Description: The home page of the Mutual Amputee Aid Foundation (MAAF). MAAF is a not-for-profit association which provides peer-level support and understanding to individuals with limb loss, whether through trauma, surgery, or from birth. MAAF's aim is to help alleviate fears and anxieties associated with amputation surgery and to provide encouragement to new amputees resuming active and productive lives, through social, educational, and networking services.
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The Mutual Amputee Aid Foundation was established in 1973 as a not-for-profit association devoted to providing peer-level support and understanding to individuals with limb loss, whether through trauma, surgery, or from birth.
MAAF's aim is to help alleviate fears and anxieties associated with amputation surgery and to provide encouragement as the new amputee resumes an active and productive life. On an ongoing basis, MAAF looks to provide social, educational, and networking services to long-time amputees.