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Amputee Pilots Discover Peace, Freedom in the Skies

Amputee Pilots Discover Peace, Freedom in the Skies

Able Flight offers free flight training for amputees and other people with disabilities. Becoming a pilot builds participants' confidence and ...
Paid Market Research Study Seeks Participants

Paid Market Research Study Seeks Participants

A major national beverage company seeks input to improve its product for customers with mobility and/or dexterity challenges. This is ...
Can Artificial Intelligence Prevent Amputations?

Can Artificial Intelligence Prevent Amputations?

A wave of emerging research indicates that artificial intelligence may help doctors recognize PAD-related limb-loss risk factors with greater speed, ...
This Amputee Is Surviving, and Thriving, After Sepsis

This Amputee Is Surviving, and Thriving, After Sepsis

Like so many victims of sepsis, Torie Mugo didn’t recognize the symptoms and nearly waited too long to get medical ...
BionicM Speeds the Race Toward Powered Prosthetic Legs

BionicM Speeds the Race Toward Powered Prosthetic Legs

Tokyo-based BionicM isn't well recognized within the United States, but its new powered prosthetic leg for amputees might be a ...
Amputee Characters Remain Glaringly Absent from Top Movies

Amputee Characters Remain Glaringly Absent from Top Movies

Despite many recent triumphs, limb difference and other forms of disability remain badly underrepresented in popular entertainment. That’s the finding ...

The 24th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Celebrated Across the Nation

Celebrations of the July 26, 1990, signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H. Bush are ...

People with a Disability More Likely to Be Obese, Have Chronic Illnesses

Adults with a disability are more likely to be obese or extremely obese than those without a disability, according to ...
Adventure Amputee Camp Celebrates 20 Years

Adventure Amputee Camp Celebrates 20 Years

Photograph of the bench dedication ceremony courtesy of Melissa Wolff-Burke and AAC. The Adventure Amputee Camp (AAC) celebrated its 20th ...

Canadian Amputee Golf Association Accepting Academic Scholarship Applications

The Canadian Amputee Golf Association (CAGA) is accepting applications for its academic scholarship. Five scholarships of $1,000 will be awarded ...
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