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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
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?
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
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
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
Despite many recent triumphs, limb difference and other forms of disability remain badly underrepresented in popular entertainment. That’s the finding ...
Ready for Download: New “Fitness for Amputees” App Now Available
Posted June 13, 2014 Ottobock, Minneapolis, has designed a fitness app with a self-managed workout regimen specifically to support lower-limb ...
Congress Tells DARPA: Research Alternatives to Amputations
Posted June 13, 2014 In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the marketing of the DEKA Arm ...
Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team Defeats NFL Players
Posted June 10, 2014 The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) traveled to Bowie, Maryland, on June 7, to play ...
Amputee Golf Charities Accepting Scholarship Applications
Posted June 4, 2014 The nonprofit Amputee Golf Charities is currently accepting applications for the Henry Brown Memorial Educational Scholarship ...