The War Amps 2013 B.C. Child Amputee Seminar not only honoured the association's 95th anniversary, but also gathered together child amputees from across the province.
According to a press release, the three-day event held earlier this year in Vancouver offered Mark Robertson, 13, a chance to be a role model and offer advice to younger amputees as a junior counsellor.
Robertson, a North Vancouver resident, also displayed his skiing device during the Amputees in Action session that included demonstrations of standard and recreational artificial limbs and devices. The CHAMP seminar opened with a tribute to the history of The War Amps and the charity's "amputees helping amputees" philosophy. It also included sessions on parenting an amputee child, the latest in artificial limbs technology, and how to cope with teasing and bullying. waramps.ca
