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EVAC Act Aims to Boost Safety for Amputee Air Travelers

EVAC Act Aims to Boost Safety for Amputee Air Travelers

A new Senate bill would require the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that people with disabilities can safely evacuate an ...
These True Amputee Companions Will Never Walk Alone

These True Amputee Companions Will Never Walk Alone

Brianna Jones and Armeda Batchler met through an amputee support group. Now the two inseparable friends are finding ways to ...
New Research Aims to Unite Trio of Bionic Innovations

New Research Aims to Unite Trio of Bionic Innovations

Combine osseointegration with targeted muscle reinnervation and powered bionic technology, and you end up with a prosthetic leg like no ...
New Prosthesis Supports Yoga for Upper-Limb Amputees

New Prosthesis Supports Yoga for Upper-Limb Amputees

The Nicole Pro, one of a suite of flexible prosthetic arms from Koalaa, is specifically designed to help upper-limb amputees ...
Four Ways AI Is Making Prosthetic Tech Smarter

Four Ways AI Is Making Prosthetic Tech Smarter

Artificial intelligence is all over the news lately. We did a quick survey of the scientific literature to identify the ...
Top Amputee Performers at the US Paralympic Track & Field Nationals

Top Amputee Performers at the US Paralympic Track & Field Nationals

The nation's top amputee athletes will go head-to-head at this week’s Paralympic Track & Field National Championships in Chula Vista, ...
Meet ROMP's 2023 Adaptive Climb Team

Meet ROMP’s 2023 Adaptive Climb Team

The Range of Motion Project's annual fundraising climb in the Andes, now in its ninth year, aims to raise $120,000 ...
Financial Help for Amputees During Mobility May

Financial Help for Amputees During Mobility May

We queried our new Amputee Community Resource Directory and found a few dozen sources of financial help for amputees who ...
Book Excerpt: "Pain can turn us into monsters"

Book Excerpt: “Pain can turn us into monsters”

In this excerpt from her debut book, Chris Prange-Morgan recounts the agonizing days before her amputation, as she and her ...
23 Ways Amputees Rocked It During #LLLDAM 2023

23 Ways Amputees Rocked It During #LLLDAM 2023

Was the 2023 edition Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month the best one ever? Suffice to say that it ...
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