{"id":2808,"date":"2021-05-25T15:14:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/bionic-raimi\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:18:53","slug":"bionic-raimi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/bionic-raimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bionic Raimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"large-header\">\n            <div class=\"large-header__image \">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-20.jpg-copy.jpg\" class=\"large-header__image-element\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-20.jpg-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-20.jpg-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-20.jpg-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-20.jpg-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-20.jpg-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"large-header__container\">\n      <h1 class=\"large-header__title\">Bionic Raimi<\/h1>\n      <button class=\"scroll-down\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Raimi Davis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">After struggling to find a prosthetic, Raimi fell in love with her new Hero Arm, here Raimi&#8217;s dad shares her bionic journey so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container \">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1399\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riding-Bike_square.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riding-Bike_square.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riding-Bike_square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riding-Bike_square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riding-Bike_square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riding-Bike_square-768x767.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">&quot;As Raimi reached school age, her confidence seemed to take a battering.&quot;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>My name\u2019s Andy, I\u2019m Raimi\u2019s dad. We were told there was a \u201cproblem\u201d with our baby when we went for her 20 week scan. She had lost her right hand to Amniotic Band Syndrome.\u00a0\u00a0Given an option of termination or being gifted with a differently abled child, without hesitation we chose the latter. Raimi was born at home and it became immediately obvious that she was a special little one. Like all babies she was all arms and legs. The \u201cStumpi\u201d as it became known, seemed to be her favoured side, we still think she would have been right handed.\u00a0As Raimi reached school age, her confidence seemed to take a battering. She found gymnastics difficult, riding a bike seemed out of reach, and her peer group didn\u2019t seem to help. We tried to boost her independence and confidence. In Year 4 of school with the help from family, friends and her favourite teacher, Raimi finally learned to ride a bike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container  row-reverse\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infront-of-door_square.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infront-of-door_square.jpg 538w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infront-of-door_square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Infront-of-door_square-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">Raimi&#039;s prosthetics had limited functionality<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>Raimi was given her first prosthetic when she was 6 months old \u2013 a static hand that was meant to give her some stability for crawling etc. She didn\u2019t really use it at all. We were in contact with Enablement Services in Bristol throughout Raimi\u2019s development to teenagehood and remain in contact with them even now. They have tried to help develop devices to aid in sports and bike riding and so on, but these things were often cumbersome rather than helpful. The team there have been so supportive though and have never given up trying to find solutions to problems, with plenty of input from Raimi.\u00a0Most of Raimi\u2019s prosthetics were used to give more of a confidence boost than anything else as their functionality was limited. This lead us to contact\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamunlimbited.org\/\">Team Unlimbited<\/a>\u00a0who provided Raimi with her first taste of what it might be like to have a functional right hand. Soon after, we were put in touch with Open Bionics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container \">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1732\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raimi-Davis-Hero-Arm-Marvel-Iron-Man-Covers-9_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raimi-Davis-Hero-Arm-Marvel-Iron-Man-Covers-9_small.jpg 1732w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raimi-Davis-Hero-Arm-Marvel-Iron-Man-Covers-9_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raimi-Davis-Hero-Arm-Marvel-Iron-Man-Covers-9_small-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raimi-Davis-Hero-Arm-Marvel-Iron-Man-Covers-9_small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Raimi-Davis-Hero-Arm-Marvel-Iron-Man-Covers-9_small-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1732px) 100vw, 1732px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">&quot;The\u00a0Hero Arm\u00a0makes her feel like she is a whole person.&quot;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>Even though she understands her Stumpi is a superpower, the Hero Arm is a turbo boost to that. She feels like she finally fits in, and not just fits in, but is a cut above. She says when she puts it on and powers it up it makes her smile every time. She has always wanted to try violin and now has been able to. Guitar is more of a possibility, as are the drums, and catching a ball with both hands in football or netball. She feels the sky is now the limit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container  row-reverse\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"2399\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Copy-of-OpenBionics-RaimisIronmanArm-70_square-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">&quot;The functionality is fantastic.&quot;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>Raimi says the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/hero-arm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hero Arm<\/a>\u00a0makes her feel unique and she loves the attention it gets from inquisitive people. Instead of negative attitudes about her limb difference, there\u2019s genuine interest and amazement, sometimes even jealousy. The functionality is fantastic and just being able to gesture to people with either hand is a joyful experience that just makes her giggle. It helps Raimi do so much more than she is capable of with just one hand. Raimi\u2019s confidence and assertiveness has soared. She is constantly trying new things and furthering her independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raimi Davis After struggling to find a prosthetic, Raimi fell in love with her new Hero Arm, here Raimi&#8217;s dad shares her bionic journey so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2808","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bionic Raimi - Open Bionics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/bionic-raimi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bionic Raimi - 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