Tag: Family and Friends
Bill would help disabled find aid
By GEOFF PENDER - THE SUN HERALD
JACKSON - There are numerous government, nonprofit and faith-based services available to Mississippians with disabilities. But tracking down...
‘Friday Night Lights’ stars raise money for football players
"Friday Night Lights," a film about the 1988 Odessa Permian High School Panthers football team, is currently in production in Central Texas. On Tuesday...
Iowa troops, Harkin help injured Iraqi girl
WASHINGTON --- A 12-year-old Iraqi girl, who was paralyzed in a misguided U.S. mortar attack, arrived in America for treatment Saturday, thanks to the...
Secondary damage
Damage to the spinal cord does not stop with the initial injury, but continues in the hours following trauma. Paradoxically, this delayed, secondary damage...
Florida accident leaves Bahamian student paralyzed
Three other Bahamians passengers injured
Twenty four year old Tavares Brown, a Bahamian student at Florida A&M University (FAMU) was paralyzed on Saturday, after the...
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA)
NWBA MISSION STATEMENT
A Winning Strategy
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) is the nation's oldest and largest Disability sport organization. Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado,...
Pell City to build house for Montgomerys
PELL CITY — As sunlight streamed across Mays Bend Road Friday morning, the group of people standing near lot 9 of the Woodland Hills...
Promise for the paralyzed
Groundbreaking procedure at Craig Hospital offers hope to those with spinal injuries
ENGLEWOOD - A skid into a tree, a bad fall on an icy...
‘I remember what it was like to have nothing – no feeling’
Melissa Holley, the first person in the world to get macrophage injections for a spinal cord injury, is a believer.
"I can't ignore the fact...
Hormone released by bone marrow cells may hasten recovery from brain injury
Melissa Holley, the first person in the world to get macrophage injections for a spinal cord injury, is a believer.
"I can't ignore the fact...
