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How I Became an Amputee Punk
When Hugh Boyle was insulted as "a one-legged punk," he laughed off the taunt and used it as inspiration for ...
Why Do Women Get Less Effective Amputee Care?
It’s well documented that race, income, and geography can influence amputees’ health status. But there’s another fault line in patient ...
Amputee Filmmakers Shine in 2024 Disability Film Challenge
It was another record-setting year for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, with 136 entries. And as always, films by amputee ...
Do Running Blades Give Amputee Sprinters an Unfair Advantage?
Ever since Oscar Pistorius began racing nondisabled sprinters, sports scientists have been debating whether running blades give amputee athletes an ...
Amplitude’s Awareness Aces for #LLLDAM
To celebrate Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, we combed Amplitude’s print and digital archives to find amputees with ...
Disabled Vet Frances Rivera Has Wind in Her Sails
As one of the nation's top amputee kiteboarders, Frances Rivera is way more comfortable gliding over water than snow. But ...
Meet the Amputee Models in Adaptive Fashion’s Super Bowl
The Runway of Dreams Foundation’s annual New York Fashion Week show is the de facto Super Bowl of inclusive fashion ...
Arlene Gillis: Women Bring New Perspectives to Amputee Care
Today, many university-level prosthetic programs are majority-female—and as those graduates enter the workforce, they’re bound to have an influence on ...
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 Games ...
