Use your mind, keep body safe

Paralyzed former race car driver takes advice about spinal cord injuries to students in South Florida high schools. The high-tech, mechanized wheelchair caught their attention....

Turning pain to gain

BARTLETT -- More than 18 years ago, 20-year-old Dale Spencer of Bartlett tripped and fell by a set of railroad tracks while taking a...

Oh, to be young and uninsured: Bad idea

USA TODAY, in partnership with ABC News, is exploring the issues of being young and in debt in a six-week series that began Monday,...

Connecticut Murderball

Depending on how you read the situation, the Connecticut Jammers are either having a bad year or a great one. The state’s wheelchair rugby team’s...

Back on her feet

This time last year, Gianna Cotroneo was in a wheelchair, her back in a brace and on the mend after a sledding crash fractured...

Near-term goal is to walk again

Last year: The Oregon native was in his sophomore year at Oregon State University, working on a business major (finance management) and playing baseball....

Injured teen, close-knit town meet challenge

HARTSHORNE -- Bobby Graham's recovery from a paralyzing spinal-cord injury last January has been an example of grace and determination. The 15-year-old and a friend,...

Drew’s Life After paralysis

The Donnellans had their annual Christmas party one week ago. They served the same jerk chicken with rice and peas, made by a friend of...

A gift of independence

Ron Stewart asked a bunch of his friends to kick in $1,000 each to help buy a specially equipped car for Sean Corner, the...

Life is good after brush with death

With the wounded toll topping homicides, some survivors are gaining insight that makes them whole in a new way Cheating death can make you see...