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Other:

1. National Limb Loss Information Center (NLLIC)
-   The National Limb Loss Information Center (NLLIC), provides comprehensive resources for people with limb loss, as well as their families, friends, and the health care professionals involved in their lives. NLLIC is operated by the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA), a national, nonprofit organization representing amputees, their families and healthcare providers. Programs and services of the NLLIC include national hotline, a Web site, health care provider education (HCP), the Youth Activities Program (YAP), the National Peer Network (NPN), publications, and the Library Catalog.

2. Limb Loss Education and Awareness Program (LLEAP)
-  An outreach program for able- bodied students in the third, fourth and fifth grades designed by the ACA through the NLLIC.
-  LLEAP addresses a key problem: the social stigma of children with disabilities, particularly those with a limb difference. The curriculum is based upon a simple premise: Children can be taught to recognize and appreciate difference in themselves and others. Building upon this appreciation for difference, children will begin to ask questions and develop a personal awareness of their attitudes toward differences. These experiences, hopefully will encourage children to explore disability issues and their role in promoting acceptance of other people.

3. Disabled Sports USA
- A non profit organization providing year-round sports and recreation services to children and adults with disabilities
-  Mission: to provide opportunity for individuals with physical disability to gain confidence and dignity through participation in sports, recreation and related educational programs.
-  SD/USA: 301.217.9841

4. Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF)
-   The Challenged Athletes Foundation was created on the belief that people of all abilities should have the opportunity to pursue a life full of physical activity and of sports. Be they recreational or in pursuit of a gold medal at the Paralympic Games, people with a physical disability are limited onlybby their access to funding.
As one of the very few charities that provides grants directly to athletes with a physical disability, the Challenged Athletes Foundation has rasied over 4.8 million dollars and directly assisted 1,300 challenged athletes world wide. A small endowment fund has also been created to ensure challenged athletes will always have a place to go for funding.

IV. Related Engineering and Research

Biomechanics Listserv
Miscellaneous Biomechanics Resources
Biomedical Engineering Society
Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society
Prosthetics Research Laboratory and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Program
PubMed
UW Prosthetics Engineering, Tissue Sciences & Biomaterials Laboratory
VA Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering

V. Industry Journals and Trade Publications

Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
Applied Bionics & Biomechanics
Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Biomechanics
Computers and Biomedical Research
Critical Reviews: Biomedical Engineering
Gait and Posture
Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Biomechanics
First Step
Foot and Ankle Surgery
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Journal of Biomechanics
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology
Journal of Motor Behavior
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Knee
Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
Medical Engineering and Physics
inMotion
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
O&P Business News/O&P World
Prosthetics and Orthotics International

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