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Monthly Archives: February 2012

From the Balance Beam to the State Bar

UCSF Patient Turns Life-Threatening Condition into Source of Strength Angelica Galang loves competition. Feisty and determined for as long as she can remember, Galang became...

Sip & Puff Accessible Fishing

Automated fishing system for quadriplegics.

Smart-e-Pants takes the pressure off

Electronic undies developed in Edmonton designed to prevent potentially deadly sores Gem Hebert is the perfect candidate for Smart-e-Pants: she likes when her bum jiggles. She...

A new way to banish bedsores

For 26 years, Stewart Midwinter had been paragliding, but last August after a leap from a Rocky Mountain peak west of Calgary, he encountered...

BreakthrU Horizon – My4Hands

Creating My4Hands has been a personal journey of empowerment for Dale, a T-5 paraplegic and has been in a wheelchair since 2005. The My4Handsâ„¢...

Future uncertain for car accident victim

WOODSTOCK — Just over a month after a car accident left him almost completely paralyzed, Etowah High School student Tyler Rolison continues to fight...