Tag: Games
Back home again
It’s been a roller coaster of emotions for Rusty Begnaud since the swimming pool accident last June that left him a paralyzed. Returning home...
Neck injury ends season for Bengals’ Pollack
CINCINNATI — The exact nature of David Pollack’s neck injury remains a bit of a mystery, but this much is true: The Bengals’ secondyear...
Wheelchairs traded for wakeboards
People with disabilities trying a sport that was just about impossible a few years ago
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS (AP) — Two years ago, Vijay Viswanathan severed...
Playing a game with a head tracker
This video shows how it is possible to play a game with a headtracker.
T.O. veteran earns medals
Thad Taft, a 75-year-old disabled U.S. Air Force veteran from Thousand Oaks, received two gold medals at the 26th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games,...
Paralysis risk too great for Caracella
COLLINGWOOD footballer Blake Caracella announced his retirement from AFL yesterday after learning he risked possible paralysis if he played again.
Caracella was involved in an...
Fists fly for charity
FISTS will be flying tomorrow night at Malvern Town Hall in the annual Bob Rose Cup, which will aid the Spinal Cord Society.
Several Collingwood...
Raised cash for injured veterans
A spinal-cord injury from the Korean War left Donald Taylor with only limited use of his legs and arms. But that did not stop...
Let’s create model of inclusiveness for 2010 Olympics and Paralympics
More than two decades have passed since I wheeled onto the track and heard the cheers of the crowd in Los Angeles at the...
Is it time for true equality?
More than two decades have passed since I wheeled on to the track and heard the cheers of the crowd at the Olympic Games...
