{"id":868,"date":"2021-05-25T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openbionics.2021.appealstaging.co.uk\/?page_id=868"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:22:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:22:33","slug":"bionic-kate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/en\/bionic-kate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bionic Kate"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"large-header\">\n            <div class=\"large-header__image \">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1731\" height=\"1155\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9195.jpg\" class=\"large-header__image-element\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9195.jpg 1731w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9195-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9195-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9195-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9195-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/>      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"large-header__container\">\n      <h1 class=\"large-header__title\">Bionic Kate<\/h1>\n      <button class=\"scroll-down\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Kate Grey <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">TV Presenter and Paralympic Swimmer, Kate shares her story of becoming bionic. <\/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  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=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8670-copy-scaled-e1712314804800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8670-copy-scaled-e1712314804800.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8670-copy-scaled-e1712314804800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8670-copy-scaled-e1712314804800-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8670-copy-scaled-e1712314804800-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8670-copy-scaled-e1712314804800-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8670-copy-scaled-e1712314804800-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\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;I embraced my uniqueness.&quot;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>I\u2019m Kate, a TV presenter and former Paralympic swimmer.\u00a0I lost my left hand in a farming machinery accident when I was 2 years old. With this happening to me at such a young age I didn\u2019t know any different and learnt to adapt to life and it\u2019s challenges with enthusiasm and confidence. I was always very active and loved playing outside and taking part in sports so that helped me overcome many physical challenges like catching a ball, swimming and riding a bike very early on. This in turn developed my determination and self belief. I embraced my uniqueness.<\/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=\"1731\" height=\"1155\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9213.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9213.jpg 1731w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9213-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9213-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9213-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9213-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/>\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\">Finding the right prosthetic<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>I was very quickly introduced to prosthetics after my accident and I tried out a selection of limbs; the pelican hand, a hook style hand and the myoelectric hand; I was one of the first children to use it and during my time at primary school I used it most of the time. But as I became more sporty and my swimming career developed I realised I wasn\u2019t dependent on my prosthetic and could manage without it. So when I moved into secondary school I decided to leave my prosthetics behind.<\/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=\"1731\" height=\"1155\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9114.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9114.jpg 1731w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9114-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9114-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9114-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_9114-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/>\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;When I wear my Hero Arm I feel empowered&quot;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>When I was first introduced to the\u00a0Hero Arm, I was blown away by how far prosthetics had been developed since I stopped using them many years ago and I loved the fact that the arm was not trying to fit in or look \u2018normal\u2019. The Hero Arm is all about embracing each individual\u2019s unique style and personality.\u00a0When I wear my Hero Arm I feel empowered and proud to show it off. The reaction I get when I wear it is so different to what I was used to with my old prosthetics, which at times I used to cover up and hide away. Now I want to show it off and people are genuinely interested about it and want to understand how it works.<\/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=\"1155\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8699_square.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8699_square.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8699_square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8699_square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8699_square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC_8699_square-768x767.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1155px) 100vw, 1155px\" \/>\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;It\u2019s the simple things in life that can make the biggest difference.&quot;<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>I\u2019ve lived 15 years of my life without a prosthetic and have managed just fine, so when I decided to try out the\u00a0Hero Arm, it wasn\u2019t about changing my life, but instead enhancing it. And that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s it\u2019s done. When I ride my bike I feel a lot safer because of the grip and changeable hand positions. When I\u2019m doing day to day chores around the kitchen like preparing vegetables I\u2019m much quicker and less likely to chop anymore of my other arm off. And in my job as a public speaker and broadcaster I am not dependent on others to hold my microphone or scripts as I can hold them myself. 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