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1. Amputee and Disability Resource Directory for Canadian Amputees
   This site offers an amputee and disability resource directory for Canada, including links to the Amputee Phantom Pain Support Group, amputee humor and stories, news and more for the active or new amputee. [More Information on Amputee and Disability Resource Directory for Canadian Amputees]
   
   
2. Amputee Coalition of America
   The ACA is a national, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. It includes individual amputees, amputee education and support groups for amputees, professionals, family members and friends of amputees, amputation or limb loss related agencies, and organizations. The ACA operates the National Limb Loss Information Center, provides informational resources such as educational books and fact sheets, and publishes the bimonthly "inMotion" magazine. [More Information on Amputee Coalition of America]
   
   
3. Amputee Web Site
   This site "is designed primarily to help out amputees on a peer to peer basis." There also are resources for "friends and families of amputees, doctors, prosthetists, teachers, PE instructors, physical therapists or anyone wanting to know more about amputation." The site works with the Amputee listserve hosted by St. John's Unversity in New York. [More Information on Amputee Web Site]
   
   
4. Amputeenews.com
   This site is operated by an individual with an amputation and is intended to be a news resource "for amputees, their friends and family, those who work with amputees, and those who are simply curious." The site offers amputee news, amputees in the news and making news and information about new prosthetic technologies. [More Information on Amputeenews.com]
   
   
5. Association of Amputee Surfers
   AmpSurf is a non-profit organization made up of amputees, veterans, people with other disabilities, and their friends and family. The association seeks to promote, inspire, educate, and rehabilitate people with disabilities, especially veterans, through adaptive surfing and fun, safe outdoor activities in which all can participate. [More Information on Association of Amputee Surfers]
   
   
6. Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics
   The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics is an association of professionals who are involved in clinics which provide prosthetic-orthotic care for children with limb loss or orthopaedic disabilities. [More Information on Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics]
   
   
7. Lilly Walters' About One Hand Typing
   Lilly Walters, who is a one-hand typist and an author of two books on the topic, offers this site providing information on the options available for one-hand typists, as well as some motivational success stories, and available products. [More Information on Lilly Walters' About One Hand Typing]
   
   
8. MossRehab Hospital
   MossRehab is a hospital in the Philadelphia area offers comprehensive care to people with a broad range of conditions--including stroke, brain injury, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal disabilities, spinal cord dysfunction, pulmonary disorders, amputations, and other forms of disability. The site also offers a wide variety of other information on disability-related subjects including the ADA and accessible travel. [More Information on MossRehab Hospital]
   
   
9. OddShoeFinder.com
   "This site allows users to list their single shoes or mismatched pairs of shoes for sale and to search for other single shoes or mismatched pairs of shoes for sale in their sizes." [More Information on OddShoeFinder.com]
   
   
10. Scott Sabolich Prosthetics & Research
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1. 2009 Amputee Coalition of America Annual Conference
   June 18, 2009 to June 21, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
   The Amputee Coalition will bring together people with limb loss/limb difference, their families and healthcare professionals for 4 days of education, support and networking. [More Information on 2009 Amputee Coalition of America Annual Conference]
   
   
2. ACA Annual Educational Conference and Exposition
   June 15, 2007 to June 17, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
   The purpose of the ACA annual conference is to bring amputees, their peers, health care and other industry professionals together in one arena so they may interface, share expertise, keep abreast of new technologies, products and services, and find solutions to common problems. [More Information on ACA Annual Educational Conference and Exposition]
   
   
3. 2006 ACA Annual Educational Conference and Exposition
   June 15, 2006 to June 17, 2006 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
   The American Amputee Coalition (ACA) 2006 Annual Educational Conference & Exposition is scheduled for June 15- 17,in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Every year, this event offers amputee consumers, disability organizations, and business leaders an opportunity to network, learn and share important information about living with limb loss or limb difference. The purpose of the ACA annual conference is to bring amputees, their peers, health care and other industry professionals together in one arena to interface, share expertise, keep abreast of new technologies, products and services, and find solutions to common problems. In addition to informative sessions, there will be advocacy meetings, as well as time for networking between consumers and industry professionals. [More Information on 2006 ACA Annual Educational Conference and Exposition]