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10 years after devastating accident left her paralyzed, young Southold woman thanks those who’ve...

Monday marked 10 years since the devastating accident that left Southold resident Kim Haeg, now 28, clinging to life. After the 2004 car accident in...

It was a 16-foot fall, 16 years ago. She has soared much further.

ELLSWORTH, Wis. -- When someone told her to move out of the way during a scene change for "The Wizard of Oz," Tasha Schuh...

Quadriplegic doctor lives a fulfilled life

Dr. James Post overcame long odds to achieve dream Overcoming insurmountable challenges doesn’t begin to scratch the surface for Dr. James Post. Post, 43, a Hanover...

Quadriplegic returns to ski slopes after decade

A decade after a ski accident left him paralyzed from the neck down, Kenny Salvini, 33, took to the slopes again this month. "Feels good....

Sit-skiers find freedom on the slopes

THE BLUE MOUNTAINS — Derek Moseychuk has found a new sense of freedom. The Brampton man hit the slopes of the Craigleith Ski Club for...

Quadriplegics breathe easier with help of new device

Once used by Christopher Reeve, it was developed in part with funding from the Rick Hansen Institute. Gabriel Abotossaway doesn’t sound like he can’t breathe...

Quadriplegic Pieter du Preez Ready to Break Records in 2014

“Impossible is an opinion, to me it means IM-possible … Ironman possible.” The inspirational words of South African triathlete Pieter du Preez after he became...

Talented Quadriplegic Man with an iPad

http://youtu.be/lHcQq07BBe8 Spinal Vein K takes on the Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven with an iPad, Garageband, SampleWiz, and two fingers! "This is a modest cover on...

Florence woman shot by husband vows, ‘I will walk again’

FLORENCE, Ky. - Alisha Waters' estranged husband tracked her down, shot her five times and then turned the gun on himself. The Aug. 6 shooting...

Reconciling Life and Quadriplegia

Healthcare providers tend to think paralyzed people have a very low quality of life. Actual spinal cord injury survivors tend to feel differently. Earlier this...