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’Tis Better to Give
Want to give an amputee a holiday gift like mobility, friendship, fitness, emotional strength, or the freedom to thrive? Support the nonprofits that help make it happen ...
UNSTOPPABLE GETS THE GREEN LIGHT
"Unstoppable" isn't the first true story about limb difference to attract A-list Hollywood talent. But the movie about a one-legged wrestler may become Hollywood’s first hit about limb difference ...
Surreal Amputee Photographs Are Worth Thousands of Words
Limb loss puts people into crazy scenarios they never imagined they would inhabit. So it's a perfect subject for Karen and Steve Jackson, two fine-art photographers with a taste for surreal imagery ...
Matchmaking: An Amputee’s Guide to Finding the Right Prosthetist
Finding a prosthetist is a lot like dating. This is an extremely important, even intimate relationship. Here's how I've learned to tell the princes from the frogs ...
Podcast for Amputees Promotes Active Listening
I didn’t realize podcasts can do more than inform and entertain. But when I started a show for amputees, I learned that podcasts are really about building a community ...
What’s So Toxic About Toxic Positivity?
Hiding negative emotions behind an artificially positive facade is supposed to be bad for you. But when I did this after limb loss, it actually helped...until it didn’t ...
Senior Housing for Amputees: Finding Your Last Address
If you're looking for a senior housing community that supports amputees, it’s never too early to start planning. Here are the questions to ask and the factors to consider ...
The Home Stretch: Amputation After 70
Adapting to limb loss takes years. How can we do it if we’re not sure how many years we have left? And how can amputees navigate a health system that seems designed to frustrate their efforts? ...
