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💡 Lifespan education & prevention
💪 Strong body + 🧠 healthy mind
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Every month, I'm sharing a reflection prompt for parents raising children with upper limb differences. 🩷Parenting a chil...
06/16/2026

Every month, I'm sharing a reflection prompt for parents raising children with upper limb differences. 🩷

Parenting a child with a limb difference can bring joy, surprises, challenges, growth, uncertainty, and moments you never expected.

These questions aren't about finding the "right" answer. They're simply an invitation to reflect on your experience and share if you'd like.

This month's reflection prompts:
🩵 What do you wish you had known earlier in this journey?
🩵 What's something that turned out differently than you imagined?





“How do you do tummy time if your baby has a hand or arm difference?” 🩷This is one of the most common questions parents ...
06/09/2026

“How do you do tummy time if your baby has a hand or arm difference?” 🩷

This is one of the most common questions parents ask me.

The good news: tummy time is still important and absolutely possible for babies with upper limb differences. It may just look a little different than you expected.

In this first post, I’m highlighting a very common movement pattern I see during tummy time for babies with one-sided differences. Many babies naturally push more strongly through the arm they rely on most, which can cause the shoulder on the side of the limb difference to lift up or roll forward.

A small positioning adjustment can often help, and I'll be sharing more about that in a future post.

Save this post to reference later and share it with another parent or caregiver of a baby with an upper limb difference.

Thank you to:
🩵 The families who generously shared these beautiful tummy time photos. Representation matters, and I know how meaningful it can be for parents to see real babies with upper limb differences.
🩵 Intern Cali for assistance with post creation and alt text
🩵 All of the limb difference creators & orgs

This is general education, not individualized medical advice. Please check with your baby’s provider if you’re unsure what’s best.

06/02/2026

Chest Fly

Same movement. Different adaptations. 💪

My intern Amanda and I filmed a series of upper body strengthening exercises using resistance tubing and adaptive setups for our limb differences that can be done at home.

For the chest fly:
🩷 Amanda uses a wrist/ankle strap with a D-ring to attach the resistance tubing to her partial arm
🩷 I use wrist hooks with an attached D-ring for my partial hand

Adaptive exercise allows a person to do movements in a way that works for their body.

This series is all about strength, access, adaptation, and representation for people with upper limb differences or anyone with difficulty grasping with one or both hands/arms. We show the exercises using strong posture and good alignment.

Product recs:
I do not receive kick backs for any exercise equipment product recommendations. Here are Amazon links for the products, but please buy locally if you can!
💪 Tubing: Bodylastics Basic Series Resistance Tubing Set https://a.co/d/0dridtpb
💪 Wrist hooks: Weight Lifting Rod Hooks https://a.co/d/06CqiUTE
💪 Ankle/wrist strap: Fitness Strap with D Ring https://a.co/d/0c7PbgS0

Video description: Amanda and Laura perform several repetitions of a chest fly using resistance tubing; images show the exercise front-on and from the side.

Follow along for more overuse prevention stretches and upper limb difference information

This is general education, not individualized medical advice. Please check with your/your child’s provider if you’re unsure what’s best for your or your child’s body. Since bodies differ in size, the products listed above may not fit.

Many thanks to
🩵 Interns Amanda for modeling the exercises & Cassie for videoing Amanda 🎥
🩵 .greentree for videoing me 🎥
🩵 Dr. Mattie Betts dr.mattie_b of for helping me adapt exercises for the ULD community

Tip #3 of 13: hold their hand/armChildren learn about their bodies through everyday moments and interactions.Warm, resp...
05/31/2026

Tip #3 of 13: hold their hand/arm

Children learn about their bodies through everyday moments and interactions.

Warm, respectful physical affection at home can help children with limb differences feel:
🩷 safe
🩷 accepted
🩷 comfortable in their bodies

This also includes teaching children that:
✅ people should ask before touching
✅ they can say “no”
✅ that they don’t have to answer questions about their limb difference all the time

Don't miss any of this parenting series: follow The Other Hand Therapy

Many thanks to:
🩷 .and.airplanes for review & comments
🩷 all of the limb difference creators & orgs

05/28/2026

Front Raise

Same movement. Different adaptations. 💪

My intern Amanda and I filmed a series of upper body strengthening exercises using resistance tubing and adaptive setups for our limb differences that can be done at home.

For the front raise:
🩷 Amanda uses a wrist/ankle strap with a D-ring to attach the resistance tubing to her partial arm
🩷 I use wrist hooks with an attached D-ring for my partial hand

Adaptive exercise allows a person to do movements in a way that works for their body.

