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Do E-bike Bans Violate Amputees’ Rights?

Do E-bike Bans Violate Amputees’ Rights?

When a town barred Beth Hudson, a below-knee amputee, from riding her e-bike, Hudson felt they were violating the ADA ...
Prosthetic Insurance Coverage for Amputees: 2024 Legislation Tracker

Prosthetic Insurance Coverage for Amputees: 2024 Legislation Tracker

Use Amplitude's state-by-state bill tracker to follow the progress of 2024's So Every Body Can Move bills, which are designed ...
Key Findings From the Hanger Institute's Annual Report

Key Findings From the Hanger Institute’s Annual Report

Want a user-friendly summary of amputee-related research and clinical data? Look no further than the annual report released last week ...
How I Became an Amputee Punk

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?

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

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 ...
How Taylor Swift Saved an Amputee's Life

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?

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

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

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 ...
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