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Fearless like a child — overcoming adversity | Jack Kavanagh | TEDxTallaght

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMvMW6YNXxI Jack Kavanagh a young student broke his neck doing something he had done hundreds of times that summer. Here he tells his inspirational story...

A brave mother’s battle to walk again after she awoke from back surgery as...

Panic instantly set in when Sarah-Jane Staszak woke up in her hospital bed and found she couldn't move. The 40-year-old mother from Blackheath in Sydney's...

Monroe’s Nichols envisions “World without wheelchairs”

Ever since fracturing his C-5 vertebra in a varsity game earlier this year, former Monroe High School ice hockey star Mikey Nichols is constantly...

The life Steve Klemz knew changed 40 years ago

The dreams always return in October, just before the anniversary. They’re vivid. They’re graphic. They’re always the same. Steve Klemz is 17 again. He’s playing football. He’s...

Secondary Conditions of Spinal Cord Injury

When living with a spinal cord injury (SCI), there are more challenges than just not being able to walk. There are other healthcare issues...

Paralyzed Artist Creates Works That Reflect Shooting That Injured Her

LINCOLN PARK — Mariam Paré paints by loosely holding her paintbrush between her molars. Paré is paralyzed, the victim of random gun violence that left her unable...

Bob Bell Books

Un Moving Four Ward: Tales and Tips For Keeping Perspective Despite Life's Challenges is Bob's story. Equal parts humorous, inspirational, informative, and painfully honest,...

Paralyzed since ’89, Bob Bell still seeks challenges

Adventurer Bob Bell won't let paralysis keep him from living his life. Bob Bell is a funny, smart, inquisitive, witty guy. The kind of fellow that...

Injured as undergrad, college teacher learns to cope

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Pensacola, Fla., is more than 1,100 miles from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., but Robert Bell found himself feeling...

Patients with spinal cord injuries learning to walk again

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Two men who were told they'd never walk again are defying odds with help from Frazier Rehab. Frazier Rehab is making their mobility...