees and is quite cautious about the available litterature. One may be interested in reading his rebutal to the famous Bruno article, for instance.

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Articles : When Less Feels Like More
by Mark Dillof

For the sake of completeness, we have included this disturbing article by Mark Dillof about wannabes and devotees. If you are one of those, it is likely that you wont like what you read and most likely, that you wont even recognize yourelf. Be aware of the fact that the word "pervert" seems to be the author's favorite one. It is a pity that someone who is supposed to be a professional is capable of such inepties and is allowed to deal with patient with psychological issues.

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Testimonies : A Will And A Way : Rosanne's Story
by Rosanne Laflamme

Discover the inspiring story of Rosanne Laflamme from Québec, whom at the age of 3 lost both legs below the knee and her right arm below the elbow in a farming accident. Now deceased, Rosanne tells her touching story with simplicity. A must read true story for all amputees who might find themselves lost confronting the absence of one or more of their limbs.

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Articles : Amputee Identity Disorder: Information, Questions, Answers, And Recommendations About Self-Demand Amputations
by Gregg M. Furth & Robert Smith, with an Introduction by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

This little book is essential for all those with Body Integrity Identity Disorder and even more so for those professionnals who might be confronted with people who might look for ellective amputation of healthy limbs as patients. The book is available online from AuthorHouse.

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