Inspired by a similar image at
Jenelle's Journey:
Image description: a row of six AFOs (ankle-foot orthotics) in ascending order of size (L-R), with various shapes, and various colors of foam inserts and straps).
Further explanation: These are six of my son's AFOs, worn in sequence since 2000. There should be a smallest, seventh pair--his first, fitted in 1998--but those are at the
Smithsonian. (I'm not kidding, they really are.) And there will soon be an eighth, biggest pair--he'll be enduring a mold-making session this Thursday.
Wordless Wednesday.
Visual description: A blue accessibility placard with the word "SWING" under the usual symbol; attached to a horizontal bar, to which a heavy-duty playground chain is attached; against a background of trees and blue sky.
Image description: a row of six AFOs (ankle-foot orthotics) in ascending order of size (L-R), with various shapes, and various colors of foam inserts and straps).
[description of image: a photo of my son taken five years ago, wearing a tie-dye'd shirt with a big red heart on the chest; he's sitting in a Convaid stroller; there's a folded shirt behind his head, and there's sand and a sidewalk in the background]
[Description of image: A closeup shot, from the side, of my son's feet in ankle-foot orthotics (AFOs), being positioned for stepping on a treadmill by a physical therapist's hands]
