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Things Not To Say to amputees

Children innocently ask if the missing limb will grow back, non-amputees want to 'try on' the prosthetic, and someone is almost always going to be disappointed if there isn’t a dramatic backstory behind the amputation. Here eight people with amputations share their experiences, from being labelled ‘inspirational’, to finding themselves the object of strange fetishes.

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