Katy Sullivan: Acclaimed Actor, Accidental Athlete
Not many Paralympic sprinters have also starred in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. That’s the remarkable journey of Katy Sullivan, a ...
Useful Travel Gear for Lower-limb Amputees
Before you venture forth on your next amputee travel adventure, consider buying one (or more) of these items. They might ...
AMI Amputation Surgery: A Layperson’s Guide
You might have heard about AMI surgery, the new amputation procedure that’s been making news lately. Here’s a chance to ...
LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
May / June 2021
A Better Way to Amputate
Amputation surgery that preserves agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces (AMIs) can increase amputees’ ability to control prosthetic devices while decreasing their phantom ...
A Winning Book About Loss
Christa Couture's book isn’t only about limb loss, but it will resonate with anyone who’s lost a limb, as Couture ...
Mission Gait Raises the Bar on PT
Mission Gait aims to equip PTs with the clinical expertise they need to offer effective physical therapy for amputees and ...
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Mobility May: Rooting for the Underdogs
Which fundraising team should you root for during ROMP's Mobility May Do 100 / Raise $100 Challenge? Here's who we're ...
Amputee Newsmakers: May 5, 2021
A guy bisects an apple with his machete-tipped prosthetic leg, a mad scientist investigates limb regeneration, Hollywood takes another step ...
From Amputee Military Vet to Oscar-Winning Actor
The only amputee to ever win an Oscar Award for acting wasn't really an actor. But his personal experience with ...
The Podium Comes First for Brian Bell—Then the Platform
Wheelchair basketball player Brian Bell is focused on winning another gold medal in Tokyo. But outside the arena, he feels ...
1st Person Amputee Tales: Dead Leg Walking
We’ve never heard a day-of-amputation story like Dana Lawson’s, and we bet you haven’t either. It features FedEx, a flexible ...
Amputee Newsmakers: April 28, 2021
An amputee strongman shows his soft side, a limb-different doggy charms schoolkids, an amputee fashion company hits its target on ...
Limb Loss Awareness Yields to Mobility May & Military Appreciation
Army veteran Steve Martin will celebrate limb loss, mobility, and military service by becoming the first bilateral amputee to pedal ...
Amputee Newsmakers: April 15-21, 2021
We enjoyed the heck out of Rising Phoenix, the well-reviewed 2020 documentary about the Paralympics. Now that we know the ...