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Local Support Groups
Kentucky:
Coming soon
North Carolina:
T.A.S. - Triangle Amputee Support
Meets Monthly on every 2nd Tuesday 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Lenox Baker RM 132 3000 Erwin Rd. Durham, NC 27705
For more information, call or email: Nancy Payne, RN
Phone: 919.668.0135
Email: nancy.payne@duke.edu
Wake Amputee Support Group
Meets 2nd Thursday of each month 4-5pm
Wake Raleigh Campus, Health Park Classroom 3000 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh
For more information, please contact Wendy Dunn at 350-8808 or Shiela McNair, Patient Representative at 803-5956 or email ral_asg.yahoo.com
New York:Coming soon
Information & Support
American Board for Certification (ABC)
Facility and Practitioner Directory
www.oandpcare.org
ABC provides a Web site to use for locating ABC certified practitioners and accredited facilities. Visitors can search by name, zip code, city, or state. The site also provides Web links and phone numbers to a variety of organizations that provide information and services for people with limb loss.
Amputee Coalition of America (ACA)
www.amputee-coalition.org
ACA is a non-profit consumer educational organization providing education, support, and advocacy, and publishes “inMotion” magazine.
American Amputee Foundation (AAF)
www.americanamputee.org
AAF provides information, referral, peer counseling, self-help literature, and education.
American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
The American Diabetes Association offers support and education for diabetics and families of diabetics who have lost limbs due to amputation and/or nerve damage from the disease.
Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA)
www.dsusa.org
DSUSA promotes rehabilitation through sports and recreation. The Web site lists the nationwide network of community-based chapters that offer a variety of programs and publishes “Challenge” magazine.
Disability Today Publishing Group
www.aacpam.org
Disability Today is a committee of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and publishes “Active Living” magazine.
National Amputee Golf Association (NAGA)
www.nagagolf.org
NAGA currently has more than 2,500 members worldwide and promotes golf for amputees, and sponsors clinics and tournaments. It also publishes “Amputee Golfer” magazine.
United Amputee Services Association, Inc.
www.oandp.com/resources/organizations/uasa
The association provides information regarding amputation, limb care, returning to activities of daily life, and a variety of other topics. It publishes “A Survivor’s Guide for the Recent Amputee.”
Organizations
American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC)
www.abcop.org
ABC sets the standards for professionals and patient care facilities.
Limbs for Life Foundation
www.limbsforlife.org
A global nonprofit organization dedicated to providing fully functional prosthetic care for individuals who cannot otherwise afford it and to raising awareness of the challenges facing amputees.
oandp.com
www.oandp.com
This Web site provides information on a wide variety of topics of interest for both the professional and the community.
Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics
www.acpoc.org
Challenge Athletes Foundation
It is the mission of the Challenged Athletes Foundation to provide opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics. The Challenged Athletes Foundation believes that involvement in sports at any level increases self-esteem, encourages independence and enhances quality of life.
www.challengedathletes.org
Bridge2Sports
Bridge II Sports, a non-profit organization, creates opportunities for children and adults who are physically challenged to play team and individual sports by providing equipment, developing sport teams and coaching, thereby helping them discover tenacity, confidence, self-esteem and the joy of finding the player within.
bridge2sports.org
Manufacturers
College Park
www.college-park.com
Endolite
www.endolite.com
Knit-Rite
www.knitrite.com
Ohio Willow wood
www.owwco.com
Ossur
www.ossur.com
Otto Bock
www.ottobockus.com