For Immediate Release Media Contact: Shree Thaker, Communications & Partnerships Director, sthaker@amputee-coalition.org 5.6 Million++ Americans are Living with Limb Loss and Limb Difference (Washington, DC, February 15, 2024) The Amputee Coalition’s newly...
Are you ready to build relationships with lawmakers, take action with fellow advocates, and mobilize your community networks to enhance the quality of life for individuals who have limb loss and/or limb difference? If so, the Amputee Coalition Lead Advocate...
By Ryan Geddie, Government Relations Specialist Flying should be exciting, but for many people with disabilities, the experience is often less than positive. I asked members of the AC Connect Advocacy community to share their stories about one part of the airport...
Hello AC Community, This is Dante’ Daniel, Public Policy Manager with the Amputee Coalition’s Government Relations department. Today I am writing to provide context of our latest advocacy efforts concerning the proposed rulemaking on Discrimination on the Basis of...
By Ryan Geddie, Government Relations Specialist It may still be 2023, but today marks the beginning of our 2024 campaign to have April recognized as Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. Due to different submission deadlines in states, with some states...
By Ryan Geddie, Government Relations Specialist Barriers to access can exist for people with limb loss or limb difference even in places you might not expect. Many people in our community have stories of being denied access to rollercoasters or other theme park rides...
The Amputation Coalition recently provided a comment letter in support of The Medicare Orthotic and Prosthetic Patient-Centered Care Act (H.R. 4315) introduced on June 23, 2023, in the U.S. House of Representatives. The purpose of the act is to improve access to...
In favor of pre-amputation care, the Amputation Coalition has provided a comment letter in support of the Amputation Reduction and Compassion (ARC) Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. on June 21, 2023. The letter emphasizes that this act...
The Amputee Coalition recently signed on to the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) comment letter opposing the recent budget cuts to federal departments such as the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Labor, Agriculture,...
Seeking greater transparency in healthcare, the Amputee Coalition has signed on to the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities’ (CCD) letter for Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (CMS-2442-P). The CCD is the largest coalition of approximately 100 national...