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- ACA Names New Editor and Senior Editor
Knoxville, TN. -- Rick Bowers and Bill Dupes, employees in the Publications Department of the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA), have been promoted to editor and senior editor, respectively.
- Shark-Attack Survivor Accepts National “Free Spirit” Honor
Bethany Hamilton, a shark-attack survivor who overcame the loss of her left arm to return to the sport of surfing, has been acclaimed as a 2004 Free Spirit honoree.
- “The Best Thing in the World”
Raised in a small, supportive community, Jaymie Kraus didn’t learn about the adversities and opportunities of people with limb differences until she became an adult
- Bidding Demonstration: Setting the Record Straight for Prosthetic Consumers
- Do's and Don'ts of A Legislative Visit
- ADVOCACY NEWS: Licensure vs. Certification: How It Can Affect You!
- The Power of Peers
This article looks at the importance of peers in providing guidance and emotional support when faced with an amputation.
- Peer Visitor Support of Recent U.S. Military Amputees
This article takes a look at the peer visitation program in place at the Amputee Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
- Facing Amputation Surgery: The Value of Peer Contact
This article talks about the value of peer support for amputees.
- Funding Raising for Your Support Group
This fact sheet discusses support group member involvement in fundraising. Ideas for different types of fundraisers are included as well.
- Starting a Support Group: The Basics
Starting a support group is a responsibility, a challenge, and a very meaningful experience. This fact sheet offers a listing of some basic steps needed to start a support group. Steps were compiled from successful support groups and organizations all ove
- Understanding ACA's Peer Network
This fact sheet offers an explanation of ACA's national peer network. Details covered include the network's purpose and how it works, as well as the required training for peer visitors.
- Giving Back - Couples Who Peer Visit
This article takes a brief look at couples that do peer visitation as part of the Amputee Coalition of America's National Peer Network.
- When Your Support Group Needs Support
This article takes a brief look at resources for support groups.
- You Don't Have to Deal With Amputation Alone
This article takes a brief look at the Amputee Coalition of America's National Peer Network.
- Peer Contact for Parents of Children with Congenital Amputation
Karen Neimanas discusses the role of peer visitor when parents are confronted with the birth of a child with a congenital limb difference.
- Notes from the medical director: first and foremost, listen!: lessons learned from mentors and peer visitors
Doug Smith, ACA Medical Director, discusses the important role that mentors can play in our lives and how a peer visitor can become a mentor.
- Communicator: Newsletter for amputee support group leaders
This site contains links to both HTML and PDF versions of the Communicator newsletter published for amputee support group leaders.
- On-line communication resources for those with limb loss
Resources for amputees or family members of amputees who would like to communicate with other amputees via Internet bulletin boards or e-mail lists.
- Advocating For Your Child
- ACA Announces New Publication for Parents
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is proud to announce the release of Expectations: Parenting Children and Teens With Limb Differences. This 36-page resource guide addresses some of the issues parents face after giving birth to a baby with a limb dif
- Cancer Was The Easy Part
- ACA Names New Staff Writer
ACA announces the appointment of Scott McNutt as staff writer.
- A Circle of Friends - The Power of Peer Support
- The Prosthesis and Its Components - Choices, Choices and More Choices
- When to Help Your Child and When to Let Go
- A Message From the President & CEO
- Physical Activity Can Reduce Secondary Conditions in Youths With Limb Differences
- Building a Positive Body Image
- Prostheses for Children & Teens With Limb Differences - Issues and Expectations
- Questions to Ask Your Child's Doctor
- Resources
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road - Assistance Sources for Children and Teens With Limb Differences
- Enrichment Beyond Words
- ACA’s LLEAP Curriculum Now Available as Free Download
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is proud to announce the digitization of the Limb Loss Education & Awareness Program (LLEAP) for use as a teaching tool.
- ACA’s LLEAP Curriculum Now Available as Free Download
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is proud to announce the digitization of the Limb Loss Education & Awareness Program (LLEAP) for use as a teaching tool.
- Tell Us What You Think - ACA Online User Survey Expands
- OPAF to Host Auction Event to Benefit Programs for Amputees and Orthosis Wearers
- World T.E.A.M Sports Hosts 2007 Face of America Bike Ride to Honor and Include Those Severely Injured in Iraq and Afghanistan
- ACA's Knoxville Office Is Moving April 9-13
- Paddy Rossbach speaking at a national press event
- OPAF Announces upcoming First Volley Tennis Clinic In PA.
