‘I was a crutches user, and whenever I was out and about, without fail, a boy would call me ‘Hop Along’. It was one of those things I had to accept’
‘I was a crutches user, and whenever I was out and about, without fail, a boy would call me ‘Hop Along’. Photo: Gerry MooneyLouise Bruton Today at 06:30When it comes to identity, I wear a few hats. Dog owner, writer, wheelchair user, amputee, and, I guess, millennial. An amputee before I was a wheelchair user, I often forget that I wear a prosthetic leg. To me, fake legs are as much 2000s codes as Von Dutch hats, baggy cord trousers, Kelly Clarkson’s Since U Been Gone and wearing skinny scarves with string tops.
Source: Irish Independent February 28, 2026 14:32 UTC
