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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Amputee Pilots Are Cleared for Takeoff
Two scholarship programs enable amputees and other people with disabilities to get flight training. Here are five ways that amputees ...
Limb-Loss Ritual Helps Amputees Heal
The first step in managing grief is to identify a source of inner strength. That principle underlies Ritual for Loss ...
Putting Mental Health on the Diabetes Agenda
Studies suggest that emotional and psychological factors play significant roles in driving diabetes-related amputations. Yet few doctors address psychological factors ...
Business As Usual
The November 2023 edition of Amplitude Magazine features articles about amputee actor Knox Gibson, holiday gifts from amputee-owned companies, educating ...
Limb Loss Survivor Advocates for Limb Loss and Preservation Registry
The Limb Loss and Preservation Registry aggregates, de-identifies, and manipulates the data to analyze what will improve care for particular ...
Lakeshore Foundation Builds Data Warehouse for Adaptive Sports
The new Sports Science and High Performance Lab will gather advanced data to help adaptive athletes optimize performance at every ...
Women Prosthetists Are Making an Impact on Amputee Care
Female prosthetists are becoming more numerous and more influential within the profession. Amputees stand to benefit in some important ways ...
Amputees Dress for Success on the Runway of Dreams
The Runway of Dreams Foundation’s annual New York Fashion Week show is always a happening, and never more so than ...
