Tag: Advocacy

The Daniel Heumann Fund for Spinal Cord Research Joins the Christopher and Dana Reeve...

Heumann Appointed Member of Foundation Leadership Board SHORT HILLS, N.J., /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF) today announced that Daniel Heumann and...

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Expresses Disappointment Over President Bush’s Veto of the...

(Short Hills, NJ) - The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF), the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and treatments for spinal cord...

United Spinal Association Test Rides Standard Taxi

Terence J. Moakley, director of the United Spinal Association's Taxis For All- North America project, reversed his wheelchair into the Standard Taxi prototype, the...

Stanford scientists make major breakthrough in regenerative medicine

Findings described in a new study by Stanford scientists may be the first step toward a major revolution in human regenerative medicine—a future where...

Reality Racing and Paralyzed Veterans Announce Promotional Partnership

Companies Team Up to Support America's Paralyzed Heroes BOCA RATON, Fla., and WASHINGTON, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Reality Racing, Inc. and Paralyzed Veterans of America,...

You don’t need a cape to be a true superhero

Whom do you turn to if Superman dies? Marc Buoniconti doesn't have the comic-book feel of a superhero: He has been a quadriplegic since fall...

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Lauds U.S. Senate Passage of the Stem Cell Research...

SHORT HILLS, N.J., April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire / -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF), the national, non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures and...

An Oregon Tale

RECENTLY MY OLDEST son, Noah, graduated from the University of Oregon. He wore the traditional cap with tassel as a concession to his mother’s...

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Awards Over One Million Dollars in Research Grants

SHORT HILLS, N.J., /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF) announced today that it has awarded $1,522,500 to support fourteen cutting-edge research...

Paralyzed Veteran Wins $1.7 Million Landmark Veterans Affairs Claim- With Advocacy from Paralyzed Veterans...

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A 76-year-old veteran of the Korean War and Hurricane Katrina has been granted a $1.7 million claim by the Department of Veterans...