LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
2024 Paralympics: Team USA’s Comeback Kids
Whenever a medal contender misses the Paralympics for some reason, it’s a tough pill to swallow. The wait for redemption ...
Limb Loss and Preservation Registry Enters New Era
There’s some big news to report about the the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry, which in just two years has ...
Amputee Grandparent Hacks: Seeing Disney World
Five years losing his right leg, Jim Lanahan was ready to take his grandkids to Disney World—a big milestone on ...
Redefining Accessible Travel
After I became an amputee, getting back on the road took more than physical adaptations and logistical hacks. It required ...
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Update: For Patients Who Need Surgery, Prehab Pays
An inexpensive program to help surgery patients get physically and mentally ready for their upcoming operations may help reduce overall costs ...
Woman of Steel
In this eight-minute documentary, Ashley Young discusses how growing up missing part of her right arm affected her early life ...
2020 National Disability Employment Awareness Month
The US Department of Labor announced that “Increasing Access and Opportunity” is the theme for October’s annual observance of National ...
Beyond Laughter: Amputee Comedy and Activism
Comedy can play an important role in challenging people to address critical social issues, according to Lauren Feldman, PhD, an associate professor ...
Assistance for Acquiring a Prosthesis, Adaptive Sports Equipment, or Other Adaptive Device
“What resources are available to help me get a prosthesis, adaptive sports equipment, or other adaptive device if I don’t ...
An Interview With a Healthcare Chaplain
Chris Prange-Morgan is a healthcare chaplain who encourages amputees and others to set up advance care directives to prepare for ...
Amputee Entrepreneurs: Making Ideas Happen
What prompts a person to start a business? According to a Forbes article by Jodie Cook, author, social media expert, ...
The Personal and the Political: The Transformational Politics of Sen. Tammy Duckworth
In 2004, when US Army Captain Tammy Duckworth, now a senator from Illinois, woke up at Walter Reed Army Medical ...
