What the heck is this amputee "devotee" and "wannabe" stuff all about?  Is it for real?  Does it exist?  Whys does it exist?

Be forewarned......  if you are squeamish upset by new and different things.  With the growth of the Internet, anyone doing a search on keyword "devotee" will find several thousand matches with accompanying websites.

I am making the following information available here to help amputees (like myself) understand what this phenomena is all about.  I recently received an unsolicited email from somone who got me interested enough to look into investigating this whole phenomena. As shocking as it may seem at first, it does indeed exist.  I am trying to come to terms with this devotee phenomena myself, sometimes broadly characterized as a form of "paraphilia".

 At this point in time, I do not totally understand it or agree with it, but for now I think it is something real amputees should be aware of, possibly understood and not necessarily condemned.  By including some of the links below, I am actually trying to expand everyone's knowledge on the subject (including my own), and to allow any and all readers of the ASA webpage to read through the information and draw their own conclusions.

Links to follow if interested in learning more:

http://www.amputee-online.com/amputee/philias.html

http://www.intimacyinstitute.com/sex_data/topics/paraphilia.html

http://www.cripworld.com/devotees.htm

http://www.amputee-online.com/amputee/wannabee.html (The Apotemnophile or wannabee)

http://www.amputee-online.com/amputee/bruno_art.html (Devotees, pretenders and wannabes)
 
 

Devoteeism as explained by a devotee (Dejanews article)

D-links.com (a list of devotee links)

alt.sex.fetish.amputee (newsgroup discussion)

alt.binaries.pictures.disabled-devo (newsgroup discussion)

www.ampulove.com (a website devoted to everything discussed on this page)

 

Glossary of Terms
 

Ameliotist, Amelotatist, Amelotatism (abbreviated AMT)
less-commonly used term used in some recent medical literature to describe a 'devotee' or 'hobbyist', and the phenomenon of amputee-attraction.

Acrotomophilia
The sexually arousing fantasy that one's lover is an amputee.

AMPIX
An organization that has been marketing photographs of amputee women since 1973.

AmpuLove (total Devotee website)
www.ampulove.com

Amelia, Phocomelia
medical term for congenital absence or partial absence of limbs.

Apotemnophilia
Sexual gratification through fantasizing oneself as an amputee.

AK, BK, AE, BE
abbreviations for types of amputations: above-knee, below-knee, above-elbow, below-elbow

DAK, DBK, DAE, DBE (also BAK, BBK, BAE, BBE)
abbreviations for double (or bilateral) arm or leg amputations.

Devotees 
also sometimes called "admirers", are physically nondisabled people who are sexually or otherwise attracted to people with disabilities, typically those with mobility impairments, especially amputees.

ED
abbreviation for elbow-disarticulation, an amputation through the elbow.

Electronic Surgery (abbreviated "ES")
Commonly used term for images that have been modified, enhanced, or 'touched up' to make the subject appear as an amputee.

HD
abbreviation for hip-disarticulation, an amputation through the hip.

Hobby, or "Hobbyist", "The Interest"
Commonly used terms to describe the phenomenon of amputee-attraction.

HP
abbreviation for hemi-pelvectomy, an amputation at the level of the pelvis.

KD
abbreviation for knee-disarticulation, an amputation through the knee. This type of amputation is relatively uncommon today because of difficulties with fitting a suitable prosthetic device.

LAK, LBK, LAE, LBE, LHD, LKD, LHP
various abbreviations for amputations involving the LEFT limbs 

Nugget
A men's magazine, available in many news-stands. While pornographic in nature, this magazine is one of very few that frequently features articles, images, letters, and advertisements concerning amputees and devotees.

OverGround
A British Magazine that investigates the psychological aspects of amputee attraction.

Paraphilia
Medical term for a displaced object of affection, usually an inanimate object or certain body parts.

Pretender, or role-player
Commonly used terms to describe an individual who ties or binds up a limb and plays the role of an amputees.

RAK, RBK, RAE, RBE, RHD, RKD, RHP
abbreviations for amputations involving ones RIGHT limbs

SAK, SBK, SAE, SBE
abbreviations for single leg or arm amputations: single-AK, single-BK, single-AE, single-BE

SD
abbreviation for shoulder-disarticulation, an amputation through the shoulder, leaving no visible stump.

Voluntary amputee, or successful Wannabe
An individual who has achieved a desire to become an amputee by choice.

Wannabe / Wannabee
physically nondisabled people who actually want to become disabled themselves, sometimes going to extraordinary lengths to have one of their own limbs amputated. (also see: The Apotemnophile)

WD
abbreviation for wrist-disarticulation, an amputation of the hand at the wrist.
 

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