Tag: Advocacy
Disability doesn’t keep this sailor ashore
Any sailor will tell you that being out on the water can be an escape from your problems ashore.
For Curt Leatherbee, sailing is especially...
Backers to push stem cell issue across country
Chris Bell, a Democrat running a longshot campaign for governor of Texas, asserted divine support for turning stem cell research into a major wedge...
USA Diving accident survivor Brooke Burns helps raise awareness about diving injury prevention
It's a startling fact that as many as 1,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year due to shallow water diving. With swimming pools officially...
Remembering Dana Reeve: Why Did Stem Cell Research Disappear From Memory?
The national media was full of broken hearts last week when Dana Reeve died at 44, after nearly a decade of caring for disabled...
Stem-cell research at U of L ‘major step’
Nerve-repair work offers hope for treating array of disorders
A laboratory rat unable to use its right front paw because of a spinal cord...
World Association of Persons with disAbilities
World Association of Persons with disAbilities has a major advocacy to assist persons with disAbilities to become economically self sufficient. Go to their...
The Lance Armstrong Foundation Supports the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF), which in November joined with dozens of other patient advocacy groups as a member of the Missouri Coalition for...
Christopher Reeve Foundation Opposes Administration’s Research Budget
SHORT HILLS, N.J., PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher Reeve Foundation (CRF), a national, non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for cures and treatments for spinal...
Advocates hold out hope for stem cells
NEW YORK -- Having spent 23 years in a wheelchair, Wall Street analyst Henry Stifel keeps a close eye on spinal cord research. And...
Center For Accessible Living – Disability Resource Center
Center For Accessible Living, a disability resource center located in Louisville, KY and Murray, KY.
The Center for Accessible Living was established in...
