Tag: Travel

Five years losing his right leg, Jim Lanahan was ready to take his grandkids to Disney World—a big milestone on ...

After I became an amputee, getting back on the road took more than physical adaptations and logistical hacks. It required ...

Able Flight offers free flight training for amputees and other people with disabilities. Becoming a pilot builds participants' confidence and ...

RV travel enables amputees to stay active, experience different places, meet all kinds of people, take on new challenges, and ...

In the All-Inclusive Photo Project, world-class photographers give greater media visibility to amputees and people from other underrepresented communities.

Once you master the art of traveling as an amputee, you’ll discover that adaptive travel is easier than you thought. ...

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

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

Fast forward to the spring of 2021. You're taking the sun on a tropical beach at a luxury resort, winding ...

By Rene Agredano FOUR INVENTIONS FOR A BETTER LIFE ON THE GO A spirit of adventure is not limited to ...

By Elizabeth Bokfi Life can be challenging for amputees, especially soon after surgery. Recovery, pain management, and adaptation—physical and emotional—are ...

By Eric Quander As amputees, we may sometimes feel that when we lost our limb(s), so went our zing for ...

By Mary Beth Skylis Providing orthotic and prosthetic services to underprivileged communities is a challenge. In many cases, financial status ...

The 35th Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals was held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 22-27. Traveling from 31 states, 220 ...

The  image that springs to mind when most people hear the word pirate is that of the traditional bearded sailor, ...

The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) announced unprecedented financial support through its annual grant programs, which provide financial assistance for adaptive ...

Donating blood is a tangible way to help people who are struggling with serious health conditions, yet many people may ...

PYEONGCHANG 2018 Taking the Chill Out of Winter

Driving is an example of when the patients benefit from osseoperception. Photograph by Susanne Lindholm, courtesy of Chalmers. A team ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for its 2017 Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp and Leadership Camp, to be held July ...

Jon Sigurdsson, president and CEO of Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, announced that, due to the overwhelmingly positive response to its #MyWinningMoment ...

The Hanger Charitable Foundation completed its second round of 2016 grants, awarding $127,750 to eight nonprofit organizations that share its ...

Lammers takes a breather and some pointers from his coach at the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games swimming training ...

Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, has launched an online contest that encourages adults with lower-limb loss to share their stories via photo ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Kathy Spozio Bridge to Ability Scholarship to give new amputees the opportunity ...

The U.S. Paralympics has named 27 athletes, including one tandem pilot, to its 2016 cycling national team. The roster includes ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the 2016 Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp, to be held July 8-13 at Camp ...

Image courtesy of CAF. La Jolla Cove in San Diego hosted more than 5,000 supporters of the Challenged Athletes Foundation ...

Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed a smartphone-based device that can reliably ...

The majority of patients who undergo routine, uncomplicated operations prefer online postoperative consultations to in-person visits, according to a new ...

A 28-year-old man who has had paralysis for more than ten years due to a spinal cord injury has been ...

A nerve-like assemblage created by protein nanomotors acting on polymer filaments at Sandia National Laboratories. Image courtesy of Sandia National ...

CAF attendees, from left, Kelly Ray, Haven Shepard, and Breezy Bochenek. Photograph courtesy of the Challenged Athletes Foundation. The Challenged ...

Country music artist Tim McGraw is traveling the country to urge people with type 2 diabetes to get their blood ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Kathy Spozio Bridge to Ability Scholarship. The scholarship provides full conference registration ...

U.S. Nordic sit-skier Andy Soule was voted the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athlete of the Month after a record-breaking January. ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is accepting applications for the 2015 National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the world's largest annual ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the 2015 Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp, to be held July 10-15 at Camp ...

From Thanksgiving through New Year's Day, the holidays can be fun and heartwarming. They can also be exhausting and stressful. ...

It is called "the best day in triathlon," and for good reason: camaraderie, smiles, and support abound. It is a ...

The Kicking for Kids Who Can't Kick-a-Thon event will be held at Constitution Gardens on the National Mall in Washington, ...

The Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge (ROC) 5k has pledged $100,000 to the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) Operation Rebound program using a ...

WWAST travels the country hosting high-spirited and interactive exhibition games to bring a message of resiliency to communities. Photograph courtesy ...

Posted June 16, 2014 Notables from Wall Street, the world of sports, and broadcast media came together on June 11 ...

Posted April 9, 2014 The Barr Foundation has established a scholarship through the Amputee Coalition to assist children with amputations ...