Yearly Archives: 2006
CU enters stem cell big league
AURORA - The University of Colorado has scored a $6 million gift from Denver's Gates family and gained a top Texas researcher, two major...
NASA Technology Helping Injured U.S. Troops
Patented NASA technology that originally enhanced robotics and sounding rockets is now aiding U.S. soldiers returning from overseas duty with spinal cord or traumatic...
Two decades later, Hansen is still a man in motion
VANCOUVER -- With muscular shoulders dominating his powerful athletic frame and not a trace of age on his still-boyish face, Rick Hansen looks young...
Right under our noses
I AM writing from the perspective of a neurobiologist, who has been working in the area of neural Regeneration for over 20 years.
This has...
Regeneration study could offer hope to humans
The genes and proteins in salamanders and frog tadpoles hold secrets that IUPUI researchers hope will lead them to discover how to regenerate limbs...
Learning a new routine
Injured Tucson gymnast endures Rehabilitation in Colorado, where he begins to heal and adapts to life as a quadriplegic
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Drew Donnellan reaches...
Prince Edward Island Council of the Disabled
The PEI Council of the Disabled was formed in 1974 by concerned people with disabilities. Its original mandate was to speak out on issues...
Vertical Challenge – A Quadriplegics Rock Climbing Odyssey
Vertical Challenge is the story of quadriplegic rock climber Brad Zdanivsky, the first quad climber to reach the summit of the Stawamus Chief in...
Disabled safaris & wheelchair adventures
African safaris for disabled people and worldwide wheelchair accessible adventure travel.
Heat a danger for disabled
Those paralyzed can't detect effects of high temperatures
Not quite a year after a surfing accident left him a quadriplegic, Robert "Buzz" Chmielewski was at...
