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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
- M-STAR Seeks Donations for Operation Compassion
The Michigan Society To Advance Rehabilitation, Inc. (M-STAR) is seeking used lower-limb components and funds to transport prostheses, equipment and a health team to Mexico in September.
- 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.
- ACA Announces New Outreach Staff
The Amputee Coalition of America is proud to announce the appointment of Shara Roe as special events and outreach assistant, focusing on the ACA Annual Conference & Exposition.
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: July/Aug 2005 inMotion
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: July/Aug 2005 inMotion
- Advocacy - NLLIC Topic of the Month - Nov. 2004
List of all advocacy related materials in the NLLIC onine catalog.
- Taking a Bite out of APPLL: Paving the Way Toward Better Health
The ACA is working to promote the importance of healthful living to people living with limb differences and healthcare professionals.
- Taking a Bite out of APPLL: Paving the Way Toward Better Health
The ACA is working to promote the importance of healthful living to people living with limb differences and healthcare professionals.
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Turning the Insurance Trend Around - InMotion Nov/Dec 2005
Whatever coverage our insurance plans are providing is in jeopardy. If the trend continues, we will have to pay more out of pocket for our future prosthetic devices. To prevent this scenario, we need to write letters to our state representatives about thi
- Join the Effort to Enhance NIH Rehabilitation Research!
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is working with an alliance of 25 national organizations to raise the status of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to an Institute or independen
- Prosthetic Parity Hearing 6/12/06!
- Prosthetic Parity Moving Forward in Pennsylvania!
- Oregon Parity Meeting
The Amputee Coalition of America invites you to a community information and organizing meeting to discuss prosthetic parity in Oregon!
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: ACA Activist Advocating Against Job Discrimination
Dave Dunville, one of the leaders of the Michigan campaign for prosthetic coverage, is actively advocating for amputees' right to serve as firefighters.
- Stay informed by reading APPLL Core: Access to Care
- ADVOCACY NEWS: Activists Rally for Prosthetic Coverage
- Oregon Passes Important Amputee Healthcare Legislation
After less than a year, Oregon just became the seventh state to sign parity into law.
- Prosthetic Parity Campaign Making Major Strides
ACA's prosthetic parity campaign gains nationwide attention with 26 states making strides in the battle for coverage and a congressional bill in the beginning stages.
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: ACA Expands Advocacy Department
There are many exciting things on the horizon for the ACA's advocacy department including a federal bill and a new staff person!
- Kicking for Kids Who Can't Event in Washington, D.C.
Kicking For Kids Who Can't is an event taking place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on October 7th, 2007. Kids adults of all ages will kick with all of their might to raise money to benefit the Limbs For Life Foundation, a Non-Profit 501(c)(3), w
- Kicking for Kids Who Can't Event in Washington, D.C.
Kicking For Kids Who Can't is an event taking place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on October 7th, 2007. Kids adults of all ages will kick with all of their might to raise money to benefit the Limbs For Life Foundation, a Non-Profit 501(c)(3), w
- UPDATE on the vote to override the president's veto of critical programs
Many ACA members made calls andn sent e-mails to help override Bush's Veto of the FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill.
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: California Becomes the Fifth State to Ensure Coverage
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: CA and MA Join the Trend to Protect Access to Prosthetic Coverage
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Portrait of a Prosthetic Parity Activist
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Portrait of an Activist
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: New States Join the Fight for Prosthetic Parity
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Portrait of a Parity Activist
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Portrait of an Activist
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Prosthetic Coverage on the Legislative Agenda in Many States
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: New Year and New Energy in the Fight for Prosthetic Coverage
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Celebrating a Victory in the Fight for Parity
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Parity Campaign Moving Full Speed Ahead
- ADVOCACY UPDATE: Activists Unite in Support of Parity
- Advocacy Update: Victory in Virginia!
- Top 10 Tips for Growing Up as an Amputee & Advice from Kids & Teens Who’ve Been There
Read what other young amputees are dealing with and see what advice they have.
