Tag: Wheelchairs
T.O. veteran earns medals
Thad Taft, a 75-year-old disabled U.S. Air Force veteran from Thousand Oaks, received two gold medals at the 26th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games,...
Ramp offers accessibility
HIBBING — A ramp for someone in a wheelchair can be a lifeline to the world.
For Dylan Nobs, 30, of Hibbing, having a wheelchair...
The Advocate
Don Reed, a tireless proponent for stem cell research, is on a quest to see his son walk again
IN AN AUDITORIUM at San Francisco's...
JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury, gait, stroke, power mobility, and more
JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury, gait, stroke, power mobility, and more
Feasibility of Functional electrical stimulation for control of seated posture after spinal...
Fists fly for charity
FISTS will be flying tomorrow night at Malvern Town Hall in the annual Bob Rose Cup, which will aid the Spinal Cord Society.
Several Collingwood...
Scientists report progress with brain-chip implants
With a tiny electronic chip implanted in the Motor cortex of his brain, a 25-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down for five years...
Paralyzed Man Thinks Robotic Devices into Motion
PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 12 -- A man paralyzed from the neck down has been trained to control a computer cursor and manipulate robotic prostheses...
Remaking the connection
After suffering a spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the chest down, 13-year-old Matthew Sanford coped by distancing himself from his body.
During painful...
Disability doesn’t keep this sailor ashore
Any sailor will tell you that being out on the water can be an escape from your problems ashore.
For Curt Leatherbee, sailing is especially...
Orbit Medical
We help people regain their indepedence through our electric wheelchairs, sleep therapy products, and in-home oxygen machines.
