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SCI Daily News Articles for The Month of April 2008

 

 

April 28, 2008

Paraplegic speaker: ‘It’s not what you push but what pushes you

Onalaska Life - Onalaska, WI ~ The 38-year-old paraplegic delivered a humorous but deadly serious presentation to Holmen Middle School students on April 16 called Reality Check, ...        Full Story

Keith Le Claire

April 28, 2008

Walk to remember: Former quadriplegic proves doctors wrong

Columbian.com - Vancouver, WA ~  was rendered a quadriplegic, a neurosurgeon predicted she’d never walk again. He’d seen patients with less damage never regain the ability to ...        Full Story

April 28, 2008

Disabled say UIS difficult to get around

SJ-R.COM  - Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield, IL ~ During her first semester at the University of Illinois at Springfield, Murray, a quadriplegic, could not get to her room without calling someone for help ...         Full Story

April 28, 2008

Man's wheelchair stolen from

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA - A $3,000 wheelchair owned by a paralyzed Shaler man was stolen Friday night from his yard, police and his family said. The wheelchair, which belonged to Bob Anderson, 38, was taken from the home's driveway on Richard Drive between 8 and 10 p.m. He would typically use the wheelchair to get to his car and leave the wheelchair in front of the home so he could use it when he returned. Anderson's car has been adapted with hand controls. "I have been leaving it out there for years. Everyone in the neighborhood knows that the wheelchair belongs to me, and no one has ever taken it. It's unbelievable," said Bob Anderson, who became paralyzed from the waist down in an auto accident seven years ago.        Source

April 27, 2008

It's what family is all about

Blue Springs Examiner - MO  ~ The Gulicks come together to help son, brother, dad adjust to life in a wheelchair....       Full Story 

April 27, 2008

Isaac rides on to fulfil Finke hope

Northern Territory - Australia ~ Within days of the crash, while still lying in hospital, the then 20-year-old mapped out his racing comeback on a paraplegic-friendly bike. ...        Full Story

April 25, 2008

Wife Accused In Murder-For-Hire Plot

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Three years after gunfire killed a man and paralyzed his wife, the wife is accused of orchestrating her husband's death. Investigators said Alesia Warrior hired Darell Rogers and another man to kill her husband. When she drove her husband, Jeremy Warrior, to meet with the killers near North 53rd Street and Edith Court, the gunmen opened fire, killing him and leaving her paralyzed from the waist down, police said.        Source -  KCTV

April 24, 2008

Quadriplegic woman prepares for round Britain sail

Kent Online - United Kingdom  ~ A quadriplegic woman from Kent who made history when she sailed across the Channel using only her mouth to control her boat is preparing for a round Britain ...        Full Story

April 22, 2008

Former inmate left paralyzed after assault at detention center

Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS ~ Burnley, 23 at the time, was paralyzed from the chest down from the beating. Fellow inmate John Earl Kennedy apparently jimmied Burnley's cell-door lock and ...         Full Story

Michael Burnley

April 22, 2008

Buoniconti Wins Award

WCBD-TV - Mt. Pleasant, SC - Marc Buoniconti, who has become synonymous with the quest for curing paralysis resulting from spinal-cord injuries, ...         Full Story

April 22, 2008

Man sues city for over $150 million

Niagara Gazette - Niagara Falls, NY ~ Christopher M. Bower, 38, suffered a broken neck resulting in quadriplegia when he fell down a flight of stairs in the early morning hours of Jan. 14, 2007. ...        Full Story

April 20, 2008

Wheelchair Warriors

Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler, TX ~ “I don’t think about being in a chair anymore,” said Ms. Arnold, a paraplegic of 12 years. “Every great now and then — but life is too short, you just have ...        Full Story

Judie Moffett, of Longview, gets a little help in bracing for archery from Brian Shelton

April 20, 2008

Moving Forward

North County Times - Escondido, CA ~ We focus on clients who have spinal cord injuries." Formally known as the Project Walk Institute of Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, the program is dedicated to ...        Full Story

Project Walk client Jennifer McCallson of North County is held by trainers Christel Mitrovich (behind), Jillinne Feather holding her feet and Michelle Ramos in the back. McCallson takes her turn on the torso trainer at Project Walk in Carlsbad.

April 20, 2008

Minn. center helps paralyzed vets find jobs

NavyTimes.com - Springfield, VA ~ On Friday, he joined VA Secretary James Peake and other officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Paralyzed Veterans of America Vocational ...        Full Story

April 20, 2008

Arrest in Pacman strip club shooting brings hope to paralyzed victim

New York Daily News - New York, NY ~ The shooting left Urbanski paralyzed from the waist down, but that's only part of the story. He was in a medically induced coma for weeks after the shooting ...        Full Story

Tommy Urbanski

April 18, 2008

Paralysis doesn't kill hoop dreams

AZ Central.com - AZ  ~ Five years after a car accident ended his future as a basketball player, a paralyzed Tommy Hambicki has no ...        Full Story

Tommy Hambicki works with his Arizona Celtics team in Gilbert.

April 18, 2008

Benefit to help paralyzed local man with can-do attitude

Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach, FL ~ The truck went out of control, flipped three times, ejecting the 20-year-old Orange City resident and leaving him paralyzed from the mid-torso down. ...        Full Story

April 18, 2008

Feared paralyzed, high school track star makes miracle recovery

New York Daily News - New York, NY ~ Today, less than three months after doctors assumed the former high school track star might forever be a quadriplegic, Gordon will walk out of Southside ...        Full Story

Adrian Gordon walks with crutches as staffers cheer.

April 16, 2008

Former Lion now roars for disabled

The Hillsdale Daily News - Hillsdale, MI ~ 1991, against the Rams, when a hard hit caused a severe spinal cord injury. He became a wheelchair-using paraplegic. Now he heads the Mike Utley ...        Full Story

April 16, 2008

Paralyzed Veterans Awareness Week

Gather.com - Boston, MA - Support Veterans Paralyzed Veterans of America Awareness Week, April 13-19, 2008, all Americans are being encouraged to take time out of their ...        Full Story

April 14, 2008

Customers flock to support KFC manager

QSR Web - Louisville, KY ~ The 42-year-old father of two was paralyzed from the neck down last month when robbers staged a crash to steal the store’s bank deposit. ...        Full Story

April 14, 2008

Scientists make Mice Walk After Spinal Cord Injury

Informative Post - Toledo, OH ~ Injury to spinal cord results in nerve damage which is due to trauma or injury to vertebral column thus effecting brain’s signaling ability. ...        Full Story

April 14, 2008

Woman pleads guilty to burning quadriplegic husband alive

LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney ,Australia ~ A Sydney woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her quadriplegic husband after dousing him in petrol and burning him alive in 2006. ...         Full Story

April 13, 2008

Work begins on Parker home for disabled vet

Denver Post - Denver, CO ~ Today the non-profit group Homes for our Troops broke ground on a custom home in Parker for t