By Asilista on 6/21/2008 9:33 AM

Once again CS4A.org was an exhibitor at the Amputee Coalition America National Amputee Conference. I was pleasantly surprised to see the addition of an Upper Extremity Educational Track by Eric Westover. In fact, we were able to participate in one of the sessions and did a small presentation on how to tie you shoe one handed.

As usual we had the delicious and highly anticipated Cheryl & Co cookies but we added cell phone covers, coloring books and posters featuring our cartoon characters. But most importantly we had our Coach and Toys R Us gift certificate raffle. Many adults entered the Coach raffle in hopes of winning the coveted prize but the lucky person to receive the bag was Mr. Arthur Bremer who intended to give it to his teenaged granddaughter. When he called to tell her of her prize she was ecstatic. Congratulations to Mr. Bremer. Read More »

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By Asilista on 7/16/2007 7:47 AM

Last year’s 2007 Amputee Conference was a big success. The ACA has hired new people to run it and you could see their dedication and commitment to the event. There seemed to be more Upper Extremity Amputees in attendance and there were even a few clinics directed at them. I was unable to attend the clinics because they ran at the same time as the Expo was open and therefore I needed to be at the table. But it was nice to FINALLY see UEA getting some attention as well as LEA. It will be interesting to see what this year brings in terms of this trend.

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