Vanessa Croll

Disability3 is a part of life. People with prostheses4 can help themselvesout with difficulties in life. This is the message from eight-year-old Mia Stewartand her family who have just spent four days at the world famous MobilityClinic in Melbourne.

殘疾是生活中的一部分。有假肢的人也可以自己解決生活中的困難。這是來自八歲的米婭·斯圖爾特和家人的發(fā)言，他們剛剛在墨爾本聞名世界的流動義診中度過了四天。

Mia was born with a terrible illness. In 2019， she traveled to America tohave a surgery5 on her leg. She lives in Sydney and has been using a prosthesissince she was nine months old.

米婭生來就患有一種可怕的疾病。2019 年，她前往美國進行腿部手術(shù)。她住在悉尼，從九個月大起就一直在使用假肢。

Mia was one of 95 amputees in the mobility clinic6 of amputeephysiotherapist7 Cathy Howells and her team. The clinic tries to give amputees，both young and old， tips on how to walk better， run， play sport and improvetheir mobility.

米婭是流動義診中95 名截肢者中的一位。此次流動義診由截肢理療師凱西·豪厄爾斯和她的團隊舉辦。該義診試圖為截肢者，包括年輕人和老年人，提供如何更好地走路、跑步、運動和提高行動能力的建議。

Mias mother said these clinics were very helpful for Mia. Seeing people like herin a place where no one asks her questions or keeps looking at her， is invaluable8.Ms. Howells said the clinic was a great learning activity for amputees of all ages.

米婭的母親說，這些義診對米婭很有幫助?？吹较袼@樣的人身處在一個沒有人問她問題或一直盯著她看的地方，是非常寶貴的一件事。豪厄爾斯女士表示，此次義診對所有年齡段的截肢者來說都是一次很棒的學(xué)習(xí)活動。

Ms. Howells has worked with amputees for 30 years.“It feels like theyrecoming home because the clinic is all about them and everyone is the same as them.They may never have met another amputee before. Weve got a group of kids whocome every year and theyre good friends soon，”she said.

豪厄爾斯女士已經(jīng)為截肢者工作了30 年。她說：“感覺他們似乎回家了，因為義診都是關(guān)于他們的，每個人都和他們一樣。他們可能以前從未見過另一個截肢者。有一群孩子每年都來我們診所，他們很快就成為好朋友了?！?/p>

Ms. Howells said， “I think what these clinics do is that they help amputeestake part in more and get back the things in their life that they want to do. Theyhave the same needs as everybody else. They need the same chances. Its just thatthey may need a prosthesis to help them achieve those goals.”

豪厄爾斯女士說：“我認為這些義診所做的是幫助截肢者參與更多的活動，找回他們生活中想做的事情。他們和其他人有同樣的需求。他們需要同樣的機會。只是他們可能需要一個假肢來幫助他們實現(xiàn)這些目標(biāo)?！?/p>

Notes

1. amputee 被截肢者

2. achieve 經(jīng)努力……達到；取得；實現(xiàn)

3. disability 殘疾；缺陷

4. prosthesis 假體；義肢

5. surgery 外科手術(shù)

6. mobility clinic 流動義診

7. physiotherapist 理療家；理療醫(yī)師

8. invaluable 極有用的；極寶貴的