Friday, March 29, 2024

Tag: Quadriplegic

Quarter century of helping the newly disabled

Guy Coulombe keeps on going EDMONTON - We've been handing out High Fives to various events and great folks. This week, though, we're going to give...

Heroic Skydiving Instructor Saves Life

Skydiving instructor Dave Hartsock was paralyzed when he took saved his student, and took the brunt of the impact when his parachutes tangled. (CBS)

University of Louisville, Kentucky centers develop treatments, create hope for spinal cord injuries

A bullet remains lodged in Michelle Alexander's spinal cord nearly six years after her husband shot her four times — instantly paralyzing her —...
Anthony Bartl a quadriplegic talks to students from a number of local schools about his injury at Mt Morton Lodge in Belgrave Heights.

Accident victim talks to teenagers in Belgrave

A SPLIT-second decision changed Anthony Bartl’s life forever. In a hurry to get to his friend’s house after school, the then six-year-old didn’t check before...

Avatars take to the stage in SPINE

When the cast of a new play plans its positions on a stage, the complicated process of mapping out its moves (known as blocking,...

Quadriplegic Sailor Arrives in BVI After Record Atlantic Sailing

Returning to where his life changed some 25 years ago, Geoff Holt who became quadriplegic following an accident at the Cane Garden Bay beach...

Quadraplegic sailor in record bid

A BRITISH quadriplegic yachtsman left Spain's Canary Islands in a specially designed boat last night in a bid to become the first disabled person...

Quadriplegic delivers message: ‘There’s hope’

The car accident that damaged Patrick Rummerfield's spinal cord in 1974 should have laid him up permanently. So why does he now drive drag racers...

From service dog to SURFice dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGODurRfVv4 Ricochet's (Rip Curl Ricki's) journey from service dog training to fundraising to tandem surfing with quadriplegic surfer, Patrick Ivison. http://www.ripcurlricki.com

University of Louisville neuroscientists hope to get people walking again

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Neuroscience researchers at the University of Louisville will be the only team collaborating with an international group of scientists who last...