The Shirley F. Shepherd Foundation

09/23/2024

06/23/2024

🎶If you’re happy and you know it show off your cool new leg! 🎶🦿 Wyatt, who just went through another growth spurt, proudly modeled his new, taller prosthesis. Look at that smile! 🥰 See you next time, buddy!

06/23/2024

12-year-old Gazan boy waiting for prosthetic leg feels at home in St. Louis

Hadi Zaqout lost his leg in an Israeli missile strike in November. He experienced his first American trivia night Saturday to benefit the nonprofit HEAL Palestine.

06/23/2024

NEW CHILDHOOD PROSTHESIS CAN GROW WITH THE PATIENT

Biomedical engineering students from the University of Iowa may have solved one of the most vexing problems in pediatric prosthetics. In the process, they received a major national award for medical device design.

06/23/2024

Students create prosthetics for 12-year-old drummer

Aubrey Sauvie, 12, never let anything stop her from following her dreams.

06/23/2024

Primary children test 'world-first' prosthetic arm at Woburn

A revolutionary prosthetic arm has been trialled by primary-aged children at a special coaching session at Woburn during The G4D Open.

06/23/2024

Nigerian group provides hundreds of prosthetic limbs to amputee children thanks to crowdfunding

Nigerian children with amputated limbs are getting help to walk again and fight social stigma through the support of a group that has given free artificial limbs to more than 500 children.

09/01/2023

Alexandra Capellini volunteered to share her personal experience of limb loss with Ethiopian amputees. She was blown away by the wisdom and friendship they shared in return.

09/01/2023

Around two dozen amputee children were outfitted with recreational prostheses at a Sandy event Saturday from Running is a Right and Shriner Children's.

04/16/2023

Jake Bond, 6, was left fighting for his life in hospital after falling ill with Strep A that turned into sepsis