Monthly Archives: July 2018
Learning to breathe, learning to move forward, learning to survive: The Billy Keenan story
Quadriplegic turned inspirational speaker: “When you’re faced with adversity, you have two basic choices. Curse the darkness or light a candle.”
Billy Keenan said he...
Access Trax – Beach Trax Portable Temporary Wheelchair Pathway
Beach Trax is a lightweight, foldable temporary pathway designed to increase access for wheelchair users over uneven terrain such as sand, gravel, dirt, or...
Resources to support safer bowel care for patients at risk of autonomic dysreflexia
Patients with spinal cord injury or neurological conditions may have neurogenic bowel dysfunction, which often means they depend on routine interventional bowel care, including...
Paralyzed Mice Walk Following Drug Therapy
Spinal cord injury (SCI) commonly results in paralysis from the injury site down, even when the spinal cord hasn’t been severed completely. The remaining...
Using tendon transfer surgery to restore key functions in spinal cord injury patient
https://youtu.be/MsVWs49cyhM
After suffering a severe cervical spinal cord injury from a bad fall at work, Scott McConnell had little function remaining in his hands and...
Heriot-Watt study says mind matters for spinal patients
People could recover from spinal injury more quickly if rehabilitation focused on their perception of the world around them, scientists have said.
A study carried...
Quadriplegic creates Boulder trail guide for people with disabilities
BOULDER, Colo. -- Exploring the many trails Boulder has to offer is how Topher Downham connects with the world around him.
"I love the connection...
Integrated dance gives those with disabilities an equal opportunity
Harnessing power of balance, the Vertigo modern dance troupe trains those with a range of abilities, and is looking for new people to teach
https://youtu.be/-wrRhPiCgls
When...
Quadriplegic woman creates art by holding pencil between her wrists
https://youtu.be/j_K1L8-vC_8
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - From the moment her pencil hits the paper, Kelcee Yazzie never loses a smile, as she draws the subjects of...
Para Dance Sport seed planted in USA
Course sprouts excitement in dance community
The media coverage, buzz and participant feedback around the Para dance sport course in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has Cheryl...
