Tag: Quadriplegic

Finding Personal Care Assistants

How to Find, Hire & Keep Them You’ve wrestled with the issue of attendant care, and decided that it’s finally time to get some help....

Incomplete SCIs: Down the Road

This is the second of two brochures about incomplete spinal cord injuries. The first, Incomplete SCIs: The Early Days, discusses some of the issues...

Weight Gain

So you gained five pounds in the last year; no big deal. It’s probably not enough for anyone to notice. But think about it:...

Little Great Race participants to take big strides for area man

Like hundreds of other people, Frankie Gogol will be a spectator at the annual Little Great Race in Charleroi on Saturday, Sept. 10. But...

UofL Scientist Says Embryonic Stem Cells Key To Healing Spinal Cord Injuries

(LOUISVILLE) -- Days after Senate Majority Leader Bill First's pledge to support federal funding for research on human embryonic stem cells, scientists at the...

Murderball: This documentary is the wheel deal

It is relatively easy to make a film about people in wheelchairs and manipulate the viewer into feeling sorry for these poor, disabled souls. But...

Wheelchair warriors

Quadriplegic rugby players say a new movie gets it right about the game — and about life in a chair Damon Rozier thought his...

Murderball: Take it Personally

Murderball: Take it Personally I've seen Murderball 3 times. If you're old enough (it's rated R for some curse words and sexual content), I recommend...

Walker raising funds for spinal cord injuries

This is not the best time of year to be walking across the province, but Anne Vant Erve is a woman with a mission. "I'm...

Murderball – About the Movie

ABOUT THE FILM Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, MURDERBALL, winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing...