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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? ...
Paralympic Swag Ideas: Our Favorite 2024 Para(lympic)phernalia
Few of us can afford to fly to Paris and cheer on America’s Parlaympians in person. But there are plenty of affordable ways to show your support for Team USA while experiencing the Games vicariously. Here are some worthy wares ...
Guide to the 2024 Paralympic Games
Team USA will send roughly 250 athletes to the 2024 Paralympics, including about 100 amputees. Here’s a sport-by-sport guide to the US Paralympic team’s amputee stars ...
Paralympic Parables: Words of Wisdom from US Paralympians
Team USA’s amputee athletes manage the same limb-care issues you do, fight the same healthcare battles, deal with the same cultural stereotypes, and endure the same emotional ups and downs. They also take pride in their breakthroughs and triumphs. ...
Helping Others and Accepting Help: The Value of Peer Support
When people think about support groups, they often envision people sitting in a circle and sharing their feelings ...
Flourishing by Leaning on Faith, Family, and Friends
For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health—these wedding vows signify a partnership ...
For Fun and Fitness—Just Add Water
Getting into the water is a great way for amputees to be active, get exercise, and have a great time. For many amputees, it’s also a wonderful part of life they don’t want to give up—and shouldn’t have to ...
What Does THRIVING Look Like?
The concept of thriving can be hard to understand, let alone measure, but it is commonly used to define how well a person has adjusted to a difficult circumstance ...
