LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
Amputee Innovators Get Hands-On Experience at Nike
Amputee employees Richard Ramsay and Sarah Reinertsen helped develop a transformative Nike product line—and flipped the paradigm on inclusive design ...
Character Studies: Writers Bring Amputees to Life on the Page
Amputee characters are more common than ever in popular fiction, and the books are flying off the shelves. Why do ...
For This Amputee Model, “G” Is for “Glamour”
Amputee model Kayla Maria G is blazing new trails in the worlds of dance and high fashion as a confident, ...
Great Expectations: The Biggest Trends Affecting Amputees in 2022
Last January, Amplitude shared a set of expectations for amputees in 2021. They weren’t predictions, per se; more like educated ...
Message from the Editor: Walls Crumbling Down
Our first cover subject of 2022, amputee model Kayla Maria G, doesn’t merely break boundaries. She vaporizes them. You’ll find ...
Good News/Bad News in the Covid Economy
Depending on how you interpret the data, the pandemic has either radically improved the job market for amputees, or it ...
TMR Makes Rapid Strides for Lower-Limb Amputees
A consensus is forming around targeted muscle reinnervation's potential benefits for leg amputees, including those with concurrent health challenges ...
Paul Kent, Amputee Financier, Puts Skin in the Game
Paul Kent's new benefit corporation, (Dis)ABLED Life Alliance, aims to raise millions of dollars to help amputees get access to ...
