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The Need for Speed: Quadriplegic race car driver defies conventions
Chris Hrabik's blue-green Subaru Impreza doesn't have the brooding menace of a muscle car. It's dusty and plastered with sponsors' decals. Parked behind his...
Naperville painter learned all over again after shooting left her paralyzed
It has been 18 years since Mariam Pare flew from San Francisco to Richmond, Va. for a weekend getaway.
Pare has not returned to her...
How one man’s spinal cord injury is still healing 24 years later
“I remember hitting the bottom, being face down, and my entire body getting a tingling feeling like when your foot falls asleep. It was...
Wheelchair rugby a family affair for mom and son
John Quist is one of the youngest in Canada to survive a severed spinal cord
Berni Quist choked back tears as her shy, 11-year-old son,...
Art For The Able: How A Quadriplegic Filmmaker Created Change
Ever since he was little, Jonathan Sigworth wanted to make movies. As a kid, he would make home movies with his LEGO pieces. Through...
Jesse Billauer – Spinal Cord Injury Survivor and Optimistic Surfer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS-ioAl0Z2s
Jesse Billauer, a spinal cord injury survivor, describes how he stays positive and leads a happy life by not dwelling on what he can't...
STILL RUNNING – Pieter du Preez Short Film
http://youtu.be/EN8jNwcU0MA
'Still/Running' vividly chronicles how Wings for Life World Run ambassador Pieter du Preez overcame a tragic cycling accident - which left him paralysed from...
Paralysis leads to business success
On July 27, 1993, 19-year-old Paul Farthing was playing with his Great Dane pup near his backyard pool.
“I had just shaved my head and...
World’s first electric trike for quadriplegics is making dreams a reality
It's all about mobility and independence, and the new Horizon electric tricycle — designed by a disabled psychologist — offers both.
In a reoccurring dream...
Young wrestler battles back after spinal cord injury
Hunter Garstin, 15, shows remarkable improvement 100 days after getting hurt during a match
ATLANTA — If Hunter Garstin gets the chance to wrestle again...