- UpperEx National Outreach Coalition Announces The Midwest One Arm Trap Shoot & Shooting Clinic
- Challenged Athlete Foundation (CAF) Employment Opportunity
CAF is now accepting resumes and application for the position of Marketing Coordinator.
- CAF Multi-Sport & Mobility Clinic For Physically Challenged Athletes
The clinic will be held on June 2nd beginning at 10am at San Francisco’s Marina Green. This is your chance to meet and learn from some of the many elite physically challenged athletes supported by CAF.
- OPAF Introduces First Dive™ Adaptive Scuba Program
- Amputee Golf Tournament in Greeley, Colorado,July 12-14, 2007
UNITED STATES COMBINED(WAGA)(SWAGA)Regional Amputee Open will be held July 12, 13, 14, 2007.
- Central PA College Softball Fundraiser
Softball Game Fundraiser to Raise Funds for ACA
- BOC Adds to Certification, Accreditation Programs
- Safko Becomes BOC Executive
- OPAF Call for Nominations
OPAF call for nominations for Board of Directors
- Knoxville Prosthetic Company Holds Fundraiser for ACA Youth Camp
- VA Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service
- ACA Youth Camp a Tremendous Success: See Media Coverage
- BOC Pedorthic Scope Established
The Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification (BOC) has established the Scope of Practice for BOC-certified pedorthists. The Scope provides definitions of: the practice of pedorthics, the certified pedorthist, pedorthic devices, general requirements f
- Other News: Scholarship Opportunity for Students with Limb Difference
Scholarship for students entering first or second year of college.
- Vote for a Hero and Help ACA
Todd Huston to donate $5,000 if he wins Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame.
- Two Join BOC Board
- AgrAbility National Training Workshop
AgrAbility 2007 Workshops
- Vote today for Amy Palmiero-Winters for the 2007 Runners World Magazine “Peoples Choice Heroes of Running Award”
Vote today for Amy Palmiero-Winters for the 2007 Runners World Magazine “Peoples Choice Heroes of Running Award”
- OPAF’s First Volley Receives Racquets from Billie Jean King
- Career Expo for People With Disabilities Scheduled for November
- Fire Destroys Offices of Challenged Athletes Foundation
Fire Destroys Offices of Challenged Athletes Foundation
- Lamm Joins BOC Board 10-16-07
- Fitzgerald Joins BOC Board 10-16-07
- BOC-ABC Trademark Settlement
- "Shop for a Cause" to Support the ACA
- "Shop for a Cause" to Support the ACA
- CAF Extends Grant Deadline
- First Volley Scores USTA Tennis & Education Foundation Grant Again!
- First Volley BCRC December Registration Form
- Other News: One Hand Clapping – UnLIMB-ited Possibilities: Amputee Film Project Begins
- Other News: Improving Functional Outcomes for Amputee: A Collaborative Approach
- Other news: Amputees seek better insurance coverage for prosthetics
- House measure seeks benefits parity for prosthetic care
- House measure seeks benefits parity for prosthetic care
By: Colleen McCarthy
Business Insurance
March 31, 2008
- House measure seeks benefits parity for prosthetic care
- Other news: Operation Confidence's First Annual Disability Empowerment Expo, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Other news: 'Grandfather' of Chicago prosthetics still thriving in age of microchips
- Other news: Challenged Athletes Foundation Announces 2008 Access for Athletes Grants: More than $1 Million Distributed to 625 Physically Challenged Athletes Worldwide
- Other news: Teens struck by train might have been asleep
- Other news: Amputees Start Favoring Metal Prostheses To Realistic Artificial Limbs
- Other News: Coverage cap unfair: Health insurers should cover prosthetics as they do other medical needs
- Other News: Independence Expo 2008: Sponsored by United Spinal Association
- Other News: Independence Expo 2008: Sponsored by United Spinal Association
- Other News: Independence Expo 2008: Sponsored by United Spinal Association
- Other news: Young amputees put prosthetics to work
- Other news: Prosthetic limbs no roadblock to amputee's goals, successes
- Other news: Carlsbad amputee reaches goal of triathlon world champ
- Other news: Congressional Action On Durable Medical Equipment Could Jeopardize Patient Care For Amputees And Other Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries
- Other news: A Personal Call to a Prosthetic Invention
- Other news: Amputee athletes ready for Extremity Games
- Other news: Group hopes prosthetics foster independence in Sierra Leone
- Other news: Artistic designs allow amputees to step in style
- THE 2008 PARALYMPIC WORLD CUP GAMES HIGHLIGHTS ARE COMING TO ESPNU
Never Dull Productions
- Golf and Poker Tournaments to Benefit Wounded Warrior Project
- Follow the 2008 Beijing Paralympics Online
- Limb Loss Study Needs Participants
- 11th Annual Triumph on the Greens Golf Clinic and Tournament Clinic
- David Puckett, CPO is in the running for CNN HERO
- The Social Justice Movement of the 21st Century... Building a Bridge Between Disability and Community Philanthropy
- Long Overdue, Telecast Isn’t Short on Emotion
It is a 90-minute, continuous “Oh my” journey with amputee sprinters and swimmers, wheelchair basketball players and racers, a paralyzed shot-putter, a sailor with Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Marin Morrison, a swimmer devastated by a brain tumor.
