Lindsay Hicks talks with “Enable: The Disability Podcast” about her experiences as an amputee, the high cost of prosthetics, and the mental and physical challenges that come with an amputated leg. She’s also an athlete, a mom to a neurodivergent child, and a disability advocate helping raise money for other amputees to get prosthetic devices and support.
“When I was 22, walking into that hospital, knowing I’m about to get my leg amputated, was the scariest day of my life,” Lindsay says. “And so when I woke up, the first thing I did was flip that cover back and look to see if that leg was gone. And sure enough, it was gone… I felt like I was Lindsay one way before the amputation. And then I was a different Lindsay after the amputation. And it’s like I was two different people.”
Lindsay is raising money for Liberty Health to help provide access to prosthetic and orthotic services for underserved populations: https://gofund.me/f834ad908
You can also follow Lindsay for updates on her journey at https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.hicks.7106.
About the hosts
Geoff Herbert, who was born with a profound binaural hearing loss, is a reporter, SEO Lead and content supervisor for syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. Despite being mostly deaf in both ears, he’s also worked as a DJ for 25 years, including 10 years in radio (as “DeafGeoff”) and 10 years as a wedding DJ in Upstate New York. He learned how to communicate orally with hearing aids, lipreading and speech therapy, and embraces assistive technology like visual waveforms in music programs, closed captioning/subtitles, and video calls.
Kurt Hower, who has worked at Advance Local for over 35 years, is a leader both in the media industry and in the community. He has been actively involved in leading change as the print industry has continued to rapidly evolve, while also serving on a variety of boards including the Central PA Chapter Arthritis Foundation Board of Directors where he was Chairman of Board Development and a member of the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee. Hower has ankylosing spondylitis, a rare disease that causes arthritis of the spine, and encourages others to focus on what they can contribute to society rather than their challenges.
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