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An Online Hangout for Young Amputees
by Alexandra Capellini When the Amputee Coalition asked me last summer to lead its new virtual Young Adult Support Group, ...
These Amputee-themed Movies Are Scary Good
This year’s crop of films by amputees includes a bloodthirsty prosthesis, an axe-wielding serial killer, and assorted fugitives, body snatchers, ...
The Trauma of Diabetes-related Limb Loss
Depression stemming from diabetes-related amputation is very real and potentially very dangerous. That’s the conclusion of a multidisciplinary study published ...
How Will Tariffs Affect the Limb-Loss Community?
It's impossible to say for sure how the new round of tariffs will affect amputees. But after gathering some intel ...
Forest Maddox: Shotei Ohtani With One Arm
Very few baseball fans can name the major leagues’ first amputee player, who starred for the Knoxville Giants more than ...
Medicaid Cuts: One Amputee’s Story
To get a sense of how Medicaid cuts might impact amputees, Amplitude asked one person living with limb loss to ...
The Active Amputee: Amplitude’s First 10 Years
This month marks the 10th anniversary of Amplitude’s debut issue. Our longtime friend Bjoern Eser invited us onto his podcast ...
He’s Sharing His Osseointegration Surgery on YouTube
Most amputees don’t have a trusted relative or friend who’s been through osseointegration. So Tony Cappelletti decided to document his ...
Prosthetic Insurance Reform for Amputees
Amputee advocates have insurance reform down to a science. Here are the latest state-by-state updates for this year’s slate of ...
After My Amputation, Crocheting Saved My Life
In the anxious days following limb loss, Kim Ousley found peace in crocheting. “This act of repeating motion to create ...
