Tag: People with Disabilities
New Technology Can Be Operated By Thought
ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — Neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely handicapped people who cannot contract even...
Reports from Spinal Cord Injury Patients- Eight Months after the 2003 Earthquake in Bam,...
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 86(11):912-917, November 2007.
Raissi, Gholam Reza MD; Mokhtari, Aliakbar PT; Mansouri, Kourosh MD
Abstract: Raissi GR, Mokhtari A, Mansouri...
Cursor control at the tip of your tongue
Steering a wheelchair with your tongue sounds impressive enough. Doing so with your mouth closed and gadget-free is the feat allowed by a tongue-tracking...
Disabled Newton mom hoping for a miracle
Five years ago, Danielle Shine became a quadriplegic after a car accident. Now, she hopes to raise money for an experimental stem cell transplant...
Paralyzed Golfer Gets High-Tech Help
Golf Tournament Raises Money For Spinal Cord Patients
STOW, Mass. -- Spinal cord injuries can be debilitating, but a Norwood man said recreation is still...
Everett’s injury latest in long list of devastating hits
EDMONTON - If Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is experiencing the "totally spectacular, totally unexpected" recovery from what the team physician earlier had...
Resident says city is balking on wheelchair ramp promise
Pamela Bell has been disabled for more than three years.
When a spinal cord injury eventually made the Jacksonville resident wheelchair bound a year and...
The gift that keeps on giving
Matthew Nagle only lived 27 years, but his example of encouraging disabled people to strive for a better way of life by participating in...
Group promotes outdoor adventures for the disabled
LEWISVILLE LAKE -- Nine-year-old Joshua Vandiver stood in a folding chair so he could see at the helm of a 70-foot catamaran on Lewisville...
Tip of the iceberg
There's more to paralysis than not being able to move. Victoria reveals the hidden medical challenges faced by people with spinal injuries
Paralysis is...
