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The Amputee Coalition recognizes the challenges of recovering from a traumatic event, such as losing a limb or learning that your child will be born with limb loss. With over 300 support groups and over 1,000 peer visitors nationwide, peer support offers emotional support, encouragement, and information vital to a full recovery. [citation needed]
Limb Loss Task Force, Amputee Coalition, Roadmap for Preventing Limb Loss in America.pdf, Knoxville, TN; 2012; Advanced Prosthetics Center, Prosthetic Rehabilitation Manual: Transtibial (Below Knee) Amputation, Omaha, NE; 2013
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The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) was a Texas state agency that was part of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The agency worked with Texans with disabilities and children with developmental delays to improve the quality of their lives and to enable their full participation in society.
The World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF) is the sport governing body responsible for the administration of amputee football associations worldwide. It is responsible for the organization of the Men and Women's Amputee World Cup .
Amputee sports classification is a disability specific sport classification used for disability sports to facilitate fair competition among people with different types of amputations. This classification was set up by International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD), and is currently managed by IWAS who ISOD merged with in 2005.
Texas: Governor of Texas Attorney General of Texas: Paraplegic due to a 1984 freak accident when a falling oak tree hit him in the back [20] Jim Baird: Republican: Indiana: U.S. Representative: Lost his left arm during a combat injury in the Vietnam War [21] Roswell P. Bishop: Republican: Michigan: U.S. Representative: Amputee, lost right arm ...
As a triple amputee, he has become a motivational speaker, mentor to young amputees, and amputee activist. He is also an actor. He has been characterized as the "quintessential California teenager" for "his blond hair, buff torso, and megawatt smile" albeit "on a pair of shiny, state-of-the-art robotic legs."