Tag: Alexandra Capellini

Limb loss can exacerbate all the challenges of young adulthood. A monthly virtual support group gives amputees in their 20s ...

Prosthetic limbs and water generally don’t go together. Neither do stereotypical “beach bod” images and limb difference. Here are one ...

“We support our Paralympic athletes by showing up,” Alexandra Capellini writes in this week’s guest post. “We normalize different body ...

When Dr. Alexandra Capellini enters an exam room, patients often notice she's an amputee. When it happens, she writes, it ...

Almost everyone, whether disabled or nondisabled, faces hurdles to staying physically fit. But amputees and other people with disabilities face ...

Alexandra Capellini volunteered to share her personal experience of limb loss with Ethiopian amputees. She was blown away by the ...

When amputees are shown in mass media, it sends a message: We deserve to be seen. And yet there are ...

When my doctor told me, "You're doing so much with what you have,” it was meant to be encouraging. But ...

As an amputee in medical school, I've been mindful of how students are taught about disability. What do I want ...

by Alexandra Capellini I ended the call as we said “Good night” and checked my phone’s log: We’d been talking ...

Counselors at the Amputee Coalition's Youth Camp exemplify proud, positive attitudes toward with limb loss. The role modeling not only ...

The Modern Love column in the Sunday New York Times has never been part of our regular reading rotation. We ...

Don't look back, Baby Boom amputees. Millennials and Gen Zers are nipping at your heels. “When you get a disability, ...