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No excuses: former LP resident focuses on capabilities, not disabilities
New children’s book is her latest project
Maureen Pranghofer might claim she is just like everyone else, but one look at her life reveals that...
Designers roll out their latest lines: Chic wheelchairs
If you can't stand up, stand out.
That has been Marilyn Hamilton's motto ever since she was paralyzed from the waist down in a hang-gliding...
Local Surfing Community Supports UC San Diego’s Spinal Cord Regeneration Research
Newswise — With unsteady hands, San Diego resident and surfing enthusiast, Tony Mezzadri handed over an oversized check in the amount of $17,000 to...
Christopher Reeve Foundation Awards Over $700,000 in Quality of Life Grants
SHORT HILLS, N.J., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher Reeve Foundation (CRF) announced today that it has awarded $717,404 in Quality of Life grants...
Rolling with style
A group of specially designed wheelchairs built in Fresno rolled down a New York fashion runway during the city's renowned Fashion Week as part...
Basile’s Hands-On Approach
Relaunched Web site for Determined2heal offers a wealth of advice to those with spinal injuries, and the Potomac man behind it is thinking big.
Two...
First Middle East Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference opens today at Arab Health
The UAE needs more Rehabilitation facilities and specialists to ensure quality of life and function for its injured and disabled population, experts from the...
Insurers often cap coverage for the latest spinal cord injury treatments
New technologies and more aggressive approaches to treating spinal cord injuries pioneered in Detroit are giving patients new independence and improved mobility.
But the innovations...
Synapse expands business in Oberlin
Biomedical firm lands $4M in extra funding
OBERLIN — Synapse Biomedical, developer of an implantable device that allows paralyzed individuals to breathe on their...
“Roll Models” and Designer Wheelchairs Add New Spin to Famed New York Fashion Week
FRESNO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 10, 2007 -- We invite you to consider: What would a St. John wheelchair look like? Rich...
