Medicare Expands Coverage for Micro-Processor Knees

In a significant move to enhance the quality of life for individuals who use prosthetic knees, the Medical Directors of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Durable Medical...

Thank You for Attending ACNC24!

Thank you to all attendees for a remarkable 2024 Amputee Coalition National Conference! We hope attendees enjoyed their experience and we look forward to seeing you at future events. We invite you...

International Comedian and Performer Michael Beers Joins ACNC24 as the Opening Host!

If you love a good comedy set, you are not going to want to miss out on seeing comedian Michael Beers live at this year’s National Conference! Michael is a part of the Comedians with Disabilities...

Amanda’s Journey to Traveling Independently

Amanda was a 33 year old working mother to two young children in the early phases of a new relationship, when an infection completely changed her life. She had been searching for signs to pursue meaningful community-driven work and in a scary turn of events,...

H.R. 4818 Statement

The Amputee Coalition expresses our support for U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee’s proposed “Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 4818” (AINS), which we believe will be an important step toward supporting access to obesity treatments...

Wheel the World’s 10 Wheelchair Accessible Things to do in Maui, Hawaii

In partnership with Wheel the World, the Amputee Coalition will receive a donation with every travel booking made using the code ‘AMPUTEECOALITION.’  Also, enjoy $50 cashback on your booking!   If you’re looking for warm weather, sandy beaches, and lush greenery, Maui...

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Jack Thomas

Jack Thomas

DETERMINED THROUGH IT ALL. On September 4th, 2015, my right arm was torn off at the elbow by a conveyor belt at the recycling plant I was working at. I was in the hospital for only 6 days before...

Candace Robinson

Candace Robinson

DETERMINED THROUGH IT ALL. I have been a below-knee amputee since August 2021. I also have three fingers on my left hand partially amputated. I am thankful to GOD,...

Kimberly Gonzalez

Kimberly Gonzalez

ACHIEVED SELF LOVE. At the age of 12 Kimberly was diagnosed with one chronic illness and one autoimmune Scleroderma and Raynaud's which caused her to have seven fingers partially amputated. At 21...

Gary Trenkelbach

Gary Trenkelbach

UNDIFFERENTIATED PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMA (UPS) TO BKA. This whole ordeal started about fifteen years ago +/- five years. I kept going to my PCM for a knot (size of a quarter) on my right leg about 6...

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