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Mister Rogers TV Hall of Fame (Special Appearance by Jeff Erlanger) (1999)

https://youtu.be/PI_9GegVoYk A quadriplegic from a young age following surgery for a spinal tumor, Mr. Erlanger appeared on the "Neighborhood" at age 10 (1981), but his...

A Life Repurposed

Ryan Atkins was on path to graduate from UC when a devastating 2009 car accident left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. Six years...

Severed spinal cord no barrier for former rodeo rider

IN THE final minutes of 2003 at a New Year’s Eve rodeo at Townsville’s Black River, Steven Elliott bucked off a bronc called Spaghetti...

Stem cell treatment could help paralyzed patients move

Louis Tontodonato's hopes and dreams may well lie in a virtual coin flip, a digital roll of the dice. Paralyzed from the neck down, the...

Despite paralysis, Trojan Jack Jablonski is making a name in hockey, the sport he...

Injured as a high school player, the USC communications major is working off the ice with the LA Kings An on-ice injury during a high...
Kenneth Jennings was paralyzed in a football accident

Paralyzed ex-football player celebrates injury’s anniversary: ‘I was reborn on that day’

Kenneth Jennings doesn't see why he shouldn't celebrate the day he took his final steps and moved his arms for the last time. He even...

The Desire: A quadriplegic makes a film on his ‘feeling, emotion’

He cannot walk or move any of his limbs, is perpetually on an automatic wheel chair and needs the support of at least two...

First Quadriplegic Priest on Path to Sainthood

Father William Atkinson a "tremendous witness to the rest of us" PHILADELPHIA (ChurchMilitant.com) - The cause for canonization for the first quadriplegic man ordained a priest...

Rio Paralympics: Kurt Fearnley predicts ‘boosting’ cheats will get caught

Australia's champion wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley says from his first Paralympics, in Sydney 2000, he has heard stories about boosting – the practice among athletes with spinal cord injuries of inflicting trauma on themselves, such as breaking a toe or sitting on their scrotums, to raise their blood pressure and improve performance.

Paralyzed man keeps busy driving for Uber

Luigi Girotto, of Rye, N.Y., drives his Uber van through the streets of Greenwich. Girotto is a quadriplegic and offers rides to clients with special transportation needs in his wheelchair-accessible van. His van has special driving controls that make it possible to operate with a limited range of motion.