Monthly Archives: June 2012
Website gives disabled needed info
'Sneak Previews' creator uses her skills in TV to aid those with spinal injuries
They are the faces and voices of survivors, answering important and...
Wheelchair dancers empowering kids with new artform
Curtiss and her co-choreographer Joanne Petroff are working with five young dancers, two of whom are disabled
Pushing Media Forward: Getting Real with Disability Portrayal
The history of disability depiction in the media is a terribly sorry one. There is real hope that this is about to change with...
Modified iPads being used by spinal injury patients
Spinal injury patients with limited hand function are able to access the internet through modified iPads
Spinal patients at the Prince of Wales Hospital in...
Relearning to fly: device lets paralyzed pilots take flight again
They were told they’d never fly again. But an invention being put to use right here in the metro area could give new hope to military pilots injured at war.
Spinal Cord Injury: Contusions and Compressions of the Spinal Cord
The most common types of spinal cord injury are contusions and compressions. Unlike most other parts of the human body that get contused (bruised)...
Walking with hope
Patients with spinal cord injuries are challenging mainstream treatments in their bid to recover use of their paralysed limbs. Quadriplegic Matthew Pierri reports.
IN THE...
The scurry for a spinal injuries cure
IT WAS one small step for a rat, but it may be one giant leap for mankind.
Rats paralysed by spinal injuries have learned to...
New show gives close-up of women in wheelchairs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the opening moments of a new reality show, a pretty blonde pulls up to a gas station in her...
