Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Education

Diveheart Foundation

The Diveheart Foundation was founded in Early 2001 and is a non-profit tax exempt ( 501-C3 ) national organization chartered in the state of...

Nurse heads program to lower injury rates

Virginia R. Corrigan knows how devastating brain and spinal cord injuries can be. While working in the trauma unit at Christiana Hospital in 1993, the...

Safe Kids – Car seats, boosters save children’s lives

Most parents know that babies and toddlers need to be restrained in car seats — properly installed and adjusted — every time they ride...

AGGRESSIVE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION

In recent years, a variety of aggressive physical Rehabilitation programs have emerged that seem to restore significant function for many people after spinal cord...

Wheelchair rugby one of U-M student’s many passions

The wheelchairs crashed with a loud metallic "thunk'' that echoed through the gym. Jaffer Odeh, wheeling furiously, slipped through a crease in the tangle...

Girl’s family pursues treatments

DETROIT - Laura Jackson doesn't want to wait for a cure. Paralyzed in May 2003 while performing a backward flip in a cheerleading stunt, Laura,...

Friends For Michael

The organization, which was originally founded to help Michael with immediate financial burdens, has turned into much more. We are now a non-profit 501(c)(3),...

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

The Miami Project has assembled a broad spectrum of researchers, clinicians, and therapists whose expertise relate directly to the problem of SCI and whose...

BOOK – Alternative Medicine and Spinal Cord Injury

Studies indicate that 40% of Americans use some form of alternative medicine; for individuals with long-term disabilities, learning about their options is even more...

Disability News Radio Show

Disability News radio talk show focusing on disabilities, disabled, child autism, providing listeners information, autism awareness, education with unique guests and topics.