Tag: Personal Story

About Jason Roy and the The Zero 2 a Hundred Foundation

About Jason: Jason Roy, a Houston, Texas native, attended Sharpstown High School and is a graduate of Texas Southern University. In 2003, Jason completed...

Quadriplegic mom raising twin girls faces extra hurdles

Three years ago, she gave birth to twin girls at Hamilton's McMaster University Medical Centre, an event so rare that her care team did...

Man With Quadriplegia Who Flew Solo Around Australia Says He Hasn’t Yet ‘Reached The...

An Australian man who has high-level quadriplegia has learned to approach life with an incredible spirit. Dave Jacka was 19 years old when his motorcycle slammed into a tree more than two decades ago, leaving him paralyzed below his chest and without feeling in his fingers, but with limited shoulder, bicep and wrist function.

Wheelchair tennis helps overcome injuries

South Charlotte pair travels the country playing in tournaments Nick Burnham and Larry Keeter have a lot in common. They share a south Charlotte apartment, but...

‘I will fight this fight’: Highland mayor hopes to walk again after spinal-cord injury

Highland Mayor Joe Michaelis recalls hitting each step. “It seemed like the fall lasted forever,” Michaelis said of falling down the basement stairs of his...

Stone’s will: Quadriplegic inspires Cayuse students

Joe Stone has used a wheelchair for four and a half years. In that time the 29-year-old Missoula resident has become the first known quadriplegic...

New technology helps mental, physical recovery

AUSABLE FORKS — Standing among the friends and family gathered at the Jan. 1 wedding of Michaela Bushey and Kyle Devins were a trio...

Program teaches paralyzed how to walk – again

An accidental gunshot left Kyle Bartolini paralyzed as a preschooler. But today, he's an active teenager who can get around with crutches or a...

Duke student mentors others with disabilities

Jay Ruckelshaus graduated high school confident in the future. The Indianapolis native planned to attend Duke University in the fall of 2011 on a full...

Spinal injury hasn’t held him back from life

At Harriton High School in Lower Merion, Joe Dillon avoided the party crowd. But after a girlfriend broke his heart, his buddies talked him...