Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: Quality Of Life

The Desire: A quadriplegic makes a film on his ‘feeling, emotion’

He cannot walk or move any of his limbs, is perpetually on an automatic wheel chair and needs the support of at least two...

AQA Victoria (Australian Quadraplegic Association)

AQA is a provider of support and services for people who sustain spinal cord injuries (quadriplegia and paraplegia) and similar physical disabilities. AQA provides...

Spinal cord injuries, C3-C4 lesion

http://youtu.be/X_WcV4rMorA A chat with Chris in relation to spinal cord injuries.

KC man doesn’t allow spinal cord injury to hinder him from having a normal...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. About 200,000 people in the United States are affected, including metro man Adam...

Sailing a lifesaver for record-breaking quadriplegic yachtswoman Hilary Lister

(CNN) -- Hilary Lister had had the difficult conversation with her husband -- a few times in fact. The quadriplegic had finally made the...

Rediscovering Love: My 6-year-old and her quadriplegic Dad

(CNN) -- Let me tell you about the amazing kid who lives in our house. She's 6 and she is the most hysterical, sarcastic,...

Reconciling Life and Quadriplegia

Healthcare providers tend to think paralyzed people have a very low quality of life. Actual spinal cord injury survivors tend to feel differently. Earlier this...

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Awards 74 Nonprofit Organizations Quality of Life Grants

Short Hills, N.J. - (July 11, 2013) The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation announced it has awarded over $500,000 in Quality of Life Grants...

Spinal cord injuries change lives in drastic ways

Imagine what it would be like after a spinal cord injury. If your legs were totally paralyzed with no active movement, how would you get...

Spinal Injury Cures: Balancing Hope And Expectation

Reports of paralysed animals walking again can give unrealistic hopes to people with spinal injuries. What is more important is that they develop the...