“I hope I can show other people going through hard times that one part of their life doesn’t define who they are forever," the model-actress tells PEOPLE Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

For his senior project at Bob Jones University, Bella's older brother Vitaliy created a prosthetic arm for his sister, enabling her to have an easier time doing things she enjoys, like playing cards ...

In Tanzania, people with albinism are believed to be "haunted beings." — -- Baraka and Mwigulu are bunkmates, living in hiding in Tanzania, where they are hunted simply because of how they look.

Meet one of Gaza’s few prosthetic experts helping the thousands of Palestinians who lost limbs in the war - Many who have ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKRC/WYMT/CNN Newsource) - Elizabeth Billings, a 26-year-old Lexington native born without limbs, was determined to achieve her latest goal: driving a car. Despite her disability, ...

Researchers have developed a new, data-driven way of fitting prosthetic legs which could lead to better fitting prosthetics, in less time and at a lower cost. The technology has been developed by ...

Researchers have developed a new, data-driven way of fitting prosthetic legs which could lead to better fitting prosthetics, in less time and at a lower cost. The technology has been developed by ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 1 out of every 10 people who need prosthetics actually has access to them. Ben Hogan, a certified prosthetist and orthotist working for Mary Free ...

IT’S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU SEE SOMEONE WALKING WITH THE FOOT ON THEIR PROSTHETIC LEG FACING BACKWARDS, BUT THIS IS A REALITY FOR ROSS HOLLAND. IT’S SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. IT’S SO MUCH EASIER.

DALLAS, Texas — In the high-stakes world of NHL playoffs, heroes are usually found on the ice. But in Dallas, two showed up in the stands weeks apart — armed with prosthetic legs, full hearts and beer ...

Vasi the sloth bear is using his new limb to dig, climb and play at Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre in India Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...