Yearly Archives: 2015

Living with a spinal cord injury for 50 years and counting!

I am a 50 year SCI 'spinal cord injury' survivor. I wrote this hoping it might encourage someone or help them get diagnosed. Life is...

Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia

Syringomyelia is an uncommon but disabling complication of SCI. Although more than half of all people with SCI develop a cyst in the spinal...

New technology a ‘game-changer’ for quadriplegic cattleman

Renowned quadriplegic cattleman Rob Cook has moved 2,500 kilometres across the country to trial new cattle yard technology he says is changing his world. The...

Quadriplegic Iowa hunter shoots with special rifle

DES MOINES (KCCI/CNN) - A quadriplegic Iowa woman got a special opportunity to hunt turkey as part of the Wheelin' Sportsmen Spring Turkey Hunt. With...

Fostering an accessible environment

Monica Kamal of McFarland and Tina McFadden of Cottage Grove are two of the brightest, cheerful and animated people you could ever want to...

Quadriplegic Chad Graham to drive off-road buggy 4800km from Kalgoorlie to Cobar to raise...

CHAD Graham’s left hand, you notice, is strapped onto the steering wheel of his customised buggy. Not around the wheel. Onto it. “My fingers and hand,...

Former racer, now a quadriplegic, to drive modified Corvette on Long Beach Grand Prix...

Sam Schmidt was in the cockpit of a black Corvette C7 Stingray as the car zipped across the pavement of a simulated road course...

Finding the ‘Wright Stuff’ to Press Onward

Los Angeles (PRWEB) Spinal injuries affect approximately 276,000 Americans with varying degrees of longevity and quality of life. For Victor J. Wright, his young...

Mind-control exoskeleton gives unprecedented paralysis recovery

An exoskeleton that enables movement and provides tactile feedback has helped eight paralysed people regain sensation and move previously paralysed muscles "I FELT the ball!"...

Nation’s most inclusive park to celebrate grand opening Saturday in Palo Alto

PALO ALTO (KRON) — Where in the world can a child or adult in a wheelchair play side by side with everyone else, regardless of their physical abilities? Located in Mitchell Park, Magical Bridge Playground is the nation’s most innovative-inclusive playground, designed and built for visitors of all abilities.