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Spinal cord injuries can’t keep three Arkansans from living

Jen Goodwin did everything she was supposed to do -- she graduated from college, bought her first house and accepted her dream job in...

Brett Colonell: An Artist in Training

When Brett Colonell took up sketching as a hobby years ago, he didn’t know yet how it would one day evolve into an integral...

Quadriplegic with ‘Extreme Home Makeover’ defies odds, still improving

Brian Keefer has always been an adrenaline junkie. A 2008 gymnastics accident in which Keefer suffered a spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic...

Twenty years after paralyzing fall, Tasha Schuh’s life is an open book

Tasha Schuh is used to getting embarrassing questions about her sex life. Schuh, paralyzed from the chest down since she fell through a stage trap...

Spinal Cord Research Participant Shares Journey to Recovery

https://youtu.be/9rTxxCbDmtU?t=9m53s Steve Adubato goes on-location to the Kessler Foundation’s 16th annual "Stroll ‘N Roll" and speaks with Rosalie Hannigan, a Kessler spinal cord research participant,...

‘Extreme Makeover: Home’ still changing York County quadriplegic man’s life 6 years later

Every morning, Brian Keefer looks up at the framed words of encouragement covering his bedroom wall, and he smiles. “Brian, you keep smiling because that’s...

‘I never got to thank the stranger who saved my life’ – Coldplay fan...

Rob O'Byrne was left in a wheelchair after he dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool A Dublin man has described his "nightmare...

Surfer finds freedom in California

Jay Liesener, Team Surfgimp conquer more than just West Coast waves With sunburnt cheeks and scabbed-over nose, Jay Liesener’s face tells it all. His recent...

A Year Ago He Was Paralyzed From the Neck Down — Then This Happened

You might feel a bit down if you watch the news. Who wouldn’t? Angry people might be grabbing headlines and making you wonder about the...

Quadriplegic author: ‘I will be out of this chair one day’

The story he wanted to tell was several decades in the making, so it’s easy to see why David Rippy took two-and-a-half years to...