Yearly Archives: 2015
Student working to restore walking in people with spiral cord injury
The Rick Hansen Foundation reported 86,000 people in Canada living with a spinal cord injury. Ashley Dalrymple, who hails from Wetaskiwin, is a student...
World Wheelchair Curling Championships 2015 team lists published
Earlier today, World Wheelchair Curling Championships 2015 published the team lists on their website for the upcoming event.
The Canadian team includes Ina Forrest, Dennis...
Duke student mentors others with disabilities
Jay Ruckelshaus graduated high school confident in the future.
The Indianapolis native planned to attend Duke University in the fall of 2011 on a full...
Cardiff man paralysed in major accident urges caution over ‘breakthrough’ on spinal cord injuries
A sound technician whose spine was shattered in a major accident has urged caution over a “breakthrough” procedure which enabled a man to walk...
Spinal injury hasn’t held him back from life
At Harriton High School in Lower Merion, Joe Dillon avoided the party crowd. But after a girlfriend broke his heart, his buddies talked him...
Quadriplegic fights ADA abuse
Every move that Brad Peters makes is thought out.
The zipper on his sweatshirt includes a small piece of thin tied rope so that his...
InVivo’s Neuro-Spinal Scaffold used for 2nd spinal cord injury patient
InVivo Therapeutics enrolled the second patient in their Neuro-Spinal Scaffold to treat traumatic spinal cord injury.
The patient is enrolled at Carolinas Medical Center, part...
ECU doctors receive grant to conduct research on spinal cord injuries
Two doctors at East Carolina University have been given funding from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation for research that could help people living with...
Ed Faulds honored for exceptional volunteer work
Monroe Fire Department Volunteer Ed Faulds was already recognized for his dedication and commitment to the fire department’s prevention and pre-fire planning division last...
Former surfer, now quadriplegic’s advice: Never give up
ALBANY, Ore. — Ron Heagy Jr. of Millersburg, Ore., used to think he had problems.
He was 17, 6-foot-2, and could bench-press 300 pounds. He...