This series is all about strength, access, adaptation, and representation for people with upper limb differences or anyone with difficulty grasping with one or both hands/arms. We show the exercises using strong posture and good alignment.

Product recs:
I do not receive kick backs for any exercise equipment product recommendations. Here are Amazon links for the products, but please buy locally if you can!
💪 Tubing: Bodylastics Basic Series Resistance Tubing Set https://a.co/d/0dridtpb
💪 Wrist hooks: Weight Lifting Rod Hooks https://a.co/d/06CqiUTE
💪 Ankle/wrist strap: Fitness Strap with D Ring https://a.co/d/0c7PbgS0

Video description: Amanda and Laura perform several repetitions of a front raise using resistance tubing; images show the exercise front-on and from the side.

Follow along for more overuse prevention stretches and upper limb difference information

This is general education, not individualized medical advice. Please check with your/your child’s provider if you’re unsure what’s best for your or your child’s body. Since bodies differ in size, the products listed above may not fit.

Many thanks to
🩵 Interns Amanda for modeling the exercises & Cassie for videoing Amanda 🎥
🩵 .greentree for videoing me 🎥
🩵 Dr. Mattie Betts dr.mattie_b of for helping me adapt exercises for the ULD community

Your hard-earned wisdom matters! 🩷Every month, I’m sharing a reflection prompt for parents raising children with disabil...
05/25/2026

Your hard-earned wisdom matters! 🩷

Every month, I’m sharing a reflection prompt for parents raising children with disabilities.

Parenting in this community can be beautiful and complicated. These questions are here to help you notice what’s going well, for your child and for you.

✨ This month’s reflection prompt: What would you tell a brand-new parent raising a child with a similar disability? 🤔





05/20/2026

Lateral Raise

Same movement. Different adaptations. 💪

My intern Amanda and I filmed a series of upper body strengthening exercises using resistance tubing and adaptive setups for our limb differences.

For the lateral raise:
🩷 Amanda uses a wrist/ankle strap with a D-ring to attach the resistance tubing to her partial arm
🩷 I use wrist hooks with an attached D-ring for my partial hand

Adaptive exercise allows a person to do movements in a way that works for their body.

This series is all about strength, access, adaptation, and representation for people with upper limb differences. We show the exercises using strong posture and good alignment.

Product recs:
I do not receive kick backs for any exercise equipment product recommendations. Here are Amazon links for the products, but please buy locally if you can!
💪 Tubing: Bodylastics Basic Series Resistance Tubing Set https://a.co/d/0dridtpb
💪 Wrist hooks: Weight Lifting Rod Hooks https://a.co/d/06CqiUTE
💪 Ankle/wrist strap: Fitness Strap with D Ring https://a.co/d/0c7PbgS0

Video description: Amanda and Laura perform several repetitions of a lateral raise using resistance tubing; images show the exercise front-on and from the side.

Follow along for more overuse prevention stretches and upper limb difference information

This is general education, not individualized medical advice. Please check with your/your child’s provider if you’re unsure what’s best for your or your child’s body. Since bodies differ in size, the products listed above may not fit.

🩵 Many thanks to Interns Amanda for modeling the exercises & Cassie for videoing Amanda 🎥
🩵 Many thanks to .greentree for videoing me 🎥

05/12/2026

As an OT who grew up with a limb difference, I’ve heard both sides of telling children with physical disabilities to “prove them wrong.”

Sometimes that message helps children build confidence.

But if it's the only message children hear, it can also teach them to override their bodies.

Children need confidence and advocacy. And they also need encouragement to pay attention to their bodies. 💪

Adults with limb differences: how did this message affect you growing up?

Image description: Laura talks to the camera wearing a gray shirt.

Many thanks to:
🩷 Intern Cali for review
🩷 .greentree for feedback
🩷 all of the limb difference creators & orgs





Children with limb differences are often underestimated. They feel that.So it makes sense we want to build their confide...
05/05/2026

Children with limb differences are often underestimated. They feel that.
So it makes sense we want to build their confidence and advocacy.
But what children learn early becomes how they treat their body later.

So we can expand the ‘prove them wrong’ message:
🩵 Try hard AND listen to your body
🩵 Advocate AND accept support
🩵 Be capable AND respect your limits

This can sound like:
💬 You don’t have to prove your worth.
💬 You don’t have to do everything alone.
💬 You can do the things you want to and still pay attention to your body.

Confidence matters. And so does protecting their body over time. 💪

Strength is knowing when to push and when to pause.

Many thanks to:
🩷 limb different colleague Joss & Limb Difference Foundation for reviewing and providing input
🩷 & .greentree for feedback
🩷 intern Charli for writing the alt text
🩷 all of the limb difference creators & orgs





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