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Jesse Billauer: Happiness Interview

You’re 17, and the most pressing concerns in your life are binge-drinking, prom, and being your parents’ worst nightmare.  The so-called “real world” is...

Spanaway’s Logan Seelye walks on, with support

Logan Seelye doesn’t like to use the word paralyzed. After suffering a life-changing injury nearly 10 years ago at a summer football camp, the...

Cloning breakthrough by US scientists

The possibility of using a patient's skin to generate healthy new heart, liver or nerve cells has moved a step closer after a breakthrough...

PETITION: Accessible Airlines Proposal – Improving Accessibility

This world of ours is full of barriers and limitations for individuals with disabilities; especially, those who are in power wheelchairs. But, one limitation...

A Spinal Cord Injury Can Happen to Anyone

A spinal cord injury can happen to anyone yet no one is prepared for life after the injury.

IF YOU WERE PARALYZED: Two Champion Researchers Fighting on Your Side

Imagine being paralyzed: whatever position you are in right now, you must stay there– until someone comes to move you. As an American, the chances...

Hands-Free Harmonica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-1fzJiGQ4 Hands-Free Harmonica is the only harmonica instruction program specializing in teaching blues harmonica to people who have sustained a high level spinal cord injury. The...

Rewiring a Damaged Spinal Cord

New treatments leverage “neuroplasticity,” the nervous system’s innate ability to repair itself When Christopher Reeve became quadriplegic, there was little hope for patients with spinal...

Can you still enjoy intercourse if you’re severely disabled? This bride-to-be, who has no...

Sophie Morgan was left paralysed after a car accident in 2003, aged 18; Has no sensation from the waist down but has no complaints...

Hand surgery enhances life quality for those with spinal cord injuries

Reconstructive hand surgery can dramatically enhance the life quality and independence of those paralysed by a cervical spinal cord injury. Despite this, the operation...