Monthly Archives: April 2019
Should I say ‘disabled person’ or ‘person with a disability’?
Recently, an Alberta woman with an obvious physical disability was asked to leave a grocery store and not come back because she could not...
Childhood Friends, Paralyzed at Different Times, Turn to Fitness and Each Other For Support
https://youtu.be/msCM6pD8Kws
A twist of fate brought these friends closer than they had ever been.
CJ Bellamy, 29, and David Kellam, 30, were both paralyzed in...
CPAR: Joel Burdick from Caltech on Epidural Spinal Stimulation
In this video, Joel Burdick peels back the work and strategies that go into making the best algorithms for spinal cord injury stimulation and...
This Neural Implant Accesses Your Brain Through the Jugular Vein
The brain-computer interface lets paralyzed people type using their thoughts.
Brain-Computer Interface
For the first time, doctors are preparing to test a brain-computer interface that can...
Eric LeGrand Shares Words of Wisdom with Riverview Students
DENVILLE, NJ – Eric LeGrand stopped by Riverview Elementary School in Denville to share pearls of wisdom with its third, fourth and fifth graders...
‘It’s going to be okay’: Mother uses personal experience to support people with spinal...
Mandurah mother-of-two Tayla Stone said if she could send a message to her teenage self, it would be that things are going to be...
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Launches New Online Community
To offer greater support and strengthen peer connections across families impacted by paralysis, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation launched a new online community,...
