Amputees in developing nations face profound challenges, and addressing them takes more than good intentions. A Canadian prosthetist shares his experiences.
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Worthy Causes: Abled Amputees Foundation
The Abled Amputees Foundation helps amputees maintain independence, health, and high quality of life by providing financial assistance for PT and OT.
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Worthy Causes: Right to Walk Foundation
The Right to Walk Foundation was founded last month by a supergroup of high-profile, high-powered amputees and prosthetic industry leaders.
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Worthy Causes: Born to Run Foundation
Paralympic hopeful Noelle Lambert says limb loss has made her a better athlete and a better person. It also inspired her to help other amputees through her Born to Run Foundation.
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Worthy Causes: Jordan Thomas Foundation
The Jordan Thomas Foundation covers the cost of prosthetic devices and care for children until they reach the age of 18.
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Worthy Causes: Penta Prosthetics
Penta Prosthetics taps surplus capacity to fill an unmet need by repurposing discarded U.S. prostheses and distributing them to amputees in developing nations.
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Worthy Causes: Ayúdame3D
Ayúdame3D is an international nonprofit that donates 3D-printed upper-limb prostheses to amputees who lack access to prosthetic care.
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Worthy Causes: Less Leg More Heart
Less Leg More Heart helps new amputees by providing education, medical advocacy, peer mentoring, and more during life-changing circumstances.
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Aargh, Mateys! Time To Get Yer Pirate On!
The image that springs to mind when most people hear the word pirate is that of the traditional bearded sailor, hook-handed, peg-legged, and eye-patched. Although injuries sustained from cannon fire and sword fights did often result in the ship’s cook amputating a sailor’s infected limb to save his life (using rum as an anesthetic), he most often died from infection after the amputation surgery. Oddly enough, few pirates were actual amputees; yet the Golden Age of Piracy depicting weather-beaten, leather-skinned amputees is still the stuff great seafaring stories are made of. Given this, you’ll still find many a Jack Sparrow if you go hunting in the right places.
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