Tag: Canada
Salamanders provide a model for spinal-cord regeneration
“Salamanders are unique because they are one of the only tetrapods able to regrow spinal cords with full functionality,” says Auke Ijspeert, the head...
UBC researchers seek participants for spinal cord injury study
Chronic pain is a common and often debilitating problem that can significantly impact function and quality of life for patients with spinal cord injury.
To...
3-week wait for wheelchair repair shows system is ‘broken,’ says Toronto man
Problem is province-wide, advocacy organization says
A Toronto man says he's been left stranded as he waits for repairs to devices on which he depends...
Dear Everybody, it’s time to address disability stigma in the media
More inclusive, realistic media landscape needed, writes Tai Young
Growing up with a disability was never an issue for me.
In fact, I grew up just...
KINOVA’s “JACO” is a robotic arm designed to give independence to power wheelchair users
Developed by the quebec based company KINOVA, ‘JACO’ is an assistive robotic arm created to improve the quality of life of power wheelchair users....
Rick Hansen’s new mission: Improving accessibility across Canada
Accessibility activist Rick Hansen has a new poster to show you. One with adjustable text at an eye level so people in wheelchairs can...
Should I say ‘disabled person’ or ‘person with a disability’?
Recently, an Alberta woman with an obvious physical disability was asked to leave a grocery store and not come back because she could not...
‘I‘m here to inspire people‘: Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player relearns old skills
CALGARY — Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki is on his hands and knees trying a skill he hasn‘t had to practise for 18...
Paralyzed former rock climber explores cutting-edge science in Toronto
Before a devastating rock-climbing accident paralyzed Michael Garton from the neck down, he never thought he would be trading in carabiners for test tubes.
But...
Voice-operated Camera for Journalist in Need
This journalist needed a voice-operated camera, but there was ‘nothing’ on the market. So he made her one
As a trapeze performer, Carolyn Pioro made...
