Teens/Adult – their own stories
I’m 47 years old and just learned about ABS. My right arm matches the description of one of the potential outcomes of the syndrome, as I was born with a below-elbow amputation and have the characteristic “nubbins” (I dislike the word) on the end of my limb. As a youngster, I was told that umbilical cord ‘strangulation’ of the limb was possibly the cause of my deformity. The ABS explanation strikes me as more plausible.
I was first fitted for a prosthesis when I was 14 months old,
… Read more Ross’s ABS Story
A physical disability does not determine who you are and what you can accomplish. A physical disability is only on the outside. It’s what’s on the inside that really matters.
Being born with Amniotic Band Syndrome has pushed me to succeed and show the world exactly what I can do. I learned to walk with a prosthesis at the age of fifteen months and I have been walking, running and playing sports ever since. I have participated in sports such as swimming,
… Read more Stacey’s ABS Story
Well my story begins November 19, 1958; I was born to two very young people who would turn out to be the best parents’ a child could have. I am very lucky. They endured all the surgeries, the stares, even people accusing my mom of putting rubber bands around my leg. Mom even had to live in San Raphael, California (90 miles from home)to be by my side, starting at the age of 6 months old. Dad stayed in Sacramento and worked very hard to keep their heads above water.
… Read more Terri’s ABS Story
Hi my name is Tracy and I was born October 11 1970. I was born with a left hand deformity. I have a thumb about half inch long banded at the base, pointer and middle finger are just little round stubs, my ring finger and pinky are also bout half inch long and fussed together. I do have fingernail on thumb and ring finger and pinky.
I have never had any corrective surgeries. Every time I say something to my mother about surgery she tells me not to do it,
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Firstly, I really appreciate this site. I am currently 24 years old, almost 25. Until now, no one has ever actually given me a name for the birth defects I was born with. A friend called me today and told me he met someone who had similar looking defects to mine, so I started to research it with the name he gave me: Amniotic Banding Syndrome. It’s such an amazing feeling finally to know that there are others with the same conditions. I had always been told that my problems were just called “birth defects.”
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