Tag: Paralysis
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...
Crash survivor learning to breathe on his own
ROY -- Braden Howe tells jokes, surfs the Internet and makes goo-goo eyes at his nephew, Carter, who squirms and giggles at his uncle's...
Paralyzed Stanley teen vows to walk again
STANLEY -- Kayla Spano's bedroom mirrors that of most other teenage girls.
Keepsakes such as homecoming corsages and cheerleading memorabilia crowd the built-in shelves, and...
Augie swimmer survives broken neck
In watching Ramsey Vens dive off the starting blocks at Augustana College in preparation for the CCIW championship now under way, it’s hard 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...
‘Exciting times’ for spinal cord research
Thank you Prime Minister Stephen Harper! Thank you Rick Hansen! Thank you Tony Clement and Steven Fletcher! Thank you, thank you and thank you....
Iran announces innovative new technique to repair spinal cord injuries
TEHRAN - On Sunday, the Islamic Republic officially announced that Iranian scientists have developed a new technique for treating patients with spinal cord injuries.
In...
A wounded GI’s new battle
Sugar Land soldier is one of thousands returning home disabled
Humvee gunner Spc. Dillon Cannon scanned left, then right.
It was about 1 p.m., and his...
