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Silver Linings Playlist: An Amputee's Songs of Healing

Silver Linings Playlist: An Amputee’s Songs of Healing

During my recovery from limb loss, I started a playlist to map out my feelings. And it helped. Anytime I heard a song that spoke to how I was feeling at that moment or that got stuck in my head, ...
Internalized Ableism and Limb Loss: Our Own Worst Enemies

Internalized Ableism and Limb Loss: Our Own Worst Enemies

A lot of amputees fall prey to internalized ableism without even knowing it. If you do this, you’re not just hurting yourself. You’re depriving society of your gifts ...
Paul Demeyer's Amputee Sketchbook

Paul Demeyer’s Amputee Sketchbook

Award-winning animator Paul Demeyer is working an illustrated memoir that documents his adaptations to limb loss and his ongoing search to find peace, balance, and spiritual meaning.  ...
Sam Tokita's Photography: What Lies Beneath the Surface of Disabled Bodies

Sam Tokita’s Photography: What Lies Beneath the Surface of Disabled Bodies

Amputee photographer and model Sam Tokita wants people to perceive disabled bodies in all their facets—not just the strength and beauty, but also the many layers beneath ...
Leading the Way To Success

Leading the Way To Success

How Mentoring Can Provide a Positive Influence for Amputees ...
Determined To Prevail

Determined To Prevail

LOSS OF LEG DOESN’T DETER NEBRASKA MAN FROM PURSUING GOALS ...
A Support Group Changed My Life

A Support Group Changed My Life

“A good support group is a good thing, but if you can find a great support group, that is a great thing.” - BRIAN HARVEY ...
Will I Still Be Loved?

Will I Still Be Loved?

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Aristotle had something there. But if you’re missing one or more body parts, what then? Does the sum and the whole get seemingly smaller? ...
Amplitude