AmputeeA better kind of news desk
Reporting, real-world guides, and a little useful mischief for amputees, limb-different people, and everyone in their corner.
No inspiration-porn. We skip the sappy "overcame all odds" angle and just report the actual story.
Brian Hafner, PhD, receives a $30,000 Live in Motion Foundation Pilot Research Grant to support innovative O&P research. A pilot grant occupies a specific position in the research funding ecosystem — this is what that position is, and why the distinction from an early-career award matters.
The Amputee Coalition's Peer Visitor Network trains certified volunteers with personal limb loss experience to connect with people newly facing amputation. What the program is, how it works, who it reaches, and the honest gaps.
A physician's MedPage Today essay, flagged by The O&P EDGE, argues the 'difficult patient' label reveals how a clinician experienced an interaction—not what the patient needs. In prosthetics, that asymmetry has recognizable patterns and real consequences.
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