Tag: Family and Friends
Unwavering Quadriplegic Becomes a Mom
As with many women, Michelle Carston of Westfield always knew she wanted to be a mom. After a 1993 diving accident, when doctors told...
One year after wreck, Archer family still making adjustments
It's been a year since the wreck, most of their scars are fading and they have returned to a fairly normal routine. The Archer...
Travis Roy to Chat Live on CSTV.com’s “Tuesday @ The Rink”
BOSTON – Former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy will chat live on “Tuesday @ The Rink” presented by CSTV.com and USCHO.com tomorrow, Tuesday,...
Science soon might catch up to athlete’s desire
The experimental surgery that gives hope to Tara Blackwell and others with spinal cord injuries is being developed in clinical trials under the direction...
Exploiting Paralysis 101
Hwang Mi-soon was paralyzed from the hips down for 19 years when, in 2004, South Korean researchers implanted umbilical-cord stem cells in her spinal...
Crestwood man recovers from spinal cord injury
It is Larry Biven's first trip away from home since December 10. Eight months ago to the day an accident on I-71 changed his...
Dana Reeve Passes Away at Age 44
Christopher Reeve Foundation Mourns the Passing of Dana Reeve
(Short Hills, NJ, March 7, 2006) - Dana Reeve, Chair of the Christopher Reeve Foundation (CRF)...
Colin Javens Spinal Injury Trust
Colin Javens, paralysed from shoulders down in an accident in 2000, used a tiny movement in one wrist to drive again and...
Murderball Nominated for an Academy Award
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Murderball also took the Audience Award for an American Documentary and a Special Jury Prize...
Through new therapy, some partially paralyzed patients approach walking
DALLAS — It takes a body harness, a sophisticated exoskeleton and a quarter-million-dollar treadmill, but Albert Pruitt walks.
Pruitt, who has been partially paralyzed since...
