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There’s only one thing we’d change about Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month: the name. Members of the amputee ...

According to a new study from the Amputee Coalition and Avalere Health, the number of amputees in the United States ...

Was the 2023 edition Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month the best one ever? Suffice to say that it ...

For the first time in years, no Covid restrictions are impinging on the calendar of summer amputee camps. Everyone’s fully ...

A perfect storm is brewing in the New Mexico legislature, and it might be potent enough to blow away barriers ...

The Amputee Coalition announced last week that it's joining the Amputation Prevention Alliance (APA). Launched last September by the American Diabetes Association, ...

According to the Amputee Coalition’s Community Needs Survey, more than half of people with limb difference can’t find resources to ...

Amputee events are reverting from virtual to actual in 2022, bringing us out of hibernation and back into face-to-face contact ...

Virginia lawmakers unanimously passed a law that strengthens insurance protections for amputees. It could have big national implications for the ...

During Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, opportunities abound to have fund and make a difference. Find online and ...

Limb Loss Awareness Month is almost here, and the Amputee Coalition has a strong lineup of virtual events to get ...

Thanks to a letter from one amputee, the state of Ohio now officially recognizes Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness ...

The Amputee Coalition’s “Your Ordinary Is Extraordinary” campaign gives overlooked narratives of limb loss a chance to find the audience ...

These are the best caregiving apps for amputees to stitch family and friends into support networks that promote medical, physical, ...

The GAO has accepted a bipartisan Congressional request to investigate the cost and accessibility of prosthetic devices, along with amputees' ...

This year's conference theme is “Growing Our Community to Shape the Future.” Presentation ideas should explore how to expand the ...

For the second straight year, the Amputee Coalition's National Conference has gone virtual. We learned a ton at last year's ...

We've been fans of Aristotle Domingo's AmpuTO podcast since he launched it last year. So we were thrilled to land ...

The National Limb Loss Resource Center gets $200K richer, an African artist makes amazingly life-like prostheses, a Nintendo-friendly prosthetic hand ...

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

When amputee couple Kim Mylinski and Tom Carlson get married this July, they will become members of an exclusive club: ...

Limb Loss Awareness Month marks its 10th anniversary in 2021. Here are some milestones in the first decade of this ...

The Amputee Coalition held its National Conference virtually last year, and the results were truly outstanding: They put on a ...

While it’s risky to speculate about the future and how it might affect people’s lives, past experience and current trends ...

By using technology to create a welcoming atmosphere for amputees during the pandemic, Leslie Green has helped rewrite the rules ...

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

Lauren Pine loved taking care of hospital patients. But on November 15, 2017, the New York City oncology nurse suddenly ...

Kudos to the Amputee Coalition for pulling off its first virtual National Conference with nary a glitch. The technology was ...

The Amputee Coalition has released the preliminary schedule for 2020 National Conference, and we’re pleased to find a number of ...

It's a busy week over at the Amputee Coalition. Two big pieces of news have come out, and both require ...

By Emily Dings The amputee community has had reason to feel optimistic in the months following the November 2018 midterm ...

Words Elizabeth Bokfi “How are you doing these days, with that little peg leg of yours?” said an acquaintance of ...

By Elizabeth Bokfi “How are you doing these days, with that little peg leg of yours?” said an acquaintance of ...

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