- The Amputee Coalition of America Congratulates Paralympic Athletes
- Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund Seeks O&P-Related Art
- Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund’s First Bid Offers Amazing Items
- Queen Latifah, John Mayer Visit Sesame Street to Help Military Families Cope With Change, Including Limb Loss
- Queen Latifah, John Mayer Visit Sesame Street to Help Military Families Cope With Change, Including Limb Loss
- Delaware Legislation Would Require Insurers to Cover Prosthetic Limbs
- Helen D. Cuyler Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board
Orlando, Florida resident Helen D. Cuyler, retired educator from the Orange County Public School system, has been elected to the Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors.
- Helen D. Cuyler Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board
Orlando, Florida resident Helen D. Cuyler, retired educator from the Orange County Public School system, has been elected to the Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors.
- Helen D. Cuyler Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board
Orlando, Florida resident Helen D. Cuyler, retired educator from the Orange County Public School system, has been elected to the Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors
- Mona Patel Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board of Directors
San Antonio resident and activist Mona Patel has been elected to the Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors at their recent meeting.
- Mona Patel Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board of Directors
San Antonio resident and activist Mona Patel has been elected to the Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors at their recent meeting.
- Mona Patel Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board of Directors
San Antonio resident and activist Mona Patel has been elected to the Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors at their recent meeting.
- Utah Activist Tami Stanley Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board
Orem, Utah resident Tami Stanley was recently elected to Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors.
- Utah Activist Tami Stanley Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board
Orem, Utah resident Tami Stanley was recently elected to Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors.
- Utah Activist Tami Stanley Elected to Amputee Coalition of America Board
Orem, Utah resident Tami Stanley was recently elected to Amputee Coalition of America’s Board of Directors.
- Visit the Exhibit Hall - 2010 National Conference
- Ohio Willow Wood Becomes Amputee Coalition of America’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp Sponsor
The Amputee Coalition of America is proud to recognize the longstanding commitment and support of Ohio Willow Wood (OWW) as a Lodestone Sponsor of the Amputee Coalition of America’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp for 2010.
- Ohio Willow Wood Becomes Amputee Coalition of America’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp Sponsor
The Amputee Coalition of America is proud to recognize the longstanding commitment and support of Ohio Willow Wood (OWW) as a Lodestone Sponsor of the Amputee Coalition of America’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp for 2010.
- The Sky’s the Limit for Airborne Amputees, Wounded Warriors and ACA Members
- The Sky’s the Limit for Airborne Amputees, Wounded Warriors and ACA Members
- Bill Could Help Fund Prosthetics
Dan Ignaszewski, of the nonprofit advocacy group Amputee Coalition of America, said most insurance policies cover only the first $2,500 of the cost for prosthetic devices because they are classified as "durable medical equipment," along with canes and whe
- Bill Could Help Fund Prosthetics
Dan Ignaszewski, of the nonprofit advocacy group Amputee Coalition of America, said most insurance policies cover only the first $2,500 of the cost for prosthetic devices because they are classified as "durable medical equipment," along with canes and whe
- Kendra Calhoun, President & CEO of Amputee Coalition of America, Appointed to Medicare Advisory Committee
Calhoun to serve as Patient Advocate.
