The biggest benefit is by doing so much work on its own, the amputee doesn't have to think about movement.
According to the Amputee Coalition of America, there are nearly 2 million amputees in the United States, and at least 25, 000 of them are children.
"The problems are just the wind and the skiing and also people have never skied before, the amputee guys, they're just getting used to it, " he replies.
Now in its third year, Chenoweth's movement has been adopted by the Amputee Coalition and retooled as " Show Your Mettle Day, " with public outings and awareness events planned around the country for Saturday.
As tragic and violent as the circumstances of their injuries were, the 14 people who lost arms, legs, hands or feet as a result of the attack represent a fraction of who undergo amputation in the United States on any given day -- roughly 500 people, according to figures from the Amputee Coalition, the nation's largest limb loss advocacy and support group.
In 1976, Traum became the first amputee to run the New York City Marathon, finishing in seven hours and 24 minutes.
His ambition is to become the first amputee paramedic in the country.
Beukes also said there had been previous incidents and "allegations of a domestic nature" at the home of the Olympic star and double-amputee runner, who is one of South Africa's and the world's most famous sportsmen and made history at the London Games last year by being the first double-amputee runner to compete at the Olympics.
The "Blade Runner" has reveled in the fame that came from becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete at both the Olympics and Paralympics.
The double amputee competed against able-bodied runners during the London Olympics, triggering controversy, as some said the prosthetic limbs gave him an advantage.
And Koger is the first double amputee in the world to receive one of the most innovative products on the market: bionic hands that are, in part, controlled by an iPhone app.
And in February it suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee runner from South Africa charged with premeditated murder in the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend.
Captain Tony Harris, one of Race2Recovery's rally drivers who is a below the knee amputee as a result of injuries suffered in Afghanistan, said the team was delighted members of the Royal Family had shown "such considerable faith" in the project.
He was still awarded silver medal, becoming the first amputee athlete to achieve that feat.
For the past three months, the double amputee sprinter has been living at his Uncle Arnold's house in Pretoria.
Should he make it to London 2012, Pistorius would become the first amputee sprinter to compete in an Olympics.
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Mr Pistorius, 26, is known as the "blade runner", and was the first double amputee to run in the Olympics.
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter known as the "Blade Runner, " is charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.
At his request, he was deemed fit for duty, and in 2005, he rejoined his unit in Iraq, becoming the first amputee to return to war.
"It will help us get what we need and help the families get what they want, " said the triple amputee, who met Mr Osborne during his visit.
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Finishing last was South Africa, a team that included Oscar Pistorius, the so-called blade runner who during these games became the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics.
In the papers, lawyers for the double-amputee athlete argued against the requirement that he surrender all passports and travel documents, and refrain from applying for such documents pending the end of his case.
But the 25-year-old has overcome his disability to such an extent that he became the first double amputee to compete at the Olympics when running in South Africa's 4x400m relay team this summer.
South Africa eventually took silver in that event without the help of Pistorius, who was not selected for the final, but he still collected a medal, becoming the first amputee to win an able-bodied world track medal.
In the photograph taken by a high school student from a bus passing by the track the double amputee is seen from some distance wearing his blades and dark lycra running clothes and is walking on a track with his hands on his hips.
Pistorius made history when became the first double amputee athlete to compete in the Olympics as he contested the individual 400m earlier in the Games, reaching the semifinals.
Prior to running his nation's final leg of Friday's relay final, Pistorius -- who runs on special carbon fiber prosthetic limbs and was once prevented from competing against able-bodied athletes -- had made history as the first double amputee athlete to compete in the Olympics.
Through her blog, The Tales of an Amputee Mommy, the 38-year-old writer and social media manager receives 10 to 20 e-mails a day from people newly dealing with limb difference, and feeling severed from the world as well.
In 2012, he became the first double amputee to compete at an Olympics, running in the 400m in London.
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