Tag: Paralympics

A Brief History of the Paralympics

A Brief History of the Paralympics

The Paralympics have evolved from a modest archery exhibition involving 16 British soldiers into the world's third-largest sporting event.

Personal Bests

Personal Bests

World-renowned prosthetist Francois Van Der Watt has been helping amputee athletes achieve maximum speed since the Flex-Foot Cheetah was a ...

Getting Into The Big Leagues

American media and corporate partners are making a concerted effort to raise the Paralympics’ visibility in the United States to ...

Getting to the Big Leagues

American media and corporate partners are making a concerted effort to raise the Paralympics’ visibility in the United States to ...

Personal Bests

World-renowned prosthetist Francois Van Der Watt has been helping amputee athletes achieve maximum speed since the Flex-Foot Cheetah was a ...

A Brief History of the Paralympics

The Paralympics have evolved from a modest archery exhibition involving 16 British soldiers into the world's third-largest sporting event.

Message From the Editor

The July 2021 issue of Amplitude, the nation's top amputee lifestyle magazine, features articles on the Paralympics, prosthetist Francois Van ...

Let the Games Begin

Let the Games Begin

For a while, it looked like the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics might not happen at all. A couple of months ...

Good as Gold

Good as Gold

By Larry Borowsky Many US Paralympians thought they’d never see the day when their achievements got the same recognition as ...

5 New Movies About Amputees

As you might have read in Amplitude's current issue, 2019 marked an all-time high for movies featuring lead characters who ...

Looking for the Helpers

Looking for the Helpers

In tough times like these, we can seek comfort in the words of our favorite cardigan-wearing children’s TV program host, ...

Pedaling Through the Pandemic

Pedaling Through the Pandemic

Congrats to the team of paratriathletes who kicked off National Triathlon Week by cycling across Colorado’s deserts, peaks and plains ...

Proud to Be a Paralympian

Proud to Be a Paralympian

Below-knee amputee Nichole Millage has won a gold medal and two silvers in her three previous trips to the Paralympics. ...

Worthy Endeavors

Despite the virtual format for the 2020 Endeavor Games, the jitters Anthony Quinn felt before he ran his race were ...

Parasports Pioneers Join Forces

Parasports Pioneers Join Forces

If this week's historic merger between Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) and Adaptive Sports USA (ASUSA) caught you by surprise, you’re ...

Coronavirus: What Amputees Know

“Amputees don’t focus on what they don’t have,” says Patrick Quinn. “They work with what they do have, and they ...

Hunter Woodhall’s New Legs

Hunter Woodhall is one of the biggest stars and most recognizable faces on the US Paralympics team. We’ll be talking ...

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