Amputee Coalition Fact Sheet

Online Support for People with Diabetes

Mary Pierson Fact Sheet

Updated 07/2019 –
Diabetes can contribute to complications such as neuropathy and vascular disease, which often lead to limb loss. Getting support from others with diabetes can help you better manage your condition and help you prevent complications in the future. The following are online resources, support groups, blogs and forums for people with diabetes who wish to communicate with others sharing similar experiences.

Amputee Coalition Fact Sheet

Adaptive Clothing Resources

Web Administration Fact Sheet

Created 5/2019 –
Adaptive clothing, or adapted clothes, are clothing, accessories and footwear specially designed for people with physical disabilities and others who lack the full range of motion required for self-dressing.

Amputee Coalition Fact Sheet

Caregiver Resources

Mary Pierson Fact Sheet

Created 04/2019 Being a Caregiver: Beginning Your New Journey The Amputee Coalition offers Being a Caregiver: Beginning Your New Journey ...
Amputee Coalition Fact Sheet

Travel Information: TSA Security Checkpoint

Mary Pierson Fact Sheet

Last updated 04/2019 –
Planning a trip can be an exciting process as you eagerly await the opportunity to have some much-needed rest and relaxation. It may also be necessary for you to travel to visit with your friends and loved ones. One of the obstacles before getting you to your destination is navigating airport security. This fact sheet will provide you with information on what you need to know, as an individual with limb loss, before stepping through the security checkpoint.

Mirror Therapy

Mary Pierson inMotion

inMotion · Volume 20 · Issue 6 · November/December 2010 –
by Beth D. Darnall, PHD –
Phantom pain is often a chronic, debilitating condition that affects about 80 percent of people following limb loss.