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Fundraiser to help paralyzed firefighter

Newsday - Long Island, NY ~ A fundraiser with music and raffles will be held tomorrow for a firefighter paralyzed last year         Full Story

Athlete on Cheerios box

Metro Spirit - Augusta, GA - Paraplegic athlete Scott Winkler, the adaptive shot put world record holder and 2007 ParaPan Games Gold and Bronze medalist        Full Story

Scott Winkler

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo, MS ~ Since then, we've raised more than $1 million to help paralysis victims." Sala said more than $65000 already has been raised for Hallmark, money his father        Full Story

Paralyzed man overjoyed with home

Peoria Journal Star - Peoria, IL ~ He is now paralyzed in all four limbs and uses a wheelchair. Parks' mother was his caregiver until her death in 2006. He was then admitted to Astoria        Full Story

Paralyzed ex-Marine Joshua Hoffman returns home to well-wishers

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids, MI ~ It is a bittersweet homecoming for Hoffman, paralyzed from the chest down by a sniper's bullet in Iraq in January 2006. He has been in a Virginia Veterans        Full Story

Paralyzed Former Cop Helps Thwart Robbery

MyFox Dallas - Dallas, TX ~ A former Dallas police officer who was shot and paralyzed while on duty helped to catch an armed robbery suspect on Monday. Officials said retired Officer         Full Story

Peter Apps of Reuters - Still paralyzed, but back reporting overseas

TamilSydney.com - Sydney, Australia ~ The stories ran in newspapers around the world -- as Reuters stories often do -- with most of those reading unaware the writer was paralyzed        Full Story

Peter Apps

Travis Roy's speech inspires Ipswich teachers

The Salem News - Beverly, MA ~ When the guy talking to you about what's really important in life is in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the neck down, you're likely to pay         Full Story

Travis Roy

Jason Crone shoots for spot on national rugby team

Owen Sound Sun Times - Ontario, Canada ~ Suffering a spinal-cord injury in 2003 that resulted in quadriplegia, the now 20-year-old Owen Sound native was faced with life in a wheelchair        Full Story

Marine Corps Times ~ AP DOTHAN, Ala. — A Marine reservist injured in a bus wreck this month at Fort Rucker may never walk again. A spokesman for the Bessemer-based        Full Story

Modesto Bee - Modesto, CA ~ Michelle Dalrymple wrestles at times with finding God's purpose for her life, but she has no doubts about her upcoming trip to deliver 550         Full Story

Mosher wins Adaptive Snowboard World Cup

Whistler Question - B.C., Canada ~ “I was able to maintain my focus during my first two time trials, which resulted in the fastest run,” said Mosher, an incomplete paraplegic        Full Story

Harden Murrumburrah Express - Harden, New South Wales, Australia ~ Sam Bailey is a C6/C7 quadriplegic who has defied the odds to become a farmer, pilot, inspirational speaker and best selling author.        Full Story

Crash victim turns tragedy into triumph

MSNBC - Even when he’s talking about the accident that left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair, he glows like one who’s discovered the secret of happiness        Full Story

Matthew Sanford

Jonkers out for Olympic spot

Sunshine Coast Daily - Queensland, Australia ~ She has broken over 70 Australian records during her 12 year swimming career which began after she became paraplegic in a car accident at eight months old         Full Story

Maroochydore swimmer Marayke Jonkers

Paraplegic Gets Robbed for Medications

WJLA - Washington, DC ~ A Caroline county paraplegic man was robbed in his home and the only thing the robbers took was his medications. Robert Newcomb continues to live in fear        Full Story

Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale, FL ~ A paraplegic, the father of two sued the city for what he considered a glaring fault: sand on the playground at Weston Regional Park         Full Story

Enrique Madrinan, watches his 5-year old-son, Antonio, play as his sister 8-year-old Michelle plays in the background

cbs4denver.com - Denver, CO ~ Beatriz was left a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident. The Mendozas said disability from the military isn't enough to pay the bills        Full Story

Adaptive athletes roll through Englewood

YourHub.com - Denver, CO ~ Originating in Canada in the late 1970s, the sport was created specifically for athletes with quadriplegia, a disability that affects all four limbs        Full Story

Psychiatric testing ordered for Sterner

Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg, FL ~ A Hillsborough judge ordered that Sterner, a 32-year-old quadriplegic who garnered national attention after a video showed a detention deputy dumping him        Full Story

Brian Sterner

Support sought for German exchange student paralyzed in snowmobile accident

Petoskey News-Review - Petoskey, MI ~ Friends and the host family of a German exchange student who was seriously injured in a snowmobile crash earlier this month have set up a bank account for        Full Story

