LEARN HOW WE DESCRIBE OUR LIMB DIFFERENCES!

Here's the first segment of Stump Kitchen's interview series for Limb Difference Awareness Month!!! This is a super important conversation and a great way to kick off the series: How we describe ourselves and our limb differences! Why is this important? Because the language we use for ourselves is unique, personally meaningful, and we all have the right to describe ourselves in the way that feels the best for us (yep, you too!) This is a great tool for pals, loved ones and friends to be. We get to ask each other, "What words do you use to describe yourself? Your limb difference? Your gender? Your mobility aid? Your _______?" and then "Are those names I can use also?" AWESOME!!!!!

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Background music from Epidemic Sound.

[frozenbullies]

the squeal of joy i made when i heard someone else say "brachysyndactyly" was unreal

[Dyrwen]

"Dope Differences, " to hear about today! Love the linguistics of everyone having a different way.

[emtbella]

How amazing to learn from such great and inspiring people! Thank you!

[lauset]

I've watched you from your early vids. They're entertaining and it's great that your influence is expanding so much in a short amount of time. You'll be over 3K subscribers soon. I can't wait to see what it'll be by the end of September. Cheers to all

[joshualinklater]

I myself was born without my right hand. My mom says the Doctor said I push my hand against her stomach and for some reason with did not form. And I usually say it’s my arm, stump, or just my lil hand lol. But I’m open to explaining and to showing it more than how I was as a teenager. Growing up was hard but I still kept on going and trying anything.

[eternal]

I have amniotic band syndrome, missing fingers and toes. Hope more people know this condition!

[jodieelizabeth]

Congenital limb deficiency, both arms above elbows and left leg above knee. My arms and leg!

[shelbydixon]

I was born with a very short forearm below my elbow, like 3 or maybe 4 inches. I just call it my paw, some of my friends call it a nub. After 33 years, I am used to people calling it just about anything, but stump is my least favorite.

[amputee_basics]

As a bilateral amputee with two prosthetic legs most people are more curious about my 'robot' legs.

[hlalakar]

My sister was born with a limb deficiency of her left forearm, about 2 inches past the elbow. One of her junior high teachers told her the only way it could have happened is if our mom was on drugs during her pregnancy. I didn't hear about this until several years after it happened or I would have kicked his ass. Not only is that factually wrong, and I mean very wrong, but it was vicious slander against our mother, and greatly upset my sister. She never believed it because she knew way more about the condition than this third rate piss ant small town Wyoming science teacher, but to have a guy tell the whole class that "Yeah, you're missing an arm because your mom's a junkie" is way over the line even if it were possible. As for my sister, she has never treated the condition as a disability, and there are very, very few things that a person with two hands can do that she can't. Half the time we all forget she only has 1 arm.