Articles Tagged: Mobility
Published: September 5, 2005 | Category:
News 
The Daily ARTA E-News bulletin reports that Carnival Cruise lines will provide assistance in relief efforts for hurricane Katrina. FEMA has contracted to dock the ships Ecstatsy and Sensation in Galveston and the Holiday in Mobile. USA Today reports that the goal is to use them to house up to 7,000 refugees (survivors)
The International Herald Tribune reports that the ships will be used mainly for the elderly, the disabled and those with medial needs. Limited information is available on cabin accessibility for refugees with mobility impairments. Continue Reading »
Researchers have much data showing that people with spinal cord injuries have a high quality of life. Many people are surprised by this. “How can spinal cord injury survivors have all the problems they do with their health, their finances, their mobility and independence, and with getting jobs and personal care assistants, and still claim that they are happy and their quality of life is good?” they ask. “How can everything seem so good when compared to others, things are so bad?” Continue Reading »
What’s all the confusion about “complete” and “incomplete?” Complete usually means “total” or “whole,” while incomplete usually means “unfinished,” or “not yet perfect.” Although there aren’t many situations where we would like to hear ourselves described as “incomplete,” spinal cord injury may be one of them. Indeed, when it comes to nerve injuries and muscle paralysis, most everyone thinks that a partial paralysis or an Incomplete Injury is better than a complete injury or total paralysis. Does this mean that an incomplete injury is a good injury? It depends on how you look at it.
In the world of spinal cord injury, incomplete tells us a lot and very little at the same time. Continue Reading »
What’s all the confusion about “complete” and “incomplete?” Complete usually means “total” or “whole,” while incomplete usually means “unfinished,” or “not yet perfect.” Although there aren’t many situations where we would like to hear ourselves described as “incomplete,” spinal cord injury may be one of them. Indeed, when it comes to nerve injuries and muscle paralysis, most everyone thinks that a partial paralysis or an Incomplete Injury is better than a complete injury or total paralysis. Does this mean that an incomplete injury is a good injury? It depends on how you look at it. Continue Reading »
What do all of the following have in common?
- increased muscle Spasticity
- fractures
- heart, liver, kidney, & brain damage
- pressure sores
- malnutrition
- urinary tract infections Continue Reading »
It’s no surprise that many people with spinal cord injuries have aches and pains. Often, that aching and paining targets the joints. And, with arms needing to do their own job, as well as having to serve as “surrogate legs” – transferring, using wheelchairs, maybe even pedaling handcycles – no one will be shocked to hear that the most achy joint of all is the shoulder. Continue Reading »
So you gained five pounds in the last year; no big deal. It’s probably not enough for anyone to notice. But think about it: What’s five pounds a year? It’s twenty pounds in four years. Fifty pounds in ten years. One hundred pounds in twenty years! Were you planning to be around in twenty years? Imagine carrying 400 Quarter-Pounders around on your back every minute of your life. Yikes! Continue Reading »
The world we live in – and we ourselves – place a very high value on physical independence. We’re raised on the expectation that we will ultimately take care of ourselves. As toddlers, we learn to dress and feed ourselves, as teens we learn to drive and to think for ourselves and finally, as adults, we assume responsibility for our lives. Hallelujah, we’ve finally grown up. Continue Reading »
If someone yells “Fire!” people generally listen! They get ready to either (a) panic or (b) act quickly and decisively. One thing they don’t do is grab a brochure like this or a back issue of a magazine to review fire safety recommendations! That’s why right now is a perfect time to read this and think about what you could do, should the worst ever happen.
For everyone, but especially for people with disabilities who are living on their own, fire is on the short list of safety issues to worry about. Continue Reading »
For many SCI survivors, recapturing independence is your single most significant achievement. You view any concessions to that independence accepting more help, using more or different equipment as giving up, as failure, as the ultimate defeat. But it’s hard to deny the fatigue and pain that may come from years of pushing a manual chair. Switching to a power chair actually could be the way to maintain that independence… Continue Reading »
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