Useful Links & Resources
General Resources
Patient Information Guides
First Step – A Guide for Adapting to Limb Loss
Local Resources
Ability360
Ability360 offers and promotes programs designed to empower people with disabilities to take personal responsibility so that they may achieve or continue independent lifestyles within the community.
Area Agency on Aging-Phoenix
They offer programs and services for persons over age 60 and persons over 18 with permanent disability.
Vocational Rehabilitation (DES)
Department of Economic Security, Rehabilitation Services Administration, Vocational Rehabilitation
Touchstone PT
Jeff Lewis
National Resources
Amputee Coalition
Amplitude Magazine
Wiggle Your Toes
Support Groups
National
Weekly Virtual Support Groups via ZOOM – Register for each time zone that you would like to join
More Helpful Info
For additional information, helpful tools, and resources, please contact the Amputee Coalition National Limb Loss Resource Center at:
(888) 267-5669
Sports
Local Sports
Ability360
360 Outdoors
Promotes programs designed to empower people with disabilities to lead independent lifestyles through engagement with outdoor activities and events.
Ability360
Amputee Basketball
AMP1 is a stand-up amputee basketball team that travels the country showcasing their talents and speaking with students and groups ranging from elementary age to university levels and beyond.
Ability360
Adaptive Golf
Offering Golf event days to give people the opportunity to enjoy a day outdoors while interacting with friends, colleagues and competitors.
Arizona Disabled Sports
Providing a variety of programs and activities to individuals with disabilities. Through participation, the athlete will realize individual accomplishment, self-esteem, respect for themselves and others.
Arizona Adaptive Watersports
Arizona Heat & Team Mesa
A faith based organization focused on making sure anyone with a disability can get on the water and embrace the freedom and adventure that awaits.
National Sports
Challenged Athletes Foundation
Providing opportunities and support to people with physical challenges, so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.
The Orthotic Prosthetic Activities Foundation
A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals through physical and mobility challenges by way of adaptive recreation and education.
Move United
Move United uses sports to push what’s possible so everyone, regardless of ability, has equal access to sports and recreation in their community. Established in 1956, Move United is an Affiliate of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Western Amputee Golf Association
Founded to help amputees and other physically challenged people build a sense of personal pride and confidence, through community and the sport of Golf.
See the following publications:
First Step magazine by the Amputee Coalition:
Amplitude’s Guide to Living With Limb Loss
Financial
Financial / Grant Opportunities
Challenged Athletes Foundation
Providing opportunities and support to people with physical challenges, so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.
K2 Adventures
K2’s mission is to care for children, adults and families with special needs and or life-changing medical and financial circumstances by providing services, support and funds that will be used for educational and medical enrichment.
Limbs for Life
Limbs for Life provides financial assistance for prosthetic care provided by local professional partners to qualified, approved applicants at no cost to the amputee.
Range of Motion Project
ROMP’s mission is to provide high-quality prosthetic care for underserved people, improving mobility and independence.
Shriners Hospital for Children
Providing high-quality specialty medical care to the children and families, regardless of their ability to pay or insurance status.
Children
Children's Camps
Amputee Coalition
Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp
The Amputee Coalition is the nation’s leading organization on limb loss, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for amputees and their families, improving patient care and preventing limb loss.
Camp No Limits
Never Say Never Foundation
Sponsoring disabled athletes in a multitude of sports, including extreme sports, to allow youth and young adults with disabilities to attend camps, sporting events and to get the prosthetics or other tools they need to thrive.
Upper Extremity
Upper Extremity Resources
Enhancing Skills for Life
Enhancing Skills for Life is a US based nonprofit that helps individuals from all over the world who are living without both arms.
Naked Prosthetics
Naked Prosthetics manufactures durable, custom, functional finger prostheses specifically for partial hand amputation.
Limbs For Humanity
Giving mobility to those in need.
Limbs For Humanity™ improves mobility & the overall quality of life for amputees across the globe.
The mission of Limbs for Humanity is to provide prosthetic services to amputees around the globe who do not have access to these life-changing devices. Our non-profit organization is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals who have lost limbs and enabling them to live fulfilling and productive lives.
We strive to make prosthetics accessible to all who need them, regardless of their financial situation or social status. Our goal is to create a world where every amputee has the opportunity to walk, run, and play with dignity and independence.
Learn more
- Limbs For Humanity (LFH) is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization registered as of 2023.
- LFH accepts equipment and monetary donations specifically used to help amputee patients, their families and caretakers.
- All donations go toward helping people with limb loss offering them access to amputee related medical, healthcare supportive services, financial aid services and amputee support groups.
How to help
Click the link below to donate or find out more about how you can help LFH.
