Friday, March 29, 2024

Tag: People with Disabilities

Remembering Dana Reeve: Why Did Stem Cell Research Disappear From Memory?

The national media was full of broken hearts last week when Dana Reeve died at 44, after nearly a decade of caring for disabled...

City Theatre casts actor who uses wheelchair in role of disabled character

Breaking Down Barriers When handsome, California-blond Tobias Forrest steers his wheelchair onto the stage of City's Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio for this week's opening of...

The State of Stem Cells, 2006

Hwang Woo-suk's reputation, and the hopes of millions of disabled people, balanced precariously on the outcome of the investigation into his alleged cloning successes....

Girl’s family pursues treatments

DETROIT - Laura Jackson doesn't want to wait for a cure. Paralyzed in May 2003 while performing a backward flip in a cheerleading stunt, Laura,...

disabledfreinds.com

A fresh, exciting and fully interactive virtual world for disabled people. Free Interactive community talk rooms, discussions forums, links and local information resources. Simply: A...

Progress Report: the ADA and Employment

July 26th, 2005 marks the 15th anniversary of an important date in history – the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Since the...

Diabetes

Long term spinal cord injury (SCI) and diabetes? According to some researchers the two go together like coffee and cream, like Bonnie and Clyde....

H2O: Hydration

You’ve probably heard those narrators on the National Geographic specials say things like "Water gives life" or "Without water there could be no life."...

Osteoporosis

Rick was getting dressed one morning ­ just sliding on his pants and pulling up a sock. He heard a loud “SNAP.” Broken hip,...

Quality of Life: What’s Important

Researchers have much data showing that people with spinal cord injuries have a high quality of life. Many people are surprised by this. "How...