Category: Discrimination

Published Date: 29/04/2026
Posted in #voightkampff test - dilemma Academic Project Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination Dystopia Great campaign How to communicate the right way Humorous Attempts Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Objectification Science fiction Staring Stigmatization Strategy, marketing Support Symbolism Trash Culture Work World modifications

The danger of the SUNFLOWER attempt [hidden disability]

Published Date: 01/02/2026
Posted in Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Staring Stigmatization

Social aspects of right below elbow amputation [list]

Published Date: 09/07/2025
Posted in CE-conformance Disability and the public Discrimination Health Legal aspects Prosthetics

MDR (medical device regulation) und Ortho Suisse [review]

Published Date: 28/12/2024
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public Discrimination Research premise myths

Prosthetic arm development and AI (artificial intelligence) to address user needs [review]

Published Date: 17/07/2024
Posted in Academic Project Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Discrimination How to communicate the right way Symbolism

Perceptions and hallucinations in the light of absent or insufficient explanations [overview]

Published Date: 18/12/2023
Posted in Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Disability and the public Discrimination Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Research premise myths Stigmatization Swiss Attempts / Swiss Hype Trash Culture

Interview of Roland Sigrist by Cybathlon Interviewer [with critical comment]

Published Date: 01/04/2023
Posted in Academic Project Academic research (review) Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Staring Stigmatization

Zygmunt Bauman and Erving Goffman giving advice on how to navigate visible disability and arm amputation [A]

Published Date: 02/06/2022
Posted in Academic Project Art Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination How to communicate the right way Humorous Attempts Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Interviews by Kom Tummer Janet and John Satire

Academic work and disability [interview with Prof. Ervilerne Juchs, Poffenstick University]

Published Date: 12/04/2021
Posted in Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination Media Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Stigmatization

Stigma and objectification – Stella Young’s TED talk [critical review]

Published Date: 28/10/2020
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Bad Hand Day Brands CE-conformance Disability and the public Discrimination Dystopia Investors' Corner Legal aspects Myoelectric prostheses Ossur Prosthetic hand Prosthetics Science fiction Support Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb Trash Culture

Ossur first effectively bricks insanely overpriced iLimb devices by disabling their control / configuration software [product death / last bad hand day] – UPDATE ~4 MONTHS LATER: they sent an iPod for device control [product revived! – battery specifications]

Published Date: 16/07/2020
Posted in #voightkampff test - dilemma Academic research (review) Amputees Are Evil Book and article reviews Disability and the public Discrimination How to communicate the right way Impact of visible disability on non-disabled people Media Objectification Stigmatization Symbolism Trash Culture

Prosthesis and the engineered imagination: reading augmentation and disability across cultural theory, representation and product design [review]

Published Date: 20/04/2019
Posted in "Bionic" prostheses Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Activities of Daily Living and Sports BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL Brands Catch-22 of Cybathlon Cybathlon 2020 Discrimination EC lumberjack and hauling EC off limits Extreme Cyborging Objectification Prosthetics Research premise myths Satire Specifications and comparisons Stigmatization Touch Bionics Touch Bionics iLimb Trash Culture

BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL – Hammer use to hammer nails, with “bionic” prosthetic hand, poses tricky Catch-22 for Cybathlon 2020 [review]

Published Date: 16/12/2018
Posted in Amputees Are Evil Article in German - Artikel auf Deutsch Attitude Disability and the public Discrimination Media Media publishing discriminating content Media publishing hyped up distortions Objectification Stigmatization Swiss Attempts / Swiss Hype

Promembro – Schweizer Lobbyisten wollen Hightech-Prothesen “legalisieren”