Amputee Coalition Sponsoring National Forum on Disability Issues

This historic, nonpartisan forum will be held on September 28, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt Regency.

Only 15 spots left for 2012 Amputee Coalition Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp!

These spots will be filled first-come, first-served. If you have not submitted your camp application, please click here now!

inMotion - A Publication of the Amputee Coalition

A Case for Body Powered Hooks

Will new devices make traditional body-powered cable hooks obsolete? Maybe eventually, but at present there are still many reasons why upper-limb amputees might prefer body-powered hooks. Read the article (PDF)...

Becoming Your Own Best Advocate

The goal in self-advocacy is to empower patients to see themselves as experts in what is needed and useful and to ask for it. Read the article (PDF)...

20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors

View this fact sheet from the Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality.

Preventing Contractures

Contractures are the permanent or semi-permanent restriction of movement of soft tissues due to shortening and/or structural changes in the connective tissues of the body. Read the article (PDF)...

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The CDC has a new disability health data system website that allows users to interact with data covering a variety of disability health topics.
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