Tag: Games
Murderball: This documentary is the wheel deal
It is relatively easy to make a film about people in wheelchairs and manipulate the viewer into feeling sorry for these poor, disabled souls.
But...
Wheelchair warriors
Quadriplegic rugby players say a new movie gets it right about the game — and about life in a chair
Damon Rozier thought his...
Event raises awareness about spinal cord injuries
It was just as the race master yelled "go!" over the loudspeaker that a looming grey cloud opened up and dumped a torrent of...
Spinal experts urge footy rule changes
A review of spinal cord injuries in Australian footballers has sparked calls for rule changes in both rugby union and rugby league.
Apart from the...
2005 Us Open to Launch Inaugural Wheelchair Tennis Competition
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., - The USTA today announced that the US Open will hold the first US Open Wheelchair Tennis Competition at the 2005...
Arena player dies from game injury
An Arena Football League lineman died yesterday after suffering an apparent spinal cord injury in a game against the Dragons in Los Angeles.
Al Lucas,...
A monkey’s mind over matter
Aurora is an elegant, quick-minded participant in a research project for improving the lives of people paralysed by illness or injury. She is not...
Woman in wheelchair encourages others
PROVIDENCE, R.I.— John Donoghue believes there may be a solution to spinal cord injuries that doesn't require a move into the controversial world of...
The comeback kid
The odds were against W&M cornerback Stephen Cason ever walking again, much less sparking a Division I-AA quarterfinal rally.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Want to see...
California’s 21st-century Stem Cell Gold Rush
Roxanne Khamsi
A pill-sized brain chip has allowed a quadriplegic man to check e-mail and play computer games using his thoughts. The device can tap...
