Tag: People with Disabilities
Common Questions about Spinal Cord Injury
1. What is Spinal Cord Injury?
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as...
Schmidt’s Courage Inspiring, His Influence Far-Reaching
Spinal cord patients will gather to urge lawmakers to pass paralysis act
All Chaz Southard was looking for that August day in 2002 was a...
Pushing for a miracle
Spinal cord patients will gather to urge lawmakers to pass paralysis act
All Chaz Southard was looking for that August day in 2002 was a...
Peabody man hopes state lawmakers understand how important stem cell research is
Yes, being paralyzed from the waist down can cause some inconveniences in daily life, but it isn't the end of the world.
That's the message...
Clint Eastwood and ‘opportunism’
"I think it's opportunism."
Clint Eastwood, talking to the Los Angeles Times's Chris Lee, was referring to the National Spinal Cord Injury Association's statement that...
Spinal Cord Repair Trials Given Go-Ahead
Human trials of a technique with the potential to repair spinal cord injuries are set to start within three years, experts said today.
The work,...
disabled job despair
Getting a job if you're sick or disabled can be an uphill struggle. Less than 40 percent of all disabled people in the Netherlands...
Shooting victim builds new life
Spinal cord injury didn't stop Kent Hehr
There it was in the middle of his face, itching. And it would take Kent Hehr some six...
He’s still Close to perfect
For years Chuck Close has reduced faces into paintings and prints of shorthand data: Noses become dots and dashes, eyes dissolve into a mosaic...
With Tiny Brain Implants, Just Thinking May Make It So
Can a machine read a person's mind? A medical device company is about to find out.
The company, Cyberkinetics Inc., plans to implant a tiny...