Yearly Archives: 2009
From a wheelchair, actor, athlete and now sailor
For someone paralysed waist down for 25 years after a road accident, Salil Chaturvedi has had an amazing journey. The spinal cord injury has...
Struggling for Bliss: Greece man’s long road to recovery
Mike Bliss' story can be told in four words:
Believe. Persevere. Thank you.
On March 22, 2008, Bliss, a 21-year-old junior accounting major at the State...
On Your Last Nerve: Researchers Advance Understanding of Stem Cells
Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells...
After ski accident, a builder rebuilds his life from a wheelchair
The construction site in East San Jose is a clutter of tools, building materials and heavy machinery. Everyone must wear a hard hat and...
Quadriplegic man wins gun permit to go hunting again
Resident James Cap, a quadriplegic after a spinal cord injury in 1979, was granted permission in Superior Court on Nov. 10 to obtain a...
Pushing the Brain to Find New Pathways
Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be...
Shooting victim urges youths to ‘think first’
Wilberto "Tony" Rivera knows what it's like to have life turned upside down in a matter of seconds.
One minute, he said, he was dealing...
Spinal cord injury a staunch foe
Therese Riedel is battling back from a spinal cord injury she suffered in September 2008.
SAN DIEGO – Growing up in La Mesa and playing