At this year’s virtual Advocacy Forum in late April, advocates from across the United States wrote to their Senators and Representatives asking them to support funding for the National Limb Loss Resource Center®. If you weren’t able to join the Advocacy Forum, don’t worry! You can still write to Congress to tell them to support people living with limb loss and limb difference who rely on the Resource Center for education and support.
Young people who know how to advocate for themselves (also called self-advocacy) are more confident, and use that important skill to support lifelong success. Unfortunately, not every child is taught how to understand their needs and be able to communicate those needs to other people.
Joanne Zurcher, senior director of government relations, The Amputee Coalition Each April, the limb loss and limb difference community recognizes Limb Loss Awareness Month. At the Amputee Coalition, we take this opportunity to educate elected officials and the...
At the Amputee Coalition, we’re able to do what we do because of financial support from donors and from the federal agency department, Administration for Community Living. Advocates came together in Washington, D.C. earlier this year to ask for an increase in funding...