Throughout April, our Certified Lead Advocates (CLA) took advantage of the heightened awareness of the limb loss and limb difference community to bring to light important issues. Letters to the editor often serve as an important advocacy strategy for reaching a...
Data is Power When it Comes to Advancing Health Research
The underrepresentation of people with limb loss and limb difference in clinical research impedes the care provided, lowering health outcomes. The need for comprehensive research on limb loss and limb difference health is paramount. Across various conditions—such as...
Wheel the World Explores Options for Wheelchair Accessible Transportation while Traveling
In partnership with Wheel the World, the Amputee Coalition will receive a donation with every travel booking made using the code ‘AMPUTEECOALITION.’ For members of the limb loss and limb difference community who use a wheelchair, accessible transportation can become...
Researchers in North Carolina Recruiting Participants with Above-Knee Limb Loss
Are you a lower limb prosthesis user? We are interested in your experience: the functionality, your range of activities, and the effectiveness of various prosthetic devices. The Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (NREL) at the Joint Department of...
AC News Flash Featuring Dr. Foluso Fakorede
This episode of the AC News Flash features Cass Isidro and Dr. Foluso Fakorede, who is a new Amputee Coalition board member and interventional cardiologist. The two speak on race and ethnicity disparities, the intersectionality of limb loss, Peripheral Artery Disease...
Employment Council Meeting: LLLDAM and Disability Awareness and Training in the Workplace (Continued)
April’s Employment Council Meeting focused on Limb Loss Limb Difference Awareness Month (LLLDAM) and a continued discussion of disability awareness and training in the workplace. Workforce Development Manager, Trenaya Reid and Workforce Development Volunteer, Paula...
Recruiting Participants for Upper Limb Loss Research
What is the study all about? Information from surveys and interviews collected from different prosthetic users can help clinicians understand what is most important to prosthesis users and guide prosthetic developers to design or improve prosthetic devices that can...
AC News Flash Featuring Danielle Melton, MD
This episode of the AC News Flash features Cass Isidro and Dr. Danielle Melton. Dr. Melton, is a new Amputee Coalition board member and director of the Amputee Medicine and Rehabilitation Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She expresses her...
Researchers from the University of Michigan Are Recruiting Participants with Above-Knee Limb Loss to Trial Powered-Knees
Do you use an above-knee prosthesis? Do you wish you had the opportunity to change a few things about it? Here is your chance to help researchers improve powered knee prosthetic technology. A team of researchers at the University of Michigan Robotics Department would...
Join Us in Celebrating Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month!
The Amputee Coalition is excited to announce the start of Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness, promoting acceptance, and celebrating our community. We encourage you to join us in spreading awareness about what it’s like...