Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Tag: Personal Story

Aussie Quadriplegic is chicken soup for America’s soul

The serious impact of the spinal cord injury is remembered during the second week of November by Australians with the help of Josh Wood's...

Lives changed forever

IT is Spinal Injuries Awareness Week. For Mackay’s Luke Simmons and his family, sending out the message of how a spinal cord injury can...

Gering man walks again

After spinal cord injury, Mark Rexus was told by doctors that he wouldn’t After suffering a spinal cord injury in a work-related accident, doctors told...

‘Second Opinion’ takes prime-time look at spinal cord injuries

ROCHESTER -- Spinal cord injuries -- which more than 11,000 American suffer each year -- will be the focus of a special edition of...

Everett talks about his recovery from paralysis

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Three years ago, a hit on the football field left Kevin Everett paralyzed. He became one of the 300,000 Americans living...

Miracle Paralyzed Dad Shares His Family’s Story…40 Years After Football Injury

Paralyzed on Oct. 30, 1970, from spinal cord injury during Cornell football game, 60-year-old Long Island man speaks about re-inventing his life after tragic...

We All Have Disabilities, You Can Just See Mine!

The fact is none of us know when we may be the victim of a debilitating accident or injury. One moment we could be...

Quadriplegic, and empowered

I didn't die that day. Many were told and thought I would, but many more believed I wouldn't. Twenty years ago today circumstances collided: a...

Skydive raises cash for spinal cord research

BEING left paralysed after falling 13ft from a window is not stopping brave Allyson Capron from taking on a skydive to raise money for...

Jeffrey Guest Football Star spinal cord injury wants to walk again

Jeffrey Guest Football Star spinal cord injury wants to walk again. Jeffrey Guest needs help