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Disability Specific Resources: Amputation/Limb Differences


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New Sign A Guide to Buying a Prosthesis

This guide is offered by the Orthotics & Prosthetics Online Village an on-line resource guide for amputees or people with limb differences.


New Sign Living with Limb Differences

This is an excellent guide for anyone who is living with a limb difference by the Amputee Coalition of America.


New Sign Phantom Pain

Ohio Health provides a complete health article on phantom pain. Having a missing limb may mean you experience pain that's just as real as if you still had the limb. Phantom limb pain, stump pain and phantom limb sensation describe the feelings of people who are missing a limb or part of a limb.


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