Your Health: Vocal Joystick

WJBF-TV - Augusta, GA ~ A car accident left Rick Eldridge with a spinal cord injury. His hands and arms have limited use but his voice is fine, so he uses sound to control the        full Story

A chance to walk with ease; new device offers hope for those suffering paralysis

Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover, NH ~ This small device, which has only been available in the US for about four years, combats paralysis for stroke survivors, people with Multiple Sclerosis        Full Story   

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA ~ Sikora became a paraplegic on May 15, 1971, suffering a spinal cord injury when a drunken driver struck his car. Sikora was 17 and two weeks away from        Full Story

Big check to help Iraq war veteran and his wife

KOAA - Pueblo, CO ~ Just a few months after he returned from war his wife was in a traffic accident that paralyzed her. Most of the donated money came from a non-profit        Full Story

KSWO - Lawton, OK ~ He suffered a spinal cord injury that left him quadriplegic. Now, he's encountered another obstacle - he no longer has insurance coverage for his medical       Full Story

NTV - Kearney, NE - A Lincoln man initially told he had been paralyzed from the neck down in a bike crash last year has walked out of a Lincoln hospital        Full Story

Ms. Wheelchair Kansas to speak out on disabilities

Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence, KS ~ She's overcome an accident that left her a quadriplegic - and went on to be crowned Ms. Wheelchair Kansas. Now, the KU graduate hopes to        Full Story

 Amanda Steiner 

Paralyzed but skiing at speed in Sweden

Washington Post - When I told people I was headed for a week's skiing in northern Sweden, they looked at me as if I was mad        Full Story

Paralyzed NOPD officer identifies his attacker in court

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans, LA ~  From the wheelchair he received after a gunman's bullet to his neck instantly paralyzed him in May 2006        Full Story

Andres Gonzalez

Paralyzed Flushing man thanks community for van

The Flint Journal - MLive.com - Flint, MI ~ Huffman, who was paralyzed from a diving accident in Hawaii in July of 2006, was able to buy a special handicapped accessible van after family        Full Story

Care received while under arrest concerns quadriplegic's family

Salisbury Daily Times - Salisbury, MD ~ She's a quadriplegic. She didn't commit armed robbery." Tocyloski, who by family accounts can only wiggle her index finger and thumb on her right hand        Full Story

Paralyzed Veterans testimony on Capitol Hill

Gather.com - Boston, MA - Support Veterans Paralyzed Veterans of America's (Paralyzed Veterans) National President Randy L. Pleva, Sr. today urged Congress to close an        Full Story

BusinessWeek - An Atlanta rehabilitation hospital will provide free care to wounded military veterans who need brain or spinal cord injury services that        Full Story

Eyewitness News - East Providence, RI - A California appeals court says a woman who was paralyzed after her Ford Explorer rolled over is entitled to         Full Story

Beating the odds

Britt News-Tribune - Britt, IA ~ He said it took about a year after the motorcycle accident that left him a T4 paraplegic to pull his life back together. He went to North Iowa Area         Full Story

U-M, Michigan Paralyzed Veterans settle dispute over stadium's handicap seating

Detroit Free Press - The agreement filed was signed by officials of UM, US attorneys representing the US Department of Justice's Civil Rights division, and the Paralyzed      Full Story

Paralyzed N.C. Sheriff's Deputy Named Third AMW All-Star Finalist

America's Most Wanted - Washington, DC ~ The wound has left him paralyzed, but he is undergoing physical therapy and hopes to regain the use of his legs. Deputy Lawing, 31, joined the Burke County       Full Story

Guns trigger a loving clash

Los Angeles Times - CA ~ He feels that he did nothing irresponsible Shot and paralyzed 20 years ago, Julie Alban -- now with a baby -- wanted her dad's arms kept out of the house      Full Story  

Julie Alban talks to her son, Joseph

Benefit to aid paralyzed pilot

Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton, NY ~ Posniewski suffered a broken neck and spinal cord injuries after a fall from a ladder, leaving him partially paralyzed. From left are wife Denise and sons      Full Story  

U.S. Navy Lt. Matthew Posniewski & family

Ray of hope for spinal cord patients

Rocky Mountain News ~ "We've reached a stage where I'm comfortable saying that within the next five years, we will have truly effective new therapies from people with spinal cord injuries," Dr. Stephen Davies    Full Story  

East’s top young ski racers benefit from Kelly Brush

newhampshire.com ~ Brush, 21, a Middlebury College senior and ski team member from Charlotte, Vt., was paralyzed from the chest down    Read More .........

Kelly Brush