Yearly Archives: 2019
Funding the Future of Accessible Air Travel | Michele Erwin | TEDxPlano
https://youtu.be/TENpIfpUxKA
Founder and President of All Wheels Up, Michele Erwin’s interest in accessible air travel began when she realized traveling with her son who has...
Paralympians get chance behind the wheel of a NASCAR Cup car at Richmond
Falci Adaptive Motorsports is backed by Furniture Row's Barney Visser
Five people with mobility challenges, including three U.S. Paralympians, were recently treated to a ride-and-drive...
Paralyzed Secret Service agent ready for first Boston Marathon
When Don McGrail first met Garrett FitzGerald out of the Secret Service’s Boston office in September 2015, he noticed a focused, driven individual.
And though...
Molecule from Bengaluru, India lab may heal spinal injury patients
JNCASR researchers find out that it has the ability to reprogramme damaged nerve cells
A small molecule synthesised by researchers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre...
Beau Vernon became a quadriplegic at 23. He has since coached two country teams...
As Beau Vernon scooped up the football one Saturday afternoon at Leongatha seven years ago, he was collected in the head by a Wonthaggi...
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...
