September 23, 2008

Former Indy Car Driver Now Advocates Stem Cell Research

WISC - Madison, WI ~ Never one to sit idle trackside, Schmidt is now racing forward helping fund stem cell research by waving the green flag for the Sam Schmidt Paralysis ...        Full Story

September 23, 2008

Wife paralyzed in murder-for-hire case is convicted of murder

Kansas City Star - MO ~ A jury found a woman guilty this morning in a murder-for-hire plot in which her husband was killed and she was left paralyzed from ...        Full Story

September 21, 2008

Team USA Wheelchair Rugby Reclaims Gold

Bleacher Report - San Francisco, CA ~ Players are classified from 0.5 to 3.5 dealing with their severity of quadriplegia or of their hand impairment. The maximum amount of class points allowed ...        Full Story

September 20, 2008

Judge Gives Man Paralyzed in Ferry Crash Highest Award So Far

New York Times - leaped to $72.6 million when a different federal judge in Brooklyn awarded $18.3 million to a former fish-market worker paralyzed in the crash. ...        Full Story

September 18, 2008

Teresa Chesnut, a quadriplegic, creates pieces of art on Internet

Record-Searchlight - Redding, CA ~ Now 32, Teresa — who goes by Reesa online — has learned to create graphic art online with Photoshop, snipping images she likes from ...        Full Story

September 17, 2008

Wheelchair Rugby catches the eye in Beijing

IRB - Dublin, Ireland ~ Wheelchair Rugby is a unique team sport played by quadriplegic men and women, one that combines elements of basketball, handball and ice hockey and has been ...        Full Story

September 16, 2008

Quadriplegic finds freedom in free-fall

York Daily Record - York, PA ~ Feeser, who is quadriplegic, cannot jump solo. Matt Feeser goes skydiving for the same reasons as most. He loves the exhilaration of free-fall. ...        Full Story

September 14, 2008

Rolling Forward, Despite The Bumps

Tampa Tribune - Tampa, FL, ~ Tony Starez, 50, of Dunedin, injured his spinal cord in a car accident in 1980 that left him a quadriplegic .....        Full Story

Tony Starez

September 12, 2008

Disabled Walker hunter says, 'I don't plan on missing' second chance

MLive.com - MI ~ 22, of Walker, a quadriplegic, will be able to participate in in this year's deer season. With his new hunting adaptive gear, ....        Full Story

Greg Colby

September 09, 2008

Device Helps Patients Recover From Spinal Cord Injuries

KPTV.com - Portland, OR ~ It can happen in a second; an injury that can change your whole life. Twelve-thousand people in the United States suffer spinal cord injuries every year, ...         Full Story

September 07, 2008

The Reeves' Legacy: Late actor's son carries on quest to cure spinal injuries

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark, NJ ~ Reeve is the 28-year-old son of Christopher Reeve, and he has taken up the torch for spinal cord research. It's not a torch he sought, but one he says he is ...        Full Story

Matthew Reeve

September 06, 2008

San Leandro man nominated for spinal injury hall of fame

Daily Review Online - CA ~ In fact, the San Leandro resident's achievements, independence and personal fulfillment have earned him a nomination to the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame. ...        Full Story

September 03, 2008

A new technology to help the disabled use the tongue to control machinery

Economist - UK ~ Dr Ghovanloo chose the tongue as his joystick because it is agile, slow to fatigue and rarely affected by spinal cord injury or neuromuscular disease. ...        Full Story

September 03, 2008

In November 2006, Johnston, 30, became the first person in a ventilator to scuba dive in the deep sea.

Woodbury Bulletin - Woodbury, MN, USA ~ “Manual for Ventilator Dependent Quadriplegic Diving” is a resource Johnston wrote over the last several months that documents the procedures and techniques ...        Full Story

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