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New Red Cross Training Course Aims to Better Serve People with Disabilities Following a...

Friday, September 29, 2006 — The American Red Cross is rolling out the latest in its series of courses to better prepare employees and...

Rehab Goes High-Tech

Just a few years ago, helping a stroke patient regain the ability to swallow was unheard of. It's just one way technology has taken...

Study Finds Amendment 2 Will Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Patients, Reduce Health Care...

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A newly released study co-authored by a Missouri economist and a public policy expert found that voter approval...

Recovery from spinal injury is a long road

Richard Travia has good attitude and family support When Richard Travia hit the beach one night last summer he found himself face to face...

Paralysis can’t ground aviator

He returns to flying not long after road accident, will race in Nev. event AVIATOR RETURNS AFTER WRECK Steve Griff never gave up hope when...

New Lift Now

Ricky James, paralyzed at 16 in an amateur competition, is back on his bike, riding, even if the thought of it makes his parents...

Rocket Technology used to Develop a Physical Therapy Device

NASA Technology Helping Injured U.S. Troops Patented NASA technology that originally enhanced robotics and sounding rockets is now aiding U.S. soldiers returning from overseas duty...

NASA Technology Helping Injured U.S. Troops

Patented NASA technology that originally enhanced robotics and sounding rockets is now aiding U.S. soldiers returning from overseas duty with spinal cord or traumatic...

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...

Disabled People ‘Left Behind’ in Emergency Planning

During Hurricane Katrina, Benilda Caixeta, a New Orleans resident with Quadriplegia, tried for two days to seek refuge at the Superdome. Despite repeated phone...