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Service Monkeys Give a Helping Hand to People With Quadriplegia
It’s not easy to make friends with a capuchin monkey. They’re willful, mischievous and, if they take it into their heads, can break any...
New approach could jumpstart breathing after spinal cord injury
A research team at the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto has developed an innovative strategy that could help to restore breathing following traumatic spinal...
New technology allows spinal cord patients to drive a NASCAR race car
It was a sunny morning Thursday at Dover International Speedway, and, with a full NASCAR slate scheduled for the weekend, it came as no...
An Italian Researcher Develops a low-cost Robotic Glove to “lend a hand” to People...
The majority of people who suffer the partial or total loss of the hand’s motor skills report a drastic reduction in the quality of...
Making Tourism More Inclusive For All
These are just some of the common frustrations shared by people traveling with a disability, but according to Heng, traveling could be made a...
‘What I can do, not can’t do’
Four years after life-changing accident, he's back in the race
Jake Anderson is a competitor. A captain of the Chanhassen boys hockey team in...
Use your voice to access the world with a new Android app
Everyone can benefit from hands-free support when using technology, but for the 62 million people in the U.S. with motor and mobility impairments, it...
Disabled people concerned about plastic straw ban
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Banning plastic straws will affect people with physical disabilities as reusable alternatives are not safe for them, a spinal...
Inspiring, long-surviving disability advocate Walt Lawrence grateful for 50 years of support
He’s been paralyzed from the neck down for 50 years and that makes Walt Lawrence either the longest surviving ventilator-dependent quadriplegic in B.C. or...
How a ‘nightmare’ motorcycle accident sparked a quadriplegic’s entrepreneurial inspiration
After his physiotherapy ended, a quadriplegic created his own wall gym
Antonio Ramunno knew he shouldn't have been out on his motorcycle, but it was...
