Tag: Quadriplegic

Connecticut Murderball

Depending on how you read the situation, the Connecticut Jammers are either having a bad year or a great one. The state’s wheelchair rugby team’s...

A ‘Miracle’ In Tennessee

A ‘Miracle’ In Tennessee: Charlene Caswell Transforms Herself From Quadriplegic to Hiker, With Help from The Hartford Walking away from a seemingly permanent Disability requires...

Despite his terrible injury, he still rides the wave of life

Among the many stories of human courage and achievement, Jesse Billauer's might be one of the most inspirational. Born in California in 1979, Billauer...

Love Survives

Rick and Angel Young were married at Royal Victoria Hospital. With a pen held in his teeth, Rick Young carefully marked an X on...

Chedoke chaplain has Olympic dreams

People often misuse the word accident to describe an injury, says Adrian Dieleman, a chaplain for Chedoke's Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program. "These things are...

The Nieshoff System

Quadriplegic doctor treats patients with empathy at Novi rehab institute Life for James Rudolph of Howell changed in a flash when a motorcycle crash in...

This much I know- Colin Javens

Quadriplegic, 26, Hereford People tend not to look at me - straight in the eye - as they used to. I dived off a harbour...

Artists come together to aid Terry Earp

Funny how the old adages often ring true. Like the one about tragedy bringing out the best in people. In the two months since Valley...

Modified van, Marine mindset carry injured vet into a new chapter of life

FREDERICK -- An injury during his service in Iraq three years ago left Marine Sgt. Jason Wittling many things -- a quadriplegic,...

‘Superman’ memorial, scholarship created at Cornell

ITHACA — Actor. Superman. Hero. Those three words adorn the plaque dedicated to Christopher Reeve that was unveiled Saturday at Cornell University. The dedication came...