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This story shows how prosthetics have changed over time in the way they have been created and allowed mobility. You will also learn how technology has allowed prosthetics to help even more people in ways than they ever have before. Prosthetics help people to walk and run, hear, eat, and to even help them stay alive!

Jay reads Braille. Sam uses a wheelchair. Ben has Down syndrome. In this series, young listeners can learn more about how to be a good friend to friends with different capabilities and conditions.

Some people need to wear leg braces. What does that mean? Listeners learn how leg braces can help and what daily life is like for someone who wears them.

Some people use wheelchairs to get to and from places. What does that mean? Listeners learn why someone would use a wheelchair and what daily life is like for someone who can't walk.

Listen or read along with three-time Paralympian swimmer, medal-winner and disability advocate Sarah Rose as she reads this this big-hearted guide to disability, full of words to know and questions to ask about life with disability. ABC Disability is an A to Z of celebrating what makes each of...

Tommi, che si affloscia come una buccia senza la banana dentro, sa molto bene di essere diverso dagli altri bambini. Al mondo, infatti, non siamo tutti uguali, o meglio lo siamo, ma solo un po’. Lui, per esempio, da qualche tempo non parla, non cammina, insomma non riesce a fare un sacco di cose… Tutto per colpa di un drago ostinato che lo ha preso di mira: una malattia che neanche i dottori più bravi hanno saputo spiegare.