Network

AALOS is proud to offer a 100% free mentoring program for any amputee and their friends and family. It is always important for the patient to surround themselves with people who will support and challenge them, while offering a sympathetic, and sometimes empathetic, ear. AALOS provides peer counseling before and after amputation, including prosthetists and like-minded fellow amputees. Here are other links you may find helpful.

  • Join the Whole Person Network: a space designed for our patients nationwide to empower you to live your best life!

    Through this network, you will have access to a robust library of resources and a supportive community! Click here to join AALOS’ and partnering clinics private Whole Person Network.

  • Whether you are a new amputee or have been an amputee for several years, the Amputee Coalition is always providing the latest information on limb loss, mentorship, and advocates in your area.

  • CAF can assist those with physical disabilities by providing opportunities and support through physical fitness and competitive athletics. Click here to visit CAF’s site.

  • Check your telephone directory for a local number. To visit their site, click here.

  • Each state offers services to assist people with disabilities and help them secure a job in the field of their choice. In some cases, they provide financial assistance for orthotic and/or prosthetic device(s). Click here to learn more.

  • Amoena offers optimally coordinated product solutions in the respective healing phases right from the start of therapy.

  • Subscribe to O and P Edge.

  • To honor and empower wounded warriors.

  • The Joy to Life Foundation has a simple mission: provide free mammograms and other breast cancer screenings when necessary to medically underserved women in Alabama, provide limited grants when needed, build and support breast cancer awareness among all Alabamians, and promote over-all good health, well-being, and education throughout the state. Click here to learn more.

  • Women of Hope is a group of caring and compassionate individuals who desire to help educate, promote awareness, and provide hope for individuals and families coping with and dealing with the affects of breast cancer. Click here to learn more.

Lobbying For Our Patients

AALOS is very aware that the climate surrounding healthcare benefits and reimbursement is constantly evolving. We take the approach that in many cases, this is new territory for you as a new patient. You will need an advocate to help you understand and maintain your benefits. To achieve this AALOS is actively involved in state and national governmental and policy developments that concern prosthetic, orthotic and post mastectomy care. For example, AALOS was involved in the passage of the law that created a consumer protection agency, now called the Alabama State Board of Prosthetics and Orthotics, for people requiring custom prosthetic and orthotic devices and services.

Glenn, with AALOS, serves on the Medicaid Prosthetic and Orthotic Program advisory group that meets quarterly to review the benefit. He also serves on the National Association for the Advancement of Prosthetics and Orthotics (NAAOP) board. Its sole purpose is to lobby and advocate for the prosthetic and orthotic consumer and the prosthetic and orthotic profession on a national level.

AALOS is committed to give our patients a voice.