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Monthly Archives: December 2013

Florence woman shot by husband vows, ‘I will walk again’

FLORENCE, Ky. - Alisha Waters' estranged husband tracked her down, shot her five times and then turned the gun on himself. The Aug. 6 shooting...

Honor the legacy of my father, Christopher Reeve

He believed that all people with disabilities should be able to lead healthy and productive lives, no matter where they live. By Matthew Reeve: My...

Roman Reed Foundation

The Roman Reed Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to the cause of cure for neurological disorders. While our immediate and overarching goal...

Roman Reed honored for stem cell advocacy

The World Stem Cell Summit honored five champions of stem cell research Thursday evening. They are: Philanthropists Denny Sanford and Malin Burnham; stem cell...

Reconciling Life and Quadriplegia

Healthcare providers tend to think paralyzed people have a very low quality of life. Actual spinal cord injury survivors tend to feel differently. Earlier this...

Quadriplegics at risk for serious sleep breathing disorder

There are over a million people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States alone with an estimated 11,000 new cases every year....

When facing paralysis, SPINALpedia.com offers hope

http://youtu.be/Lo6d8E6Ok8k THE STORY: Hi! I'm Britt Martin, co-founder and executive director of SPINALpedia. My dad was paralyzed in a car accident when I was 12...

Spinal cord injury: as many as 500,000 people suffer each year

As many as 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury each year. People with spinal cord injuries are 2 to 5 times more likely...

Tongue piercing lets paralysed drive wheelchairs

An experimental device is letting paralysed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction. Key to this wireless system: Users get...