LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE

New Gait Model Adds Extra Kick to Prosthetic Tech
A new model of walking biomechanics may help engineers design more efficient, less taxing prosthetic devices for amputees ...

Amputee Dating: The Single Life on a Single Leg
My love life got more complicated when I became an amputee. But one thing didn’t change: Dating is still hell. Here's ...

Unpacking the Myths About 3D-Printed Prosthetics
3D printing equips the industry to churn out custom devices—designed and built to fit individual amputees—at vastly greater speed and ...

How I Became an Amputee Wheelchair Champion
For amputees, adapting to life in a wheelchair life is quite different than adapting to life on prosthetic legs. Here's ...
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Will I Still Be Loved?
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Aristotle had something there. But if you’re missing one or ...

Catching Up With America’s First Big Brother, Eddie McGee
McGee landed his gig on Season 1 of Big Brother, he says, “almost on a dare.” He was attending the University ...

USA Soccer Kicks It Up A Notch
Amputee Athletes Rediscover Their Joy and Passion on the Field ...

The Power of Peers – My Experience At Amputee Boot Camp
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The Power of Peers—My Experience At Amputee Boot Camp
Although I had bilateral above-knee amputations before I was 2 years old, I didn’t know any other amputees until I was ...

Celebrating A Special Friendship
Animals Help Amputees Through the Difficult Times By Rick Bowers When Karolyn Smith saw a Facebook post in 2014 about two ...