Sandinistas under the of Disabled Revolutionaries’ (ORD) sought to distance ‘Organization themselves from disabled people, preferring to emphasize their privileged status as ‘other’ heroes’. Their amputations were symbols of valor setting them apart from other disabled ‘war groups and protecting them from disabled identities. Sandinista veterans thereby ‘stigmatized’ adopted an ambiguous relationship to other disabled people: choosing to set themselves apart yet occasionally being compelled to identify with wider disability movements in order to gain access to benefits and resources. Meyers’ findings showed that the political and military context in which veterans were injured was an important feature of their long-term adjustment to and negotiations ‘disability’ around personal and social identity. By highlighting matters of social identity, Meyers also situated the study of older veteran amputees within the wider literature on critical disability studies (e.g., Meekosha and Shuttleworth 2009), which the literature on older veterans has otherwise yet to engage with. Indeed, one insight from Meyers’ paper mirroring the – perspective of disability scholars more broadly (Meekosha and Shuttleworth 2009) was that – disabled and amputee veterans were not a homogenous group in terms of their social identities and experiences of disability, and that various identities (particularly in relation ‘intersecting’ to age, gender, race, and combat-era) were important in understanding their lives. Estimating the long-term cost of prosthetic provision for limbless veterans In line with the aims of this systematic review to evaluate the long-term impact of limb-loss, three papers considered the long-term financial burden of prosthetic device provision required to meet veterans’ mobility needs (Blough 2010; Edwards 2015; Stewart and Jain et al. et al. 1999). Using Markov model analysis, Blough (2010) projected the cost of prosthetic et al. device provision for US veterans over 5 year, 10 year, 20 year and lifetime periods. Using the sample (see above), the authors contrasted the estimated the Survey for Prosthetic Use
Sandinistas under the ‘Organization of Disabled Revolutionaries’ (ORD) sought to distance themselves from ‘other’ disabled people, preferring to emphasize their privileged status as ‘war heroes’. Their amputations were symbols of valor setting them apart from other disabled groups and protecting them from ‘stigmatized’ disabled identities. Sandinista veterans thereby adopted an ambiguous relationship to other disabled people: choosing to set themselves apart yet occasionally being compelled to identify with wider disability movements in order to gain access to benefits and resources. Meyers’ findings showed that the political and military context in which veterans were injured was an important feature of their long-term adjustment to ‘disability’ and negotiations around personal and social identity. By highlighting matters of social identity, Meyers also situated the study of older veteran amputees within the wider literature on critical disability studies (e.g., Meekosha and Shuttleworth 2009), which the literature on older veterans has otherwise yet to engage with. Indeed, one insight from Meyers’ paper – mirroring the perspective of disability scholars more broadly (Meekosha and Shuttleworth 2009) – was that disabled and amputee veterans were not a homogenous group in terms of their social identities and experiences of disability, and that various ‘intersecting’ identities (particularly in relation to age, gender, race, and combat-era) were important in understanding their lives. Estimating the long-term cost of prosthetic provision for limbless veterans In line with the aims of this systematic review to evaluate the long-term impact of limb-loss, three papers considered the long-term financial burden of prosthetic device provision required to meet veterans’ mobility needs (Blough et al. 2010; Edwards et al. 2015; Stewart and Jain 1999). Using Markov model analysis, Blough et al. (2010) projected the cost of prosthetic device provision for US veterans over 5 year, 10 year, 20 year and lifetime periods. Using the Survey for Prosthetic Use sample (see above), the authors contrasted the estimated the
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