- ADVOCACY NEWS: New Jersey Passes Parity Bill
- ADVOCACY NEWS: Rally Protests Insurers' Refusal To Cover Prosthetic Costs
- ADVOCACY NEWS: To Promote Bills, Amputees Describe Insurance Travails
- ADVOCACY NEWS: ACA Calls for Meaningful Health Insurance Coverage for Prosthetic Care
- ADVOCACY NEWS: Federal Prosthetic Coverage Bill Introduced
- ADVOCACY NEWS: Summer Internships Available in the National Advocacy Office
- ADVOCACY NEWS: Position Open in the National Advocacy Office
- ADVOCACY NEWS: House measure seeks benefits parity for prosthetic care
- 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!
- Amputee Coalition of America Announces Scholarship Recipient
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) has announced Cady Tescher, 18, of Glendora, California, as the recipient of the $1,000 Christina Skoski, M.D., Scholarship.
- Amputee Coalition of America Announces Scholarship Recipient
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) has announced Cady Tescher, 18, of Glendora, California, as the recipient of the $1,000 Christina Skoski, M.D., Scholarship.
- World Land Speed Record-Holder Mike Roman is Keynote Speaker at Amputee Coalition of America National Conference in Irvine, California
“Dreams come true if you have the courage to dream them,” is race car driver and world land speed record-holder Mike Roman’s motto. As an amputee, Roman is dedicated to spreading his message of hope, and he will do just that at the Amputee Coalition of Am
- World Land Speed Record-Holder Mike Roman is Keynote Speaker at Amputee Coalition of America National Conference in Irvine, California
“Dreams come true if you have the courage to dream them,” is race car driver and world land speed record-holder Mike Roman’s motto. As an amputee, Roman is dedicated to spreading his message of hope, and he will do just that at the Amputee Coalition of Am
- Advertisements - Amputee Coalition of America
Please help the ACA by clicking on advertisers’ links. By visiting their websites, you are helping the ACA support the various programs that provide help and assistance to amputees, their families, and caregivers.
- Amputee Coalition of America Holds Successful Meeting with Top Transportation Security Administration Officials in Washington
Agency pledges better training, cooperation and sensitivity when screening air travelers with limb loss
- Amputee Coalition of America Holds Successful Meeting with Top Transportation Security Administration Officials in Washington
Agency pledges better training, cooperation and sensitivity when screening air travelers with limb loss
- In Memoriam: Todd Anderson (1960-2010)
- In Memoriam: Todd Anderson (1960-2010)
- Kim Duckett Named Finalist for National Award
- Kim Duckett Named Finalist for National Award
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On Wednesday, February 22, the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) joined the Florida Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists (FAOP) for an exhibition in Tallahassee at the capitol to reach out to legislators and their staff to raise awareness about the needs of amputees. The ACA and FAOP were joined by a wide range of partners including Otto Bock, Ossur, Hanger, and Shriners Hospitals for Children. Regas Woods, a bilateral above-knee amputee and record holder in track and field, also attended.
Right now, the FAOP is working with local partners and activists to update the Florida Licensure Law for Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics in order to continue to enhance and promote the provisions of this legislation and ensure quality care for all Florida patients.
This is an important move forward for the Sunshine State. This effort will allow activists to open up a conversation about the standard of care that each patient should be able to not only expect, but also afford.
Florida is hoping to launch a parity bill in the 2007 session. The ACA will continue to work with local groups and individuals over the next year as we prepare to fight for prosthetic coverage. We will offer guidance throughout the campaign, as well as continued support on the ground. We are looking forward to an exciting year ahead!
We would love to hear from you if you are interested in helping to push for prosthetic parity! Contact us at 202/302-4373 or msheets@amputee-coalition.org.
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For more information about our Action Plan for People with Limb Loss (APPLL), the campaign to push for parity:
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/aca_advocacy_stateparity.html
For more information about the FAOP: http://www.faop.org/ |