Tag: Fundraising
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...
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...
Student sees personal stake in stem-cell topic
From where Jeff McCaffrey sits — in a wheelchair — he is in the race of his life.
He sees as challengers any groups opposing...
As new budget is considered, fight is on for federal funding
WASHINGTON - The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center in Short Hills, N.J., is mobilizing a big political effort to fight President Bush's...
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...
City Theatre casts actor who uses wheelchair in role of disabled character
Breaking Down Barriers
When handsome, California-blond Tobias Forrest steers his wheelchair onto the stage of City's Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio for this week's opening of...
Scientist Hopes For Stem Cell Success
(CBS) If paralyzed people are ever going to walk again, it might be because of the scientist in this story. His name is Dr....
Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access (CATEA)
The Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access (CATEA), formerly known as the Center for Rehabilitation Technology, has been in existence for over...
Nurse heads program to lower injury rates
Virginia R. Corrigan knows how devastating brain and spinal cord injuries can be.
While working in the trauma unit at Christiana Hospital in 1993, the...
