LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
Barrel Of Laughs – Amputee Humor: Funny Or Offensive?
Words Elizabeth Bokfi “How are you doing these days, with that little peg leg of yours?” said an acquaintance of ...
Barrel Of Laughs—Amputee Humor: Funny Or Offensive?
By Elizabeth Bokfi “How are you doing these days, with that little peg leg of yours?” said an acquaintance of ...
Back To Life – Overcoming Negativity And Finding Meaning After Limb Loss
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Back To Life—Overcoming Negativity And Finding Meaning After Limb Loss
By Tony Phillips Amputation is much more than a physical loss. It is a permanent alteration of one’s natural body, ...
Mosha, The Elephant Who Just Would Not Give Up
Written by Aston Heath, Illustrated by Kata Upama In this illustrated children’s book, an amputee elephant named Mosha overcomes difficulty ...
Invictus Games Scheduled For Thursday
More than 550 wounded, ill, and injured service men and women from 18 allied nations are expected to compete in ...
Get Moving For Happiness
Weiyun Chen, PhD, University of Michigan (U-M) associate professor in kinesiology, wanted to know if exercise increased positive mental health ...
Finding A Way
Victor Meier’s story is not about only having one arm. His story is about tenaciously finding a way to do ...
How Will You Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month?
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that this year’s official National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) theme will be ...
The Cost Of Non-optimized Medications
Researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego estimate that illness and death resulting from non-optimized medication therapy costs ...
Free Books Available For Wheelchair Users
If you use a wheelchair, you may want to get the following free books from Wheel:Life, an online community that ...
Depressed? Check Your Medicine Cabinet
A study from University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) researchers suggests that more than one-third of U.S. adults may be ...
Fewer Dental Visits By Diabetics Concerning
Adults with diabetes are less likely to visit the dentist than people with prediabetes or without diabetes, according to a ...
Companies Launch New Disability Image Collection
Oath, a global media and technology company, announced a partnership with the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) and Getty Images ...
Companies Launch New Disability Image Collection
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How The Range Of Motion Project Is Changing Lives
By Mary Beth Skylis Providing orthotic and prosthetic services to underprivileged communities is a challenge. In many cases, financial status ...
Painting A New Life—Art Comes From The Heart, Not The Hands
By Amy Di Leo MS A summer day a decade ago changed the course of Dustin Maxwell’s life. “The accident ...
Painting A New Life – Art Comes From The Heart, Not The Hands
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