Advocacy

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Leslie Green welcomes the legendary Judy Heumann to her online support community. Here’s how you can participate.

When Universal rudely turned a 12-year-old amputee away from its most popular ride, it was too much for the brave...

A perfect storm is brewing in the New Mexico legislature, and it might be potent enough to blow away barriers...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants Medicare to revise its coverage policies regarding wheelchairs. Here’s what you can do...

Symbolically, Brenna Huckaby has already scaled a ton of peaks in 2022. So why is this the year she decided...

For the third straight year, Team Amplitude will be raising money to support the Range of Motion Project and promote...

Uplifting depictions of triumphant, "inspiring" amputees don’t tell the whole story of what it means to live with limb loss....

When did the Supreme Court last consider limb loss in any substantive way? Here are some recent cases involving limb...

A group of lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth directed the GAO to initiate a comprehensive study into the...

So often, amputees are hushed into silence. But when you withhold your voice, you’re depriving the world of something precious—the...

Which amputees feel most supported by their prosthetists: men or women? Who reports the most pain? This week's amputee survey...

Which amputees report the highest pain levels: those who lost their limb to cancer, trauma, or diabetes? Get answers to...

In our first detailed look at results from the 2022 Amputee Communi-Tee Survey, we crunch the numbers along generational lines....

During Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, opportunities abound to have fund and make a difference. Find online and...

Limb Loss Awareness Month is almost here, and the Amputee Coalition has a strong lineup of virtual events to get...

Thanks to a letter from one amputee, the state of Ohio now officially recognizes Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness...

The GAO has accepted a bipartisan Congressional request to investigate the cost and accessibility of prosthetic devices, along with amputees'...

This year's conference theme is “Growing Our Community to Shape the Future.” Presentation ideas should explore how to expand the...

It wasn’t easy, but Congress finally passed the much-debated bipartisan infrastructure bill last week. As we noted two months ago,...

The bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the Senate yesterday contains some distinct policy wins for amputees and other people with...

After becoming an amputee, Ms. Texas Wheelchair USA Whitney Lavender learned to accept herself uncritically. Now she's a powerful voice...

Tammy Duckworth's Triple A Study Act could help tear down barriers to prosthetic care. But even with strong bipartisan support,...

Which fundraising team should you root for during ROMP's Mobility May Do 100 / Raise $100 Challenge? Here's who we're...

Growing up, congenital amputee Nicole Kelly was taught that "disability" was a bad thing. Today, the former Miss Iowa is...

We're three weeks out from Limb Loss Awareness Month, and about five weeks out from one of the big LLAM...

When Nicole Ver Kuilen takes on a challenge, she doesn’t think small. A below-knee amputee since age 10, Ver Kuilen...

The Amputee Coalition held its National Conference virtually last year, and the results were truly outstanding: They put on a...

Only five? Thousands of amputees went above and beyond in 2020, but we’ve settled on a handful of figures whose...

Data about amputees are too scattered to be of much use. The National Limb Loss and Preservation Registry will gather...

The Range of Motion Project operates prosthetic care clinics for underserved amputees in Guatemala, Ecuador, and the United States

Since becoming an amputee in 2003, Aver Akighir has been battling to end Nigeria's longstanding pattern of discrimination against people...

An amputee since age 10 (cancer), Nicole Ver Kuilen became an activist in her mid-20s when she biked, ran, and...

It's a busy week over at the Amputee Coalition. Two big pieces of news have come out, and both require...

Ali Ingersoll has waged war on the insurance industry so many times she’s almost starting to have fun doing it....

More than 35 million disabled Americans are eligible to vote, and the campaign to get everyone to the polls starts...

When we have an opportunity to make an impact in our own communities, amputees usually come together to assist those...

Twenty years ago this month, Colorado became the first state to mandate fair and reasonable insurance coverage for prosthetic devices....

No matter the color of an amputee’s skin or the size of their paycheck, the challenges of limb loss are...