Tag: Wheelchairs
Pictures of hope
An exhibition of posters aims to challenge the perceptions of severe spinal cord injury and show that life is still worth living.
"I DIDN'T want...
Garden Therapy
Planting the seeds of success
Recovering from a stroke or a spinal cord injury takes time, patience, and a lot of hard work. But some...
City Theatre casts actor who uses wheelchair in role of disabled character
Breaking Down Barriers
When handsome, California-blond Tobias Forrest steers his wheelchair onto the stage of City's Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio for this week's opening of...
Murderball Nominated for an Academy Award
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Murderball also took the Audience Award for an American Documentary and a Special Jury Prize...
Game control gives disabled chance to play
Nintendo has been in the technology spotlight since announcing plans for a video-game controller that can be used with only one hand.
But a disabled...
Drayson Center¹s new equipment makes it no sweat for wheelchair users to work out
Delmon Dunston clenched his teeth and drew a deep breath as he lifted weights.
It was a relief for Dunston to use the new wheelchair-accessible...
Active teen readjusts after paralyzing hunting accident
Thomas "Jay" Harn is just 16, but he's had a passion for hunting since he was barely kindergarten age.
On Nov. 5, the Banks County...
Toronto Fire Fighters help Rick Hansen raise public awareness about spinal cord injury (SCI)
TORONTO, Jan. 12 /CNW/ - Today, Toronto Fire Fighters joined Rick Hansen and the Man in Motion Foundation to help raise awareness of spinal...
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,...
