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Amputees Dress for Success on the Runway of Dreams
The Runway of Dreams Foundation’s annual New York Fashion Week show is always a happening, and never more so than in 2023. Meet three amputee models who will be participating in the show ...
The Lessons I Learned from African Amputees
Alexandra Capellini volunteered to share her personal experience of limb loss with Ethiopian amputees. She was blown away by the wisdom and friendship they shared in return ...
Women Prosthetists Are Making an Impact on Amputee Care
Female prosthetists are becoming more numerous and more influential within the profession. Amputees stand to benefit in some important ways from a more diverse workforce ...
How to Be an Amputee With a Job
Before I became an amputee, I had never seen anyone with a visible disability in my industry. Would I be able to keep moving forward on my chosen career path on one leg? ...
Life Shouldn’t Be a Pain
A reality of post-amputation life is learning how to manage pain—often, more than one type. New amputees must master pain-management strategies as part of their “new normal.” To move from surviving to thriving, pain control is critical ...
Be Prepared
Wallet, check. Keys, check. Cell phone, check. It used to be that was all you needed to think about before leaving home for a quick trip to the store—or even for the entire day. But life is different now that ...
Fashionably Forward
By Abbey Smith There’s an old saying: “If you look good, you feel good.” For one amputee, that couldn’t be truer. After developing a rare blood clotting disorder, Eman Rimawi underwent 11 surgeries that eventually resulted in the loss of ...
