Resource Center for Amputees and Medical Providers

Organizations

• Achilles Track Club Achilles is a worldwide organization, with the mission of enabling people with all types of disabilities to participate in mainstream athletics
• Amputee Empowerment Partners (AEP) is safe, free online social network, designed so people can connect and discuss a variety of topics related to the life of amputees
• Amputee Coalition of America A national, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences
• Adaptive Sports Foundation
• The American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists
• The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC)
• The Amputee Coalition’s Prosthetic Parity Information Page
• AOPA Grassroots Lobbying Tools
• AOPA Votes
• The BARR Foundation
• The Center for Orthotics and Prosthetics Learning and Outcomes/Evidence-Based Practice (COPL)
• Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC)
• Cailor Fleming Insurance
• Challenged Athletes Foundation The Challenged Athletes Foundation assists people with disabilities in pursuing an active lifestyle through physical fitness and competitive athletics
• Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
• Disabled Sports USA – DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability. Activities include winter skiing, water sports, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special sports events
• Healing Hands for Haiti
• The International Society of Prosthetists and Orthotists (ISPO)
• Limbs International
• Limbs With Love
• Limbs For Life Foundation – To benefit amputees by promoting advanced research and to provide comfortable and fully functional prosthetic care for individuals who cannot otherwise afford it
• National Amputee Golf Association – A not-for-profit organization that offers physical and mental therapy to amputees through involvement with golf
• National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics & Prosthetics (NAAOP)
• National Commission on O&P Education
• The National Conference of State Legislatures
• O&P PAC (Political Action Committee)
• O&PSocial.com
• O & P Athlete Assistance Fund (OPAF) – The Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund supports year-round fitness and education programs that enable persons with disabilities to enjoy the rewards of physical fitness, social interaction, and personal achievement
• O & P Online – An international resource for prosthetic and orthotic information
• Reach – Arm Deficient Children – Reach provides information and support for families with children who have hand or arm deficiencies
• Step Global
• The United States Federal Register
• Wounded Warrior Project

Publications:

First Step

A Guide for Adapting to Limb Loss (published biannually)

https://www.amputee-coalition.org/limb-loss-resource…/publications/

Expectations

Parenting Children and Teens with Limb Differences

https://www.amputee-coalition.org/limb-loss-resource-center/resources-filtered/resources-for-specific-groups/parents-youth/

Senior Step

https://www.amputee-coalition.org/limb-loss-resource-center/resources-filtered/resources-for-specific-groups/seniors/

inMotion Magazine

To Subscribe:

https://www.amputee-coalition.org/…/inmotion/order-inmotion-subscription/

Amputee Coalition of America
900 E. Hill Ave., Ste. 205
Knoxville, TN 37915-2566
888/AMP-KNOW (888/267-5669)
www.amputee-coalition.org

Amputee Golfer Magazine

Official publication of the National Amputee Golf Association.

To Subscribe:
11 Walnut Hill Road
Amherst, NH 03031
(800) 633-NAGA (6242)
www.nagagolf.org

Challenge

Published quarterly by Disabled Sports USA

To Subscribe:
451 Hungerford Dr.
Suite 100
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 217-9841
www.disabledsportsusa.org

Limbs for Life Foundation

To Subscribe:
attn. Craig Gavras
5929 N. May, Ste 511
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
888-235-5462
405-843-5174
www.limbsforlife.org

Amputee Related Books

You’re Not Alone by John Sabolich
The stories of 38 remarkable amputees who conquered the challenges of a lifetime.

Lower Limb Amputation: A Guide to Living a Quality Life by Adrian Christian, MD
A unique resource aimed to educate those with lower limb amputation so they can better care for themselves and maximize their own independence.

In a Single Bound by Sarah Reinersten
A gripping memoir of inner strength about a one-legged child trying to fit in with her two-legged friends, who became one of the world’s most famous physically-challenged sports figures

It’s just a matter of balance by Kevin S. Garrison
A very personal story of amputee rehabilitation. Written as an autobiography it is good prosthetic education and a useful story for clinicians and students.