Shane Harvey

As a single leg below the knee amputee since the age of 4, I've experienced first hand (or technically first foot) the pain, frustration, and discouragement of trying to participate in sports without proper prosthetic equipment can cause. Growing up I was always very active playing basketball, baseball, frisbee, soccer, with my friends and 8 siblings. I even played football in High School with my everyday walking prosthetic. Every season my prosthetic would break, or worse, rub my leg raw because I was taking impacts the leg was not design for. This caused me to sit out of days or weeks of practice time and left me feeling discouraged and frustrated.

After college there were years where I was unable to run without pain and times where I could not even walk 2 miles. As recently as last year, I spent 6 months in a struggle of increasing my running mileage for half-marathon training only to face continuous set backs due to not having a running blade.

This year I've finally bit the bullet and paid for a running blade out of pocket but the cost is something most people cannot afford. The kind of coverage So Every BODY Can Move is pushing for would have saved me many years of pain & frustration attempting to run and play sports on subpar prosthetics and I hope future kids and adults alike don't have to go through the same pain.

I'm excited to join the 28x28 Mobility Challenge in support of So Every BODY Can Move, a landmark state-by-state policy and advocacy initiative creating equitable access to prosthetic and orthotic care for physical activity, currently deemed “not medically necessary” and not covered by insurance. Your support will fuel our legislative efforts, ensuring everyone has the right to move. Please support me by giving to my page. Every dollar counts!

Together, we can make movement a human right. Thank you.