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Learn terminology and various aspects about becoming an amputee and life as an amputee.


AMPLITUDE MEDIA Amplitude magazine provides valuable and unbiased news, information, and resources for amputees who want to live more fully, as well as articles and information relevant to their families and their caregivers. It offers content on a wide variety of topics, including peer support, active living, emotional issues, health and wellness, mobility, and adaptive living—anything that will help amputees enjoy all that life has to offer. ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS ONLINE RESOURCE This is the site for consumers and O&P professionals. Among other things, there are product directories, reference materials, classified ads, articles, and email discussion list for visitors asking questions or providing information. It’s easy to spend hours at a time reading and hunting through all of this site’s content. AMPUTEE EMPOWERMENT PARTNERS AMPOWER is a website to empower and strengthen those affected by amputation or limb difference through peer mentorship, education and community. OTHER HELPFUL WEBSITES The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinic Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund The Global Resources for Orthotics & Prosthetics information Limb Differences Amputee Information Network Online magazine for Amputees Active Living Magazine National Center of Health, Physical Activity and Disability	AMPUTEE COALITION OF AMERICA The Amputee Coalition is the nation’s leading organization on limb loss, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for amputees and their families, improving patient care and preventing limb loss. With the generous support of the public, they are helping amputees live well with limb loss, raising awareness about limb loss prevention and ensuring amputees have a voice in matters affecting their ability to live full, thriving lives. WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT This not-for-profit organization exists to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members. WWP serves veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound, co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001. WWP also serves the families of those veterans and service members. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DHS can help family meet basic needs. They offer a range of services to help a person become healthy and self-sufficient. HELPFUL BOOKS Just One Foot: How Amputation Cured My Disability by Judy Johnson Berma Living With a Below-Knee Amputation; A Unique Insight From a Prosthetist/Amputee by Richard Lee Riley, CP, BS Lower Limb Amputation by Dr. Adrian Cristian You’re Not Alone: With the Stories of 38 Remarkable Amputees Who Conquered the Challenges of a Lifetime by John Sabolich

AMPLITUDE MEDIA
Amplitude magazine provides valuable and unbiased news, information, and resources for amputees who want to live more fully, as well as articles and information relevant to their families and their caregivers. It offers content on a wide variety of topics, including peer support, active living, emotional issues, health and wellness, mobility, and adaptive living—anything that will help amputees enjoy all that life has to offer.

ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS ONLINE RESOURCE

This is the site for consumers and O&P professionals. Among other things, there are product directories, reference materials, classified ads, articles, and email discussion list for visitors asking questions or providing information. It’s easy to spend hours at a time reading and hunting through all of this site’s content.

AMPUTEE EMPOWERMENT PARTNERS

AMPOWER is a website to empower and strengthen those affected by amputation or limb difference through peer mentorship, education and community.

OTHER HELPFUL WEBSITES

The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinic

Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund

The Global Resources for Orthotics & Prosthetics information

Limb Differences

Amputee Information Network

Online magazine for Amputees

Active Living Magazine

National Center of Health, Physical Activity and Disability

AMPUTEE COALITION OF AMERICA
The Amputee Coalition is the nation’s leading organization on limb loss, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for amputees and their families, improving patient care and preventing limb loss. With the generous support of the public, they are helping amputees live well with limb loss, raising awareness about limb loss prevention and ensuring amputees have a voice in matters affecting their ability to live full, thriving lives.

WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT

This not-for-profit organization exists to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members. WWP serves veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound, co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001. WWP also serves the families of those veterans and service members.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

DHS can help family meet basic needs. They offer a range of services to help a person become healthy and self-sufficient.

HELPFUL BOOKS

Just One Foot: How Amputation Cured My Disability by Judy Johnson Berma

Living With a Below-Knee Amputation; A Unique Insight From a Prosthetist/Amputee by Richard Lee Riley, CP, BS

Lower Limb Amputation by Dr. Adrian Cristian

You’re Not Alone: With the Stories of 38 Remarkable Amputees Who Conquered the Challenges of a Lifetime by John Sabolich

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