AMPUTEE COALITION

The Amputee Coalition works to raise awareness about and increase practices to prevent limb loss. Together with their thousands of supporters, the Amputee Coalition is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to ensuring no amputee feels alone and that amputees and their families have the resources they need to recover, readjust and live life fully with limb loss/difference. Headquartered in the Greater Washington DC Area in Manassas, Virginia, they have more than 300 support groups ... in our network, more than 1,000 certified peer visitors across the country, and more than 65,000 friends in our data base. In 1986, a small group of amputee support group leaders recognized the need for an organization dedicated to the needs of people with limb loss, their families and healthcare providers. Working entirely as volunteers, they laid the foundation for what the Amputee Coalition of America (d.b.a Amputee Coalition) is today, the leading national non-profit organization that empowers individuals with limb loss through education, support and advocacy. Membership in the Amputee Coalition is free - just go to their home page and sign up. A 1-year subscription to inMotion, an award-winning publication covering a range of topics for people with limb loss, is $24. The Amputee Coalition is a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.