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Recent Articles from Amplitude's Weekly Newsletter
New Players Kick-Start Women’s Amputee Soccer Team
The US women may be out of the World Cup, but the US Amputee Soccer Women’s Team is just getting
Podium-Palooza: Which Amputee Athletes Won Medals at Worlds?
World championships for track and field, swimming, cycling, and archery are complete, setting the stage for next year’s Paralympic
Animated “Mech Cadets” Draws Lifelike Portrait of Amputees
Mech Cadets, a brand new Netflix series, is the first animated series to feature a disabled character that was written
5 Ways Disability Has Made Me a Better Parent
After losing her leg, Chris Prange-Morgan couldn’t do laundry, make meals, or do many other things she thought a good
How Taylor Swift Saved an Amputee’s Life
Hallie Barnard might not have survived her childhood illnesses without a big assist from one of Taylor Swift’s most iconic
Did You Spot the Amputees in Barbenheimer?
Barbie and Oppenheimer, the two blockbusters that shattered box-office records over the weekend, both have meaningful on-screen depictions of limb
Breathing Through the Pain
When Angie Heuser is hurting—from phantom limb pain, stress, mental overload, or anything else—she takes deep breaths as the first
Doable Agency Seeks to Give Disability a Makeover
When he became an amputee, Hugh Boyle worried he’d no longer be welcome in the image-conscious advertising industry. That’s why
How “Limb-Saving” Procedures Are Causing Amputations
Artherectomies and other vascular interventions can preserve limbs that are at risk of being lost. But when those procedures are
Overuse Injuries and the Middle-Aged Amputee
Being a left below-elbow amputee never slowed me down. But when I tore my right rotator cuff at age 49,
The Down-Low on America’s Amputee Founding Father
Gouverneur Morris, the amputee who wrote most of the US Constitution, is finally receiving long-overdue attention. Here’s why historians are
Five-Story Mural Honors Amputee Civil Rights Marcher
A new 70-foot-high mural in a Michigan city honors Jim Letherer, the above-knee amputee who made national headlines in 1965
Gearing Up for the Angel City Games
The 9th annual Angel City Games go down this week. It’s one of the largest events on the nation’s adaptive-sports
Want to Help Test a New Solution for Phantom Limb Pain?
There’s powerful anecdotal evidence that psilocybin can alleviate phantom limb pain in amputees. You can help test that hypothesis by
The Amputee Movie Character John Lawson Has Always Wanted to Play
Although Daruma stars an amputee and a paraplegic, it’s not about disability, says amputee actor John Lawson: “It’s just about
Pennies for Prosthetics: New Data Shows Insurance Reform Is Way Affordable
What would it cost to provide a recreational prosthesis to every lower-limb amputee? The per capita cost is so affordable,
