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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 for you and/or the adaptive-sports addict in your life.
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.
LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
Why Do Women Wait Longer for Prosthetic Care?
According to public health researchers at the University of Michigan, women are far more likely than men to wait 90-plus days after lower-limb amputation to receive a prosthesis.
Psychedelic Guide Randy Layman Specializes in Amputee Healing
After losing his left leg below the knee in a 2022 motorcycle accident, Randy Layman carved out a unique niche as a trained, certified psychedelic guide for amputees.
TandemStride: A New Digital Platform for Amputee Peer Support
TandemStride is a digital peer-to-peer support platform that offers holistic solutions to everyday challenges of adjusting to disability. It begins where clinical care ends.
Bouncing Back: Returning to School After Limb Loss
After limb loss, Gioanna Romano looked to college as a new beginning. She wanted to live on campus, get the full university experience, and learn to live independently.
So Everybody Can Move: 2024 Legislative Wrap-up
Most state legislatures have adjourned for 2024, and advocates for broader prosthetic insurance scored significant wins for the second straight year.
The Front of the Jersey
The July 2024 edition of Amplitude Magazine features a guide to the 2024 Paris Paralympics, reflections on late-in-life limb loss, the best souvenir merch from the Paralympics, and more.
Why Do Women Wait Longer for Prosthetic Care?
According to public health researchers at the University of Michigan, women are far more likely than men to wait 90-plus days after lower-limb amputation to receive a prosthesis.
Psychedelic Guide Randy Layman Specializes in Amputee Healing
After losing his left leg below the knee in a 2022 motorcycle accident, Randy Layman carved out a unique niche as a trained, certified psychedelic guide for amputees.
TandemStride: A New Digital Platform for Amputee Peer Support
TandemStride is a digital peer-to-peer support platform that offers holistic solutions to everyday challenges of adjusting to disability. It begins where clinical care ends.
Bouncing Back: Returning to School After Limb Loss
After limb loss, Gioanna Romano looked to college as a new beginning. She wanted to live on campus, get the full university experience, and learn to live independently.
So Everybody Can Move: 2024 Legislative Wrap-up
Most state legislatures have adjourned for 2024, and advocates for broader prosthetic insurance scored significant wins for the second straight year.
The Front of the Jersey
The July 2024 edition of Amplitude Magazine features a guide to the 2024 Paris Paralympics, reflections on late-in-life limb loss, the best souvenir merch from the Paralympics, and more.
