Tag: Motivation
The Personal Care Attendant Guide
People with disabilities are one of the largest groups in the United States - about 58 million Americans are members of this community. To...
Bay Springs native nominated to Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame
BETHESDA, Md. – Mississippi-based motivational speaker and talk show host Greg Smith has been nominated for induction to the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of...
Stepping Out, Standing Tall
A devastating spinal cord injury has spurred an Irish woman to create a new group dedicated to promoting stem cell research. The first person...
Injury Transforms Former NFL Player
Sep. 23--The most remarkable thing about Mike Utley is that he says his life really didn't change on Nov. 17, 1991 -- yet admittedly...
cotton to the core Jim MacLaren
When ex-football and lacrosse star Jim MacLaren graduated from Yale a little more than 20 years ago, he thought life's plan for him was...
Everyone is a Player
The paralyzed patients at Rehab Hospital are taught how to relearn their skills and sports
DAWNA ZANE has won the marathon in Honolulu, paddled in...
The Advocate
Don Reed, a tireless proponent for stem cell research, is on a quest to see his son walk again
IN AN AUDITORIUM at San Francisco's...
Disability doesn’t keep this sailor ashore
Any sailor will tell you that being out on the water can be an escape from your problems ashore.
For Curt Leatherbee, sailing is especially...
Paralyzed hockey player speaks at Chamber meeting
LEOMINSTER -- The roar of the crowd, his coach's tap on the shoulder, the face-off right beforehand.
Travis Roy, a former Boston University hockey player,...
Paralysis offered motivation, not an excuse
When Bill Cawley works out in a shirt and tie, he draws a lot of stares.
The wheelchair likely has something to do with it,...
