When Hugh Boyle was insulted as "a one-legged punk," he laughed off the taunt and used it as inspiration for ...

It’s well documented that race, income, and geography can influence amputees’ health status. But there’s another fault line in patient ...

It was another record-setting year for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, with 136 entries. And as always, films by amputee ...

Ever since Oscar Pistorius began racing nondisabled sprinters, sports scientists have been debating whether running blades give amputee athletes an ...

To celebrate Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, we combed Amplitude’s print and digital archives to find amputees with ...

As one of the nation's top amputee kiteboarders, Frances Rivera is way more comfortable gliding over water than snow. But ...

When Phil Skiff evaluates federal grant applications, he’s typically the only reviewer without a PhD. But as a below-knee amputee, ...

The prosthetic marketplace seems designed to make amputees feel helpless. Here are some practical tips to help you get a ...

How should a congenital amputee react when a stranger offers an unsolicited "solution" to your limb difference? I'm learning to ...

Ezra Frech, Hunter Woodhall, and Noelle Lambert were among the amputee athletes who stood out at this weekend's US Paralympic ...

The daily grind of training made 2023 a frustrating year for Paralympic track star Beatriz Hatz. But the amputee athlete ...

We’re not saying prosthetic research is broken. But we do think new technologies take too long to migrate from the ...

There’s always some person or standard we compare poorly with, but dwelling on that can be toxic. The incomparable Ty ...

According to a new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, spinal cord stimulation holds great potential to alleviate ...

The world’s limb-loss community has mobilized to support Ukraine's war amputees, but few have made as big an impact as ...

According to a new study from the Amputee Coalition and Avalere Health, the number of amputees in the United States ...

Move United, the nation’s largest network of adaptive-sports organizations, will offer 35 sanctioned events in 24 states during 2024, the ...

Dateability, a new dating app for the disability community, is a breath of fresh air for anyone who’s felt unwelcome ...

Why do major stock-image companies have dozens of misleading AI-generated images of amputees in their catalogs? We asked a senior ...

Amputees are prone to overuse injuries in their unaffected limbs, and avoiding them is a lifelong commitment. Here are six ...

Sierra Diller never dreamed she’d get 5 million hits when she posted a 45-second TikTok bidding adieu to her right ...

Once again, an innovative prosthetic device won a major award at the Consumer Electronics Show. Several other amputee-related products were ...

After the amputee community's outstanding legislative achievements in 2023, hopes for 2024 are justifiably high. Where does your state fit ...

Amplitude reached more readers than ever this year, setting new records for website traffic, newsletter subscriptions, and social media engagement ...

In discussions about disability, two words often get used interchangeably despite having divergent meanings. One word, “accessibility,” refers to the ...

We say the same thing every year, but it bears repeating: Every amputee makes a difference. So please consider the ...

It’s late December; who feels like working? Not us. Join us instead in some harmless merry-making with a few limericks ...

What holiday gift can you buy for the amputee who’s impossible to shop for? Stephan Boos's emporium of vintage prosthetics ...

Our annual holiday gift-giving checklist for amputees is as random as ever. You’ll find plenty of stuff for your wardrobe, ...

Elayna Alexandra avoided sports growing up, especially those that involved a ball. But now, as an amputee, she has found ...

The Parapan American Games have routinely served as a springboard to future Paralympic glory. Meet the amputee athletes who positioned ...

In Lost Cities Revealed, amputee explorer Albert Lin shares deep narratives about the collective wisdom that connects ancient civilizations to ...

When the actors' strike settled and performers resumed promoting their work, we quickly learned about 5 new movies and TV ...

Almost everyone, whether disabled or nondisabled, faces hurdles to staying physically fit. But amputees and other people with disabilities face ...

At $10 for a one-year subscription (six issues), Amplitude's Early Bird discount is a pretty incredible deal. For $1.67 an ...

In "Against Technoableism," amputee author Ashley Shew draws a sharp line between technology that herds disabled bodies toward nondisabled standards, ...

Former football player Derek Loccident had to learn the value of patience after becoming an amputee. The lesson paid off ...

The river of amusing, exotic, hilarious, and downright weird amputee Halloween costume ideas flows wide and deep. Certain guises can ...

Use Amplitude's state-by-state bill tracker to follow the progress of 2024's So Every Body Can Move bills, which are designed ...

All the players on this fantasy football roster have names that evoke the limb-loss experience. It’s a pretty good team, ...

“My experience is not identical to losing a limb,” writes breast cancer survivor Devin Boyle. But there are parallels, ranging ...

The experience of phantom limb pain varies from one amputee to the next. An innovative study is looking for volunteers ...

Growing up with congenital limb difference, I learned not to rely on external sources for validation. So my adult reaction ...

With a few clicks in an online survey, you can help amputee advocates compile the data necessary to promote fair ...

The constant stream of awful news in world affairs can give rise to feelings of hopelessness. Here are a handful ...

Amputees experience unemployment at far higher rates than the average worker. Our Amputee Community Resource Directory lists nearly two dozen ...

Paralympic veteran Scout Bassett wasn’t interested in writing a tragedy-to-triumph amputee memoir. Her new book, Lucky Girl, offers practical advice ...

Assuming federal offices go dark over the weekend, how will the limb-loss community be impacted? We consulted a range of ...

Able Flight offers free flight training for amputees and other people with disabilities. Becoming a pilot builds participants' confidence and ...

A major national beverage company seeks input to improve its product for customers with mobility and/or dexterity challenges. This is ...

A wave of emerging research indicates that artificial intelligence may help doctors recognize PAD-related limb-loss risk factors with greater speed, ...

Like so many victims of sepsis, Torie Mugo didn’t recognize the symptoms and nearly waited too long to get medical ...

Tokyo-based BionicM isn't well recognized within the United States, but its new powered prosthetic leg for amputees might be a ...

Despite many recent triumphs, limb difference and other forms of disability remain badly underrepresented in popular entertainment. That’s the finding ...

The Runway of Dreams Foundation’s annual New York Fashion Week show is the de facto Super Bowl of inclusive fashion ...

Today, many university-level prosthetic programs are majority-female—and as those graduates enter the workforce, they’re bound to have an influence on ...

The US women may be out of the World Cup, but the US Amputee Soccer Women’s Team is just getting ...

World championships for track and field, swimming, cycling, and archery are complete, setting the stage for next year's Paralympic Games ...

Mech Cadets, a brand new Netflix series, is the first animated series to feature a disabled character that was written ...

After losing her leg, Chris Prange-Morgan couldn't do laundry, make meals, or do many other things she thought a good ...

Hallie Barnard might not have survived her childhood illnesses without a big assist from one of Taylor Swift’s most iconic ...

Barbie and Oppenheimer, the two blockbusters that shattered box-office records over the weekend, both have meaningful on-screen depictions of limb ...

When Angie Heuser is hurting—from phantom limb pain, stress, mental overload, or anything else—she takes deep breaths as the first ...

When he became an amputee, Hugh Boyle worried he’d no longer be welcome in the image-conscious advertising industry. That’s why ...

Artherectomies and other vascular interventions can preserve limbs that are at risk of being lost. But when those procedures are ...

Being a left below-elbow amputee never slowed me down. But when I tore my right rotator cuff at age 49, ...

Gouverneur Morris, the amputee who wrote most of the US Constitution, is finally receiving long-overdue attention. Here's why historians are ...

A new 70-foot-high mural in a Michigan city honors Jim Letherer, the above-knee amputee who made national headlines in 1965 ...

The 9th annual Angel City Games go down this week. It's one of the largest events on the nation's adaptive-sports ...

There’s powerful anecdotal evidence that psilocybin can alleviate phantom limb pain in amputees. You can help test that hypothesis by ...

Although Daruma stars an amputee and a paraplegic, it's not about disability, says amputee actor John Lawson: “It’s just about ...

What would it cost to provide a recreational prosthesis to every lower-limb amputee? The per capita cost is so affordable, ...

In a 30-minute interview, hear filmmaker Ashley Eakin explain why stories about disability are garnering so much attention these days—and ...

Doctors did all they could to save my leg. But when I shifted my thinking from "limb salvage" to "quality-of-life ...

The Runway of Dreams' Campaign for Inclusion unites six of the fashion industry’s biggest brands with some amazing amputee models ...

A new Senate bill would require the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that people with disabilities can safely evacuate an ...

Brianna Jones and Armeda Batchler met through an amputee support group. Now the two inseparable friends are finding ways to ...

Combine osseointegration with targeted muscle reinnervation and powered bionic technology, and you end up with a prosthetic leg like no ...

The Nicole Pro, one of a suite of flexible prosthetic arms from Koalaa, is specifically designed to help upper-limb amputees ...

Artificial intelligence is all over the news lately. We did a quick survey of the scientific literature to identify the ...

The nation's top amputee athletes will go head-to-head at this week’s Paralympic Track & Field National Championships in Chula Vista, ...

The Range of Motion Project's annual fundraising climb in the Andes, now in its ninth year, aims to raise $120,000 ...

We queried our new Amputee Community Resource Directory and found a few dozen sources of financial help for amputees who ...

In this excerpt from her debut book, Chris Prange-Morgan recounts the agonizing days before her amputation, as she and her ...

Was the 2023 edition Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month the best one ever? Suffice to say that it ...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey has lots of ideas about how to make the US limb-care system more responsive to ...

The theme of last week's Limb Preservation Foundation Symposium was “Hope, Help & Possibilities.” It was hard not to feel ...

This Friday, amputee advocates will gather to celebrate passage of the So New Mexicans Can Move Act. Kyle Stepp thinks ...

Use Amplitude Magazine's state-by-state bill tracker to follow the progress of 2023 bills designed to expand access to prosthetic devices ...

Raising awareness is hard work. So treat yourself to one of these cool amputee gifts while you share your story ...

UC Health was the first US hospital system to join the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry. How does the move ...

This year's Easterseals Disability Film Challenge has a record-breaking 115 short films about disability and love. Here are the best ...

Amputees have to make choices when deciding how to celebrate Limb Loss/Difference Awareness Month, and you want your plans to ...

Lopez is the second amputee actor within a six-month span to land a prominent Broadway role. And he heralds an ...

Judy Heumann’s influential ideas didn’t only make life better for people with disabilities. She improved the world for everyone. Here's ...

LIMB-art, an amputee-owned manufacturer of decorative prosthetic covers, is launching its products in America ...

Last year, Erica Cole appeared on Shark Tank and netted $100K to grow her amputee jeans startup, No Limbits. This ...

Amputees need an easier way to find programs and services that can make their lives better. So we decided to ...

For the first time in years, no Covid restrictions are impinging on the calendar of summer amputee camps. Everyone’s fully ...

OI pioneer Robert Rozbruch is bullish on OI for several reasons. One of the biggest? The expanding range of patients ...