New Television Series Features Amputees

Meredith Goins

Description

Title:

New Television Series Features Amputees

Creator:

Meredith Goins

Date:

1/13/2006

Text:

Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) :: Press Release < <URL Redacted>>


Contact:


Meredith P. Goins
Marketing/Outreach Coordinator
888/AMP-KNOW ext. 8135
<Email Address Redacted>

Visit the ACA News Room. < <URL Redacted>>

 

New Television Series Features Amputees

 

Discovery Health Channel will launch a new series on amputees titled Rebuilt: The Human Body Shop beginning Wednesday, January 18, from 10-11 p.m. (ET/PT).

 

Rebuilt: The Human Body Shop follows the remarkable personal journeys of men, women and children who are overcoming tragedy and introduces the dedicated professionals who are helping them rebuild their hopes, dreams and ambitions.

 

This series was filmed at the Orthotic Prosthetic Center, an ACA member based in Fairfax, VA.

 

ACA also provided Discovery Health access to The Body Electric
Recent Developments in Bionic Technology, written by ACA senior editor Bill Dupes, for inclusion on its Web site. Join Discovery Health's ½ million daily Web visitors in reading this article at <URL Redacted> < http://health.discovery.com/convergence/rebuilt/bodyelectric/bodyelectric.html > .

 

We'd love to know what you think of this series or article. Please send any comments to <Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> .

 

Founded in 1986, the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. The mission of the ACA is to reach out to people with limb loss and to empower them through education, support and advocacy. Through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the ACA maintains the National Limb Loss Information Center (NLLIC), the nation's most comprehensive source of information for people living with limb differences. For more information, visit www.amputee-coalition.org < http://www.amputee-coalition.org/ > or call toll-free 888/AMP-KNOW.

 

###

________________________________

©2006 Amputee Coalition of America. All rights reserved. All trademarks and service marks contained herein are property of their respective owners.

Amputee Coalition of America 900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 285 Knoxville, Tennessee 37915-2568
Toll-free: 888/AMP-KNOW Knoxville: 865/524-8772 Fax: 865/525-7917
www.amputee-coalition.org < http://www.amputee-coalition.org/index.html >

To be removed from list - please email <Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>:%20ACA%20Press%20Release>

 


                          

Citation

Meredith Goins, “New Television Series Features Amputees,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226020.