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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 ...
Attention, Processing Speed Related to Proficiency in DEKA Arm Use

Attention, Processing Speed Related to Proficiency in DEKA Arm Use

Photograph of the DEKA GEN 3 arm courtesy of Stewart Coulter. A team of researchers conducted a study to identify ...

Presidential Candidates Must Take a Stand on Social Security, AARP Voter Survey Shows

In a new AARP survey of likely voters over age 50, 86 percent say leadership is a very important quality ...

Össur Acquires Touch Bionics

Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, has acquired Touch Bionics, Livingston, Scotland. The purchase price is £27.5 million (US $39 million) on a ...

Growing Skin in the Lab

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Japan have, along with collaborators from Tokyo University of Science ...
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