Tag: Independence

Though grouped together, quadri- and tetraplegics are different

My readers have asked me, "What is a tetraplegic?" It's time to answer their questions. I am a tetraplegic. Because you won't find Adah Marie...

The Mealtime Partner Dining System

Mealtime Partners, Inc. provides assistive technology to facilitate independent eating and drinking for those who are unable to use their hands/arms to perform these tasks independently.

New U.S. Medicare Policy Encourages Healthier Approach to Bladder Management and Catheter Use

Coloplast supports critical change in Catheter guidelines giving consumers choices, cutting healthcare costs and reducing exposure to bacteria MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --...

Everett taking nothing for granted

Coloplast supports critical change in Catheter guidelines giving consumers choices, cutting healthcare costs and reducing exposure to bacteria MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --...

Canine Companions reaches out to disabled vets

OCEANSIDE ---- A former Marine Corps reservist disabled by a spinal cord injury says many similarly injured troops he talks to are reluctant to...

Fund-raiser will help injured student find more independence – with a converted van

GODFREY - Kelly Dorris' life has changed over the last two years - but it certainly hasn't stopped. After experiencing a severe spinal cord injury...

A surgeon’s struggle to regain his life and career

Accident paralyzed his body but not the love for his work Sweat soaked his Aggie baseball cap as Eugene Alford lurched upright over the parallel...

Business Coach and Life Coach – Bill Cawley

In this video, motivational speaker and peak performance coach Bill Cawley introduces himself and tells the story of his recovery following a life-changing accident 15 years ago.

A case reopened as murder

Matthew R. Nagle was stabbed in the neck on July 3, 2001, and spent the last six years of his life in a wheelchair....

2008 SCI Hall of Fame Nominations Open

National Spinal Cord Injury Association to be Honored at Abilities Expo ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nominations for the 2008 Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Hall of Fame are...