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Adaptive Adventures is Making Trails More Accessible

Adaptive Adventures is Making Trails More Accessible

Amplitude writer Kim Ousley explores how Adaptive Adventures is expanding adaptive hiking, equipment, and trail access to help amputees and ...
Life After Amputation: Becoming the Person You Once Needed

Life After Amputation: Becoming the Person You Once Needed

Nearly 10 years after losing his leg, Rick Bontkowski reflects on life after amputation, acceptance, community, and becoming the person ...
When Amputees Become Socially Isolated

When Amputees Become Socially Isolated

What helps amputees stay connected? A look at the barriers to social participation and how greater accessibility can open doors ...
ForMotion: Delivering Compassionate, Innovative “Whole Person” O&P Care

ForMotion: Delivering Compassionate, Innovative “Whole Person” O&P Care

ForMotion is a global network of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) clinics that operates nearly 200 locations worldwide, including over 70 ...
Amputee Soccer's World Cup Moment

Amputee Soccer’s World Cup Moment

By Melissa Bean It’s not new news in the amputee community, but we are just weeks away from the 2026 ...
Connecticut Passes So Every BODY Can Move

Connecticut Passes So Every BODY Can Move

Connecticut passes So Every BODY Can Move legislation, expanding insurance coverage and access to activity-specific prosthetic and orthotic devices ...
Behind The Mic - Through Two Lenses

Behind The Mic – Through Two Lenses

A return visit with a young para-athlete helps Rick Bontkowski discover why every limb loss story belongs to more than ...
The Questions That Changed Everything

The Questions That Changed Everything

TV news anchor and amputee Chris Egert shares the questions he wishes he'd asked before getting his first prosthesis—and why ...
Sarcoma Awareness for Amputees Starts Here

Sarcoma Awareness for Amputees Starts Here

Amplitude contributor Kim Ousley shares how what seemed like a harmless bump on her foot turned out to be Stage ...
Bilateral Amputee Mandy Horvath Makes TIME100 Sports

Bilateral Amputee Mandy Horvath Makes TIME100 Sports

Bilateral above-the-knee amputee Mandy Horvath has been named to the inaugural TIME100 Sports list, recognizing her extraordinary climbs, advocacy, and ...
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