Monthly Archives: May 2004
Opening my eyes to life in a chair
They say you should never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That's why I found myself in a wheelchair...
Benefit to aid infant with rare disease
WALLINGFORD — Jonathan Narducci was born a happy and healthy baby, but after seven months all that changed in an instant.
Last May, Paul Narducci...
What happens below the injury? DO the nerve cells stay alive, do they die...
The axons that have been disconnected from their cell bodies will die. This takes place over a period of days or even weeks.
However,...
The big picture for John Rotche has never looked brighter
A devastating injury ended his football career, but life's turns are bringing him great joy and success
It doesn't take much for John Rotche to...
Uncharted waters
Tim Swieckowski is a quadriplegic, but a specially designed boat allows him to be one of the few who sail on their own.
SAND KEY...
Gents coping with ‘devastating blow’
As Pat Culley lies in a Boston hospital bed paralyzed from the chest down with a spinal cord injury suffered last Saturday during a...
A trip on the bay unlike any other
Monterey Bay Veterans runs two annual fishing derbies for the disabled
Dorothy Patton has been fishing Monterey Bay for 42 years. Hooked at the age...
Bryon Riesch Connects Ability to Career Path
Milwaukee Man Named Goodwill's Graduate of the Year
ROCKVILLE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/05/2004 -- Each year, Goodwill Industries International honors an outstanding person...
Robot Helps Paralyzed Patients Move Again
Dallas Lab Only One In Texas Featuring 'Lokomat'
DALLAS -- Paralyzed patients in North Texas are learning to walk again at a very unique spinal...
