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Amplitude Magazine Nov.-Dec. 2025
Amplitude Magazine Nov.-Dec. 2025
Read the September-October 2025 issue of Amplitude, the #1 amputee lifestyle magazine. Adaptive highlining, financial tips for amputees, caregiving challenges, more.
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Latest Amputee News
Amputees have more dynamic lives than ever. Amplitude tells their stories. Get your free subscription to the #1 amputee lifestyle magazine.
Resources for Amputees | Amputee Resource Directory
Resources for Amputees | Amputee Resource Directory
Amplitude Magazine's amputee resource directory lists hundreds of organizations that offer resources for amputees. Use our searchable amputee resource directory to find helpful programs, services, and organizations.
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Best Selection of Amputee Prosthetics on Etsy | Amplitude
Best Selection of Amputee Prosthetics on Etsy | Amplitude
What holiday gift can you buy for the amputee who’s impossible to shop for? Stephan Boos's emporium of vintage prosthetics might have exactly what you're looking for.
Alexis Hillyard: The Secret Lives of Amputee Limbs
Alexis Hillyard: The Secret Lives of Amputee Limbs
When the star of Stump Kitchen started painting colorful characters onto her residual limb, she learned about lots of other amputees who've given their limbs separate names and identities.
Is Dateability the Best Amputee Dating App?
Is Dateability the Best Amputee Dating App?
Dateability, a new dating app for the disability community, is a breath of fresh air for amputees who have felt unwelcome on mainstream dating platforms due to their limb difference.
#LLLDAM Aces April 16 - Peg-Leg Bates
#LLLDAM Aces April 16 - Peg-Leg Bates
One of the most influential performers in the history of tap dancing, Bates shared the stage with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr., and other legends.
Why Do Prosthetics Cost So Much?
Why Do Prosthetics Cost So Much?
Yes, mobility is priceless. But does the cost of a prosthetic leg really have to be so high? Here's why amputees and their insurers end up paying so much for prosthetic technology.
How to Give (and Get) Support for Amputees at the Holidays
How to Give (and Get) Support for Amputees at the Holidays
Amputee book recommendations
Amputee book recommendations
The Active Amputee: Amplitude's First 10 Years - Amplitude
The Active Amputee: Amplitude's First 10 Years - Amplitude
This month marks the 10th anniversary of Amplitude’s debut issue. Our longtime friend Bjoern Eser invited us onto his podcast (The Active Amputee) to look back on an eventful decade.
Forest Maddox: Shotei Ohtani With One Arm | Amplitude
Forest Maddox: Shotei Ohtani With One Arm | Amplitude
Very few baseball fans can name the major leagues’ first amputee player, who starred for the Knoxville Giants more than a century ago in the Black Southern League. Here is his story.
How Will Tariffs Affect the Limb-Loss Community? | Amputees
How Will Tariffs Affect the Limb-Loss Community? | Amputees
It's impossible to say for sure how the new round of tariffs will affect amputees. But after gathering some intel from informed medical and O&P industry sources, we can offer a few educated guesses.
The Trauma of Diabetes-related Limb Loss | Amplitude
The Trauma of Diabetes-related Limb Loss | Amplitude
Scenes From an Amputee-Prosthetist Marriage | Amplitude
Scenes From an Amputee-Prosthetist Marriage | Amplitude
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Paralympics 2024
2024 Paralympics: Team USA's Comeback Kids
2024 Paralympics: Team USA's Comeback Kids
Whenever a medal contender misses the Paralympics for some reason, it’s a tough pill to swallow. The wait for redemption is almost over for several American athletes who coulda/shoulda added medals to their trophy case in Tokyo.
2024 Paralympics | Amputee Athletes | Team USA
2024 Paralympics | Amputee Athletes | Team USA
2024 Paralympics
2024 Paralympics
Paralympic Viewing Schedule for Top Amputee Athletes
Paralympic Viewing Schedule for Top Amputee Athletes
Some of the most dramatic Paralympic competitions will involve amputee athletes like Hunter Woodhall, Ezra Frech, and Jessica Long. We’ve compiled a viewing guide so you can catch the biggest events and biggest names.
US Amputees at the 2024 Paralympics
US Amputees at the 2024 Paralympics
Players to Watch at the US Amputee Soccer Cup
Players to Watch at the US Amputee Soccer Cup
The second annual US Amputee Soccer Cup goes down this weekend in Cambridge MA. Here are a handful of the most interesting players who will be competing in Cambridge this weekend.
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