Tag: Quadriplegic

Paralysis Victim Uses Record Jury Award to Give Back

Family of Man Confined to a Wheelchair and Attorneys Donate $1 Million to The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A man left forever...

Walking The Walk

Harvard senior Allison Kessler, 22, had to take a break from serving as coxswain of her university's men's rowing team this semester. She wanted...

Web daredevils risk lives

YOUNG daredevils are flirting with disaster for the entire world to see in an alarming new wave of "Free Running" footage that is making...

Disaboom Becomes Umbrella Sponsor for Life Rolls On Foundation

DENVER, CO--(MARKET WIRE)--Jul 18, 2007 -- Disaboom, Inc. (OTC BB:DSBO.OB - News), which is developing the first online community for people living with or...

$5.7 million to paralyzed cyclist

A $5.7 million court award for a cycling accident, ruled to be 75 per cent due to Langley Township negligence, is being reviewed by...

Disabled laud efforts to make intimacy easier

Alan Tholkes expected good-natured ribbing when he shared his new-product idea with colleagues at HealthPostures, the ergonomic-furniture company in Glencoe, Minn., that he co-founded...

Local band jams for cause

Now that he has regained the gift of music, Ryan Nelson wants to use his talent to help others. The 21-year-old Pilesgrove resident, who...

Letting nothing get in his way

Doctors said he couldn't race, but veteran didn't give up GARLAND – Quintin Stephens has won more than 300 medals and has held seven national...

Vets set sights on Wheelchair Games

MANSFIELD -- Lola Sanderson was intrigued when she saw Jonathan Merchant hand-pedaling a three-wheel cycle on the road near her house. He was young and...

Top broker doesn’t let paralysis stop him from realizing dreams

Eric Northbrook is well known throughout the San Diego County real estate community as one of the region's top brokers. Now, the Cushman & Wakefield...