Tagged with: advocate assistive technology awareness disabilities disability programs research spinal cord injury wheelchair How would you like to be told you could be superman, the actual superman, a character that has been around since 1932 and known all around the world? Well, a man that did not take anything for granted had that very opportunity.
Tagged with: bachelorette party marriage paralyzed spinal cord injury wheelchair Rachelle Friedman will soon finally get to walk down the aisle. She would have already been married a year ago, but an accident days before the big day left her paralyzed. Now, a year after the accident she will get to marry her then fiancé.
Tagged with: awareness disability health Healthcare Professionals parents research spinal cord injury Pregnancy in women with any sort of physical disability is unfortunately uncharted territory. The reason for this is first of all, the research sample is very limited. They have to be women of child bearing age and the research, outcome, and treatment will be highly dependent upon the type of physical disability that the woman presents with.
Tagged with: body connection exercise spinal cord injury strength Sometimes the most obvious and telling self-discoveries are the hardest to uncover. An observer may be witness to these character choices or flaws or what have you in great precision, yet you may have been unaware for years. For me, this very circumstance occurred this week, like a lightning bolt of shock and confusion: How had I become so disconnected from my own body?
Tagged with: disability health spinal cord injury If it were, “a can of Spam a day keeps the doctor away” I’d do that too. There is not much that I wouldn’t consider doing to maintain my heath, because I know what it feels like to have it taken away from me.
Tagged with: research spinal cord injury therapy Spinal cord injuries have resulted in life-changing and permanent injuries for over a million Americans. According to data released recently by Ohio State University, there are over 1.3 million people in the United States who are living with a spinal cord injury.
Tagged with: medical custody parents spinal cord injury western medicine Last week in Delaware County, Philadelphia a 16-year old boy by the name of Mazeratti Mitchell was injured in a high school wrestling match. Mazeratti was flipped over and hit his head during a practice match that resulted in him lying motionless on the floor for several minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, doctors examined the boy and suggested both steroids and surgery to stabilize Mazeratti’s spine – with the hope of minimizing any potential bruising and paralysis. Mazeratti’s parents refused to follow the doctors recommendations, and instead his mother (who is a herbal healer) is planning to utilize homeopathic methods such as “Herbs, reflexology and spine manipulation” to treat their son.
Tagged with: accessibility assistive technology disability exoskeleton spinal cord injury wheelchair An exciting assistive technology will gradually change the lives of many wheelchair users. Wearable robotic devices, so called exoskeletons, are now being launched which will for the first time offer wheelchair users the chance to walk.
Tagged with: paralyzed quadriplegic spinal cord injury All kinds of crazy things might happen at a bachelorette party, but the bridesmaid’s prank left the bride-to-be a quadriplegic and unmarried.
