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‘The Quadfather’ has a message for techies — accessibility ‘should not be an add-on’
Todd Stabelfeldt is a pretty chill dude. He lives 90 minutes from Seattle by ferry, in a home with his wife and occasionally two...
Bionic bodies: From typing with a glance to restoring paralyzed limbs, new technology aids...
If eye-gaze technology, motion sensor tracking and functional electrical stimulation sound like secret weapons of the CIA, you’d be half right. Much of the...
Surfer finds freedom in California
Jay Liesener, Team Surfgimp conquer more than just West Coast waves
With sunburnt cheeks and scabbed-over nose, Jay Liesener’s face tells it all. His recent...
Quadriplegic author: ‘I will be out of this chair one day’
The story he wanted to tell was several decades in the making, so it’s easy to see why David Rippy took two-and-a-half years to...
The house that love built: Kurt Drysdale Comes Home
A young man rendered a quadriplegic by a freak footy accident now has a house designed to meet his every need thanks to the...
New wheelchair provides opportunities for quadriplegic hunter
The nonprofit Independence Fund gave Nels Hadden an all-terrain wheelchair Tuesday.
Nels Hadden may not be able to move his arms or legs, but he...
Asterias Biotherapeutics Receives FDA Clearance to Enroll C-4 Patients in SCiStar Study
Ability to enroll patients with second most common cervical spinal cord injury broadens eligible population for SCiStar study and future trials
FREMONT, Calif., July 10,...
Injured Olympian defies doctors to walk for his wedding
On good days, American high jumper Jamie Nieto can shuffle 130 steps without a cane or walker.
It’s an important distance — about the length...
Quadriplegic Drives 2016 Corvette Z06 — Jay Leno’s Garage
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Driving with a disability can be a huge accomplishment, whether it is an amputation or something more severe. In Sam Schmidt's case, it couldn't...
Sam Schmidt hopes foundation leaves ultimate legacy
When Sam Schmidt began to prepare his remarks for his Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday, he struggled.
The race car...
