Navigating Life with Limb Loss: Education and Resources Available
Participants will learn about life after limb loss. The speakers will talk from personal experiences they have had and the challenges those with limb loss encounter. They will share the importance of finding th resources that allowed them to move forward with their lives.
The speakers will talk about the value a support group can bring to the person as well as family members. Patient/Health Advocates will learn how to develop a support group and the benefits it can bring to all Stakeholders.
Program objectives
- Understand life after limb loss
- ???Understand the importance of education and support groups
- Learn about some of the resources available in USA/Hanger Clinic
Non-Member Purchase
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Continuing Education webinars are open to NAHAC members and the general public looking to enhance their knowledge and receive continuing education credit.
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Members Only Purchase
You will recieve an email, after checking out, with a unique passcode to input above enabling this webinar.
Continuing Education webinars are open to NAHAC members and the general public looking to enhance their knowledge and receive continuing education credit.
Strive Recreational Therapy
Cameron Clapp : Global Ambassador / Hanger Clinic
After being struck by a train and instantly losing both legs above-the-knee and his right arm at the shoulder at 15 years old, Cameron Clapp was told by doctors he would never walk again. Drawing on his will to survive and to truly live, he proved everyone wrong by walking independently with two prosthetic legs just five months after the accident. Cameron is a now employed as a global ambassador for Hanger Clinic and travels the country to share his survival story with medical professionals and the limb loss/limb difference community.
Pedro Pimenta: Global Ambassador
At 18 years old, Pedro Pimenta lost all four limbs to bacterial meningitis. Most medical professionals thought he would be wheelchair bound and require dedicated assistance for life. But, Pedro refused to let them define his story. With grit and determination, Pedro regained his independence through peer support and prosthetic technology. Since his amputation surgeries, Pedro has obtained his Degree in Economics, written a book and given a Ted Talk. He is engaged and recently moved back to Sao Paulo Brazil to be closer to his family.
Cam and Pedro met at the Challenged Athletes Foundation Triathlon in 2010 and began a friendship that remains strong today. When Covid-19 curtailed their abilities to provide peer support and medical education in person, Hanger Clinic supported their desire to provide community support through their YouTube show called One Arm Between Us.
Lizbeth Uzcategui: BDM & AMPOWER Regional Coordinator / Hanger Clinic
Liz was born missing her right forearm and 3 fingers on her left hand and she has been wearing prosthetics since she was 3 years old. She has experience with cable operated, functional cosmetic, activity specific, and myoelectric prosthetics. For the last 6 years, she has worked with Hanger Clinic to educate patients, therapists, and doctors on prosthetic options and has served as Regional Coordinator for the AMPOWER Program in South Florida, to provide education, support, and encouragement for amputees and family members who are seeking to adjust to life after limb loss