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.

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