LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
Aurushi’s Adaptive Clothing Blends Artistry and Resilience
When Gabriel Cardier started designing adaptive apparel, he learned that strength and beauty live in the seams—and those seams connect ...
Amputees Discover the Power of Negative Thinking
When an amputee influencer asked people what they love about living with limb loss, she got some thoughtful responses. But ...
Round-Trip Tickets for Amputee Travelers
Accessible tourism is rapidly moving from the margins into the mainstream. Here's a guide to help you navigate one of ...
Limb Loss and the Law of the Jungle
Only the fittest survive in nature. So how, asks an evolutionary theorist, do so many animals prosper after limb loss? ...
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Amy Purdy’s Hollywood Ending
Amy Purdy vaulted to stardom on Dancing With the Stars just after the 2014 Winter Paralympics. But she nearly missed out ...
Putting His Best Foot Backward
Ross Holland used to wear his prosthetic legs sparingly. But when, on a whim, he rotated the feet 180 degrees, ...
Outfielder With Limb Difference Finds Her Field of Dreams
As a young girl with limb difference, Brittany Apgar was told she couldn't play baseball. She proved everyone wrong when ...
Mind and Machine Share Control in Next-Gen Prosthesis
Engineers have long struggled to design bionic hands that combine advanced functionality with ease of use. A new, lab-tested approach ...
New Rehab Protocol May Curtail Phantom Limb Pain
A recent paper lays out the theoretical framework behind progressive motor training, a new rehabilitation approach aimed at reducing the effects ...
Don’t Think You’re an Advocate? Think Again.
Many people don't get involved in advocacy on the assumption that it involves lots of time, expertise, and political combat ...
Lessons Learned
Every story about limb loss is a universal story with relevance for every reader, regardless of their limb count ...
AMI Surgery Pushes the Boundaries of Limb-loss Experience
Choosing revision surgery on my residual limb required a huge mental step. I already had a pretty high quality of ...
