Tag: Spinal Cord
He’s still Close to perfect
For years Chuck Close has reduced faces into paintings and prints of shorthand data: Noses become dots and dashes, eyes dissolve into a mosaic...
Glimmers of hope as scientists continue their search for the ‘next big thing’
Are stem cells the holy grail for medical research?
Donna Chisholm reports on the scientific advances that might help in the battle against disease.
If Dr...
Opening my eyes to life in a chair
They say you should never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That's why I found myself in a wheelchair...
Benefit to aid infant with rare disease
WALLINGFORD — Jonathan Narducci was born a happy and healthy baby, but after seven months all that changed in an instant.
Last May, Paul Narducci...
The big picture for John Rotche has never looked brighter
A devastating injury ended his football career, but life's turns are bringing him great joy and success
It doesn't take much for John Rotche to...
Uncharted waters
Tim Swieckowski is a quadriplegic, but a specially designed boat allows him to be one of the few who sail on their own.
SAND KEY...
Gents coping with ‘devastating blow’
As Pat Culley lies in a Boston hospital bed paralyzed from the chest down with a spinal cord injury suffered last Saturday during a...
A trip on the bay unlike any other
Monterey Bay Veterans runs two annual fishing derbies for the disabled
Dorothy Patton has been fishing Monterey Bay for 42 years. Hooked at the age...
Bryon Riesch Connects Ability to Career Path
Milwaukee Man Named Goodwill's Graduate of the Year
ROCKVILLE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/05/2004 -- Each year, Goodwill Industries International honors an outstanding person...
Robot Helps Paralyzed Patients Move Again
Dallas Lab Only One In Texas Featuring 'Lokomat'
DALLAS -- Paralyzed patients in North Texas are learning to walk again at a very unique spinal...
