Abbreviation ACA Region served United States Founded 1 January 1989 | Headquarters Manassas, Virginia President and CEO Susan Stout | |
Formation January 1, 1989; 28 years ago (1989-01-01) Purpose To reach out to and empower people affected by limb loss to achieve their full potential through education, support and advocacy, and to promote limb loss prevention. Similar Disabled Sports USA, Association of Black Psychologists, Association for Educatio, Huntington's Disease Society of, National Down Syndrom Profiles |
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The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a nonprofit organization based in Manassas, Virginia, United States of America. ACA's mission is to reach out to people with limb loss and empower them through education, support and advocacy.
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Outreach programs
The ACA runs multiple programs including the following.
Publications
The Amputee Coalition of America publishes many award-winning publications including inMotion magazine, published 6 times per year, and First Step: A Guide for Adapting to Limb Loss, published every other year and available in both English and Spanish. Another one-time publication is SideStep: A Guide to Preventing and Managing Diabetes.
The Youth Activities Program has an online e-zine called YAZ (Youth Amputee e-Zine).
References
Amputee Coalition of America Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA