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Amputee Coalition of America
- National, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. The ACA includes individual amputees, amputee education and support groups, professionals family members and friends, agencies, and organizations.
Alatheia Amputee Rehabilitation Center
- Helps amputees who desire rehabilitation through realistic prosthetic restorations. Also provide the latest technology in every area of the prosthetics field.
TAS Foundation
- Information about amputees living with a handicap; spreading knowledge to try to be an inspiration to our readers.
Hemipelvectomy
- Everything about hemipelvectomy (high amputation of the leg). In English, Nederlands and Deutsch.
Amputee Resources for Canadian Amputees
- Includes phantom pain support group, information about sports, humor, stories, news. Also personal site for Larry Gardner.
Amputee Information Network
- Includes mailing lists adults and the International Child Amputee Network.
American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
- ABC was created in 1948 to promote the welfare of the physically challenged by establishing standards for patients receiving orthotic or prosthetic care. ABC conducts examinations to evaluate the competency of those persons planning to enter the practice of orthotics and prosthetics.
One Arm Dove Hunt
- Annual event for arm amputees. Located in Olney, Texas.
Amputee Web
- News and stories of amputees throughout the world.
Amputee-Online.com
- Community for people with amputee.
Kostas Z Foundation
- An organization promoting the full participation of the disabled and the issue of accessibility. Information and links to other such organizations.
Cripworld Guide to Amputation
- Includes message board, articles, resources, prosthetist and practitioners database.
Tips 4 Arm-Amps
- Created to show arm amps how to do things one handed, such as using a grungy on the stump to wash a remaining arm.
Prosthetika.com
- Collection of short video clips and instructions to help amputees perform specific tasks and activities.
Amputation and Prosthetics
- Developed by high school students. Includes types, procedures, rehabilitation, and causes of amputation, with information about prosthetic limbs and other artificial body parts.
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