Monthly Archives: December 2011
Wheelchair basketball raises awareness of disabilities
Sports-loving teens show how it’s done
CORONADO — Two Coronado teenagers who have forms of cerebral palsy used their skills at wheelchair basketball in a...
Local woman pursues dream despite spinal-cord injury
PLATTSBURGH — Michaela Bushey may not have command over the movement of her legs, but the 21-year-old still manages to take command of nearly...
Stem cell trial halted, but 23-year-old recipient still has hope
Paralyzed from the torso down, Katie Sharify heads home from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center on Wednesday, daring to hope that the 2 million...
Award would be big win for Gridiron Heroes
Spinal cord injury group's founder is up for national honor.
Eddie Canales will learn Sunday night whether his eight-year-old Gridiron Heroes spinal cord injury organization...
The Freedom Chair
Our lives can change in a moment, and how we deal with those changes makes us who we are. For Josh Dueck, subject and...
Top-grade stem cells boosting research trials
British scientists have made the first human embryonic stem cells of a high enough grade to use in patients and deposited them in a...
“The World I Come From”
An extraordinary college essay written by Gabrielle Schneiderman about the day of her brother's car accident and the emotional response their family had to it.
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Spinal Cord Injury Survivors: You May be Eligible for Social Security Disability Benefits
Spinal cord injuries change lives forever. If you or someone you love suffer from paralysis, quadriplegia, a spinal disorder, or another type of spinal...
Paralyzing Moments: A New Reality of Life
In his own words, "I'm so very thankful for the opportunities that have been placed in front of me...
The Injury Co-Op: Smoothing Bumps on Road to Recovery
On June 17, 2000 Dana Guest’s life was forever changed when she was involved in a car accident and sustained a traumatic spinal cord...