- Kendra Calhoun, President & CEO of Amputee Coalition of America, Appointed to Medicare Advisory Committee
Calhoun to serve as Patient Advocate.
- Celebrating 10 Years of Success
- Celebrating 10 Years of Success
- TSA Staff Lack Training, Respect in Screening Amputees
In an ACA press release today, a survey of 7,300 amputees around the country revealed instances of "inconsistent, unfair, abusive and often embarrassing screenings."
- Fireworks Accidents Cause Amputations and Third-Degree Burns
The Amputee Coalition of America urges families to make sure their children are properly supervised and all instructions followed when using fireworks this Fourth of July.
- Fireworks Accidents Cause Amputations and Third-Degree Burns
The Amputee Coalition of America urges families to make sure their children are properly supervised and all instructions followed when using fireworks this Fourth of July.
- TSA Airport Security Screeners Disregard Procedures, Safety and Respect for Amputees, According to Amputee Coalition of America Survey
Survey Results Show Lack of Awareness for Disability Population
- TSA Airport Security Screeners Disregard Procedures, Safety and Respect for Amputees, According to Amputee Coalition of America Survey
Survey Results Show Lack of Awareness for Disability Population
- Knoxville-based amputee group questions TSA
The Knoxville-based Amputee Coalition of America says amputees are being mistreated at airport security checkpoints across the nation.
- Convening of Limb Loss Task Force Is a Step Toward Fulfilling the Amputee Coalition’s 2015 Five Year Plan
- ACA Calls for Improved Screening Procedures for TSA
- ACA Calls for Improved Screening Procedures for TSA
- Amputee Coalition of America’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp Reaches Goal of 100 Campers
- Amputee Coalition of America’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp Reaches Goal of 100 Campers
- Amputee Coalition of America’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp Reaches Goal of 100 Campers
- Dumfries Teen's Determination Outweighs Loss of Limb
Daniel is one of 100 children from across the United States who will participate in the 11th annual Amputee Coalition of America's Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp.
- Guest column: After 20 years, ADA still provides for equal access
The Amputee Coalition of America's President and CEO, Kendra Calhoun, shares her view of the 20th anniversary of the ADA. What an exciting day this is for all who have worked for equal access and opportunity for people of all abilities!
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Boulder, Colorado – Paradox Sports is pleased to announce the first annual gathering of Gimps On Ice in Ouray Colorado on March 8th and 9th, 2008. Over the weekend 10 disabled athletes will descend on the Uncompahgre Gorge in Ouray Colorado to face the mile of vertical ice in the gorge, learning about the specialized equipment and techniques needed climb vertical waterfalls. Men and women who are missing limbs or eyes or the use of their legs will gather to challenge themselves physically and mentally and, especially to challenge the common perception that an amputee is handicapped or that a paraplegic must, by default, lead a second-rate life. Malcolm Daly, Executive Director and amputee, puts it succinctly: “Ice is the great equalizer. None of us can climb it without adaptive equipment. We just go one step further.”
Paradox Sports was created by an eclectic group of individuals with a common desire to integrate the physically disabled into the outdoor community by providing inspiration, opportunities, and the adaptive equipment needed to participate in human-powered outdoor sports. It is the brainchild of Army Captain DJ Skelton and professional climber Timmy O'Neill. DJ was wounded in Iraq and is still on active duty AND works as an advocate for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. Timmy travels the world as an entertainer, climber, and ambassador for the outdoor clothing company, Patagonia. The common bond of loving the outdoors and wanting to share it with others, regardless of physical limitations, is what brought them together.
The Ouray Ice Park was opened in 1995 as the world's first park devoted exclusively to the sport of ice climbing. A small band of local volunteers and business owners developed the Park utilizing a unique set of assets found perhaps only in Ouray: a one-hundred-foot-deep, mile-long gorge that descends right into town. Over the past 14 years the park has grown to become the largest ice climbing park in the world and attracts climbers from all over the world.
Gimps On Ice is made possible by the support of the Ouray Victorian Inn, San Juan Mountain Guides, the Outlaw Restaurant and Ouray Mountain Sports.
For more information contact:
Malcolm Daly
Executive Director
(303)909-6067
www.paradoxsports.org
mdaly@paradoxsports.org
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