LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE

2024 Paralympics: Team USA's Comeback Kids

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

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

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

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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The Lessons I Learned from African Amputees

The Lessons I Learned from African Amputees

Alexandra Capellini volunteered to share her personal experience of limb loss with Ethiopian amputees. She was blown away by the ...
How to Be an Amputee With a Job

How to Be an Amputee With a Job

Before I became an amputee, I had never seen anyone with a visible disability in my industry. Would I be ...
Taylor Swift’s Biggest Fan Shakes Off Limb Loss

Taylor Swift’s Biggest Fan Shakes Off Limb Loss

Fifteen-year-old Hallie Barnard has overcome a rare genetic blood disorder, osteosarcoma, and limb loss. Now she's helping other families successfully ...
Voc Rehab Helps Amputees Get Back to Work—and Much More

Voc Rehab Helps Amputees Get Back to Work—and Much More

Vocational rehabilitation agencies reach only a fraction of the amputees who are eligible for benefits. That’s often because people don't ...
Can Disability Sell? Totally Doable, Says Amputee Adman

Can Disability Sell? Totally Doable, Says Amputee Adman

Ad industry veteran Hugh Boyle launched Doable, the first creative services agency in North America to be staffed predominantly by ...
Steve Crawford: Amputee Mobility Starts in the Mind

Steve Crawford: Amputee Mobility Starts in the Mind

If the Range of Motion Project went into a lab to design the perfect mountaineer for their annual Climbing for ...
Vascular Amputees Make a LEAP Forward

Vascular Amputees Make a LEAP Forward

The new Lower Extremity Amputation Procotol (LEAP) is designed to promote prosthesis adoption by standardizing post-surgical treatment and rehabilitation for ...
Dayton Webber Is Amputee Cornhole’s Lead Slinger

Dayton Webber Is Amputee Cornhole’s Lead Slinger

Quadruple amputee Dayton Webber is the only disabled player in the pro American Cornhole League. He thinks more amputees should ...
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