@livingamplitude.bsky.social
The #1 resource for amputees in America.
Declan Farmer enters the Milan–Cortina 2026 Paralympic cycle as one of the fastest, most skilled, and most reliable offensive forces in para ice hockey.
https://livingwithamplitude.com/paralympian/declan-farmer-para-ice-hockey/
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Winter Paralympics. In 1976, only one American athlete competed: Bill Hovanic, a skier who lost his right leg in combat during the Vietnam War.
Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - Language, etiquette, and a bit of satire
#Disability #Disabled
disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/2-4-26-langu...
We’re honored! 💛
Spoonie Threads was selected by Amplitude Magazine as one of their Best Holiday Gifts for Amputees in 2025!
Grateful for the recognition! ✨ @livingamplitude.bsky.social
#AdaptiveClothing #AmputeeLife #HolidayGiftGuide
From Paralympic athletes’ stories to a guide to the games and more, we have the inside scoop to the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympic Games:
https://livingwithamplitude.com/2026-winter-paralympics-amplitude-magazine/
Give the Gift of Amplitude this season. For only $15, you can give a loved one the gift of amputee news, Paralympics updates and profiles, new tech, peer support, and more!
Subscribe at livingwithamplitude.com
Black Friday Sale!
Unlock a full year of Amplitude Magazine for only $10! Real stories. Real resources. Real support for the limb loss and limb difference community. Sale ends soon --- subscribe now!
https://form.jotform.com/232716170720146
Congratulations to the winners of Amplitude's First Annual Reader's Choice Awards!
There are honorees in 12 categories in each of 4 geographic regions across the US.:
https://livingwithamplitude.com/readers-choice-winners-2025/
NEW ISSUE!! 🦾
Featuring our first-ever Reader's Choice Awards! We asked and you voted, and now we're revealing the results. Find out who won the best O&P categories in your region.
livingwithamplitude.com
Managing your money when you’re living with limb loss is never simple. But 2025 has taken the complexity to a whole new level...
09.09.2025 08:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Mom reminded me that caring for others also means caring for myself. She also showed me that even though she might need my help more as she ages, she will never stop taking care of me, in whatever ways she can…
07.09.2025 06:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When we asked Daniel Emmett what sort of vibe he was shooting for with Crip Trip, his road-trip docuseries, he went straight to Hunter S. Thompson. “Fear and Loathing is probably my biggest influence,” he says, adding proudly: “And that’s because I’m a filthy degenerate.”
06.09.2025 05:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sewell’s new memoir is a natural extension of his current work as a coach, mentor, and powerful voice for marginalized athletes and people living with disabilities.
https://livingwithamplitude.com/rod-sewell-memoir-iron-will-amputee-athlete/
We’ve been bugging you all summer to write your Congressional representatives about the National Limb Loss Resource Center. As you might recall, the White House’s budget request completely defunded the NLLRC...
21.08.2025 07:05 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0People with limb differences are embracing the game for the same reasons as nondisabled players: to spend time outdoors, improve their fitness, have fun with friends, and become part of a community:
20.08.2025 09:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here are some tips for creating an accessible bathroom!
Visit www.care.com/c/creating-a... to read more.
#wheelchair #accessible #accessibility #tipsandtricks #bathroom
Join ADAPT for the Keys to the Community Rally!
Mothers’ Day: May 11, 2025; 1:00 – 3:30 PM
Upper Senate Park, Washington, D.C.
This powerful, family-friendly rally kicks off ADAPT’s new Keys to Community Living campaign for disability justice and community integration.
More:
A photo of performer Chris Thorpe (a white man with a shaved head) sat at a table holding a cup of tea and staring directly into the camera. On the table next to him is a yellow teapot with a cloud of smoke coming out of it.
Talking About the Fire is a show about a new nuclear weapons treaty. It’s a show and a conversation.
This performance will be BSL interpreted .
When - 07 May
Where - London
Cost - £12-£14
disabilityarts.online/events/talki...
We're talking digital accessibility with a distinguished panel of experts THIS WEDNESDAY 4/23!
Join Stephanie Anderson, Donna Mack, M.Ed., @eyeonaxs.bsky.social, Teresa Schultz, and Library Futures intern Moriah-Taylor Rutherford to learn more!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Billy Brimblecom's star-studded annual “ThunderGong!” fundraiser (starring Jason Sudeikis and hype-man Flavor Flav) brings national attention to limb loss, raising money for the Steps of Faith Foundation.
@flavorflav.bsky.social @stepsoffaith.bsky.social @jasonsudeikis.bsky.social
Every community is touched by limb difference in some way. That makes local media a great vehicle for spreading the word about Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month:
livingwithamplitude.com/article/limb-loss-awareness-feel-good-stories-amputees
LLLDAM #amputee #amputeelife #disability
To get a sense of how Medicaid cuts might impact amputees, Amplitude asked one person living with limb loss to describe how her life would change if she lost even part of her check…
#disability #disabilityadvocacy #medicaid
Two m a j o r changes for those who are getting SS or are on disability benefits 👇🏻
20.03.2025 00:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses
20.03.2025 00:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A black and white drawing of a fairy.
A handmade doll.
A green tone painting of a little girl with upper limb difference.
A handmade doll with a colorful dress and head wrap.
"For me, prosthetic devices have fused mobility with creativity. If I can no longer walk, who am I?"
*Words, art, and images by Jennifer Latham Robinson*
These are some of the amazing disability justice activists who will be speaking at the #FairerFunding webinar happening this Thursday, 20th March.
Follow this link-->https://add.org.uk/fairer-funding-webinar/ to get more information about the webinar.
#FairerFundingForOPDs #DisabilityJustice
BREAKING: I just offered an amendment on the floor to give Veterans fired in the Trump-Musk layoffs their jobs back.
Every single Republican blocked it.
Shame on them for betraying our heroes.
TCF Senior Fellow Chiquita Brooks-LaSure joined @capehart.msnbc.com to share how expected Medicaid cuts will harm the middle class, health care infrastructure, and economy as a whole.
02.03.2025 00:10 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Cutting Medicaid won’t lower health care costs—but it will jeopardize coverage for millions of people, including seniors and children. I joined Rep. Morrison in Bloomington to stand against the proposed cuts and work to ensure everyone can access the care they need.
02.03.2025 20:08 — 👍 1357 🔁 277 💬 56 📌 16
NEW ISSUE!! 🦾
Featuring #LLLDAM, Christa Couture — the accidental tourist, the art of letting go, how amputee literature can help with healing, updates in health and medicine for amputees, and more.
livingwithamplitude.com
