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FRIENDS & FAMILY: Learning Self-Advocacy

FRIENDS & FAMILY: Learning Self-Advocacy

Lead Advocate Jim Wilkes Harnesses the Power of Self-Advocady By Jewel Connelly, Communications Specialist Ever since becoming an above-knee amputee over five years ago, Jim Wilkes, like many amputees, has had to become his biggest advocate. After nine failed knee...

Alabama Amputee Turns Into Advocate

Family, friends, her employer, strangers, first responders, even her dog, supported Gini Thomas when her husband died and she suffered severe injuries in a motorcycle accident in 2012. Now Thomas, who eventually lost her leg because of that crash, is there for others...