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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
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
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
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 ...
NAAOP Issues an O&P Call to Action
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) released a webcast with an O&P call to action ...
AMPARO Socket Wins Engineering Award
The AMPARO prosthetic socket was named a winner of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), held ...
OPAF Seeking Board Nominations
The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) is seeking nominations to its board of directors. Nomination materials must be received ...
Study Discusses Open-source 3D-printed Cyborg Hand
Zuniga displays various versions of the Cyborg Beast 3D-printed prosthetic hand. Photograph courtesy of Jorge Zuniga. A study published in ...
