Monthly Archives: June 2011
Renner Gives High Hopes to those with Disabilities
In the Dawson Building at Auburn University, Scott Renner can be found working long hours at the Center for Disability Research and Services.
Chasing the Olympic dream
With the Vancouver games in the rear-view mirror, three local athletes begin their drive to share in the Olympic experience
(PETERBOROUGH) The journey to the...
Magic suit helping paraplegic Air Force pilot to walk again (sadly it costs $90,000)
An Air Force pilot who has been paralysed from the chest down since 2002 has been able to walk with the help of a...
Rolling across America
A California man is turning heads and wheels as he makes his way across the country to promote spinal cord research.
Embryonic Stem-Cell Funding Challenge Should Be Dismissed, U.S. Says
A challenge to funding of human embryonic stem-cell studies should be dismissed after an appeals court found the government-backed research to be lawful, the...
Spinal cord injury won’t stop surfers from catching a wave
WILDWOOD CREST — A spinal cord injury doesn’t mean that you have to give up the things that make life worth living.
Even surfing is...
Escaping quadriplegia: tackling life step by step
MORNINGTON'S Irwin Vale was told by doctors he would live the rest of his life as a quadriplegic, unable to move his body as...
Frontier apologizes to quadriplegic Fort Collins man booted from flight
John Morris flew to Dallas last week, but when the 24-year-old quadriplegic tried to come home Sunday, a Frontier pilot ordered him off the...
Plea to game developers: Add button remapping to your games!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK5kCaGk1CY
Sign the Petition Here: http://www.petitiononline.com/cu5t0m/petition.html
What Is Custom Button reMapping?
Remapping is the ability to move button assigned actions on a controller to any button a...
$4 Million Gift Aids KU Medical Center’s Spinal Cord Injuries Repair Program
Each year, an estimated 15,000 Americans are diagnosed with spinal cord injuries. Of these, about 10,000 will be permanently paralyzed. Until recently, these individuals...
