Yearly Archives: 2005
How disability is determined:
Social Security uses a step-by-step process involving five questions: Are you working? If you are and your earnings average more than $700 a month,...
House to debate stem cell research funds
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House debate over stem cell research opens with emotional appeals from celebrity supporters as well as parents who "adopted" their...
Are You Interested in Wheelchair Research?
This is an informational resource and notification of a study does not obligate you to participate. You do not need to be located...
Autonomic Dysreflexia
Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD), also known as Hyperreflexia, is a potentially dangerous complication of spinal cord injury (SCI). In AD, an individual's blood pressure may...
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Cure Research
When someone sustains a spinal cord injury (SCI), one of the most difficult issues to deal with is that there is no "cure" at...
About Pressure Sores
A Pressure Sore (or bed sore) is an injury to the skin and tissue under it. Sitting or lying in the same position will...
Prevention
A sixteen year old was the front seat passenger with her young, inexperienced boyfriend John at the wheel. They were on their way home...
Range Of Motion
The body, under normal circumstances, is constantly moving. This movement, often times an unconscious act, will keep the joints loose and prevents pressure sores...
About Skin Care
The Technical Part of Skin
The skin on our bodies is made up of two layers. The top layer is called the epidermis and...
Self-Employment for Persons with a Disability
In most of the world, the ultimate determination of self-control is employment. This is the basis for almost all micro-lending activity worldwide. Self-employment carries...
