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Amputees and Paraplegics, 2007.
A look at some of the issues facing amputees and paraplegics trying to live a normal life.
1,382 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses how losing an arm or a leg is a great loss and how the simplest things that we take for granted become terribly difficult or impossible to do. It looks at some of the challenges facing amputees and paraplegics in their quest to lead a normal life and how the difficulties of rehabilitation can range from learning to use a prosthetic limb to fitting in with the rest of society.
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"The problem of loss of limbs has increased drastically with soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq is a different kind of war where homemade bombs and incendiary devices are exploding unexpectedly all the time. Blasts that would previously have killed them now inflict terrible injuries on the soldiers and frequently include loss of limbs (Aldhous, 2006; and Querna, Brink, et al, 2004). The problem is that amputees want to take up normal lives. In the words of an expression they use, they want to "scare the dog," that is, they want to live full and complete lives (Rader & Valenzano, 2005). The difficulties of rehabilitation range from learning to use a prosthetic limb to fitting in with the rest of society. Many people who are likely to see them as disabled, cripples, and pitiable, which doesn't help a person to feel normal."
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Courageous or Not?, 2006.
An examination of the life of Kyle Maynard, born a congenital amputee.
1,466 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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In this paper the author examines the life of Kyle Maynard who was born a congenital amputee. The author looks at the courage that Maynard faced despite adversity at every stage. Maynard did not let the fact that he was different from other kids get in the way of his sporting achievements and he became a top wrestler. The author relates many aspects of Maynard's life as a definition of courage as he sees it. In particular he looks at how Maynard forced himself to play football as a child and wrestled despite the glaring differences to other children. The author clearly believes that Maynard is not a disabled man because disabled people have limitations that prevent them from completing routine functions, but Maynard does not fail to complete anything. He believes that Maynard is an innovator. A man that has found the courage to face fear, and develop new ways to accomplish the same challenges as any other person, with his own unique approach. The author concludes with his belief that Maynard is the epitome of what courage stands for.
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"Kyle is courageous, but not because he participated in football and wrestling. Thousands of people play sports every year. Certainly there is inherent pressure, but that alone does not make one courageous. What makes Kyle courageous is that he played both sports in the face of cynicism from outside forces. Despite his obvious and glaring physical shortcomings, he went out and performed at a high level. That despite the fact that he could not walk, run or throw, he played football, a sport that cherishes those very abilities. That in the face of a seventeen match losing streak, he found his way to the mat for that eighteenth match, and somewhere inside himself overcame his disability, to prove that in fact he had no disability."
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"Moving Violations" by John Hockenberry, 1996.
Critical review of paraplegic journalist's autobiography.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, £ 32.95
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John Hockenberry's autobiography Moving Violations, A Memoir: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence is successful for a variety of reasons. He is a gifted writer, a masterful storyteller, and a man who has overcome an automobile accident at the age of nineteen which left him paralyzed from the waist down. He has lived a remarkable and fascinating life as a world-travelling journalist, and, most importantly, demonstrates not only a powerful determination to succeed at his profession and enjoy life, but also an inspirational sense of humor in the most harrowing of situations. He never uses his disability as an excuse, but instead paints a self-portrait which finally transcends that disability. As he writes in the final words of the book, referring to a Somalian boy who is on the verge of starving to death: "The thin boy could not have survived for long..."
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Human Cloning, 2002.
A discussion of the history and ethics of cloning technology.
1,956 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper introduces the topic of human cloning and outlines its history from the discovery that sheep with short legs could be bred, to the advanced technology and knowledge available today. It looks at different processes of cloning and the laws laid down to prevent human technology from advancing. It examines the rationale and ethics of those pro cloning with discussion of the scientific breakthroughs it can provide with skin for burn victims, brain cells for the brain damaged, spinal cord cells for quadriplegics and paraplegics etc. It also presents the other side of the argument, how human cloning and genetic manipulation intrude upon the profound nature of the inherently unknowable and represent the bottomless depths of human arrogance and irresponsibility.
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"It was not until 1984 that a Danish scientist, Steen Willadsen, reported he had made a genetic copy of a lamb from early sheep embryo cells, a process now called ?twinning.? Other scientist eventually used his method to ?twin? cattle, pigs, goats, rabbits and rhesus monkeys. He later joined Grenada Genetics to commercially clone cattle, and did this from differentiated cells. In other parts of the world, scientist began cloning a cow from embryo cells, and in 1990, the Human Genome Project began. Four years later, scientist Neal First produced genetic copies of calves from embryos. They grew to 120 cells, and in 1995, Ian Wilmut replicated Neal First?s experiment with differentiated cells from sheep, but he put embryo cells into an inactive state before transferring their nuclei to sheep eggs. "
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"Moving Violations", 2006.
An analysis and critique of John Hockenberry's memoir, "Moving Violations".
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 32.95
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This essay examines the memoir "Moving Violations," by John Hockenberry. The paper draws its critique from textual evidence, such as common themes and motifs in the book, in order to illuminate its premise that the book is a call for universalism. The paper calls the book, which chronicles the author's experiences as a paraplegic living in both America and the Middle East, an eye-opening tale of disability as a global issue. Arguing that Hockenberry's book is a statement of sameness, even in the face of difference, the paper maintains that Hockenberry wishes to convey through his own experiences that we all have much to learn from one another's differences. Ultimately, the paper concludes, Hockenberry's diverse life experiences have led him to advocate celebrating differences, providing equal opportunities and approaching limitations together as a community.
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"We remember Hockenberry's view is that one is perceived to be weak in America if they are disabled. However, during the Palestinian uprising, one would take one glance at Radwan in his own country and just as people have many times assumed John Hockenberry was some kind of a war hero, one would assume the same of Radwan. In the Middle East, while it was considered weakness to be disabled in America, it was considered a kind of bravery and strength to be disabled in this region of the Middle East. It is evident in Hockenberry's account that many places in Israel are utterly inaccessible for wheelchairs. If the nation were all that mattered to people like Radwan, then it would not matter that his life is made to end in a single heroic act. But what about those to whom it does matter? Hockenberry states his belief that this is the wrong way to go about disability."
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Inspiring Truth of Whit Baskin, 2005.
A biographical paper of Whit Baskin, a body builder who lost his physical abilities and got better without using drugs.
851 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper tells how Whit Baskin, a body builder and well respected man, went through a traumatizing experience in his life in 2000-2001 when he became a paraplegic. This paper tells how he got through the trauma without taking drugs, recovered and how he is now helping others stay healthy and drug free.
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"Whitfield Baskin was a normal boy at fifteen weighing 130 pounds, with high hopes of one day becoming a body builder. Whit started working out with a personal trainer to learn power-lifting, which included three exercises: squats, dead lift and bench press; Whit soon enter several local competitions. However local competitions were not enough, Baskin wanted to compete in the World's Strongest Man Competition which includes several events such as: the car hold, stone loading, log clean and press, truck pull, tire flip and farmer's walk. He decided if he wanted to compete with these other men, he would have to step his workouts up a notch. Baskin began coming home from school and tennis practice everyday, he would eat dinner, go to the gym for an hour, take a break, then go back to the gym for another hour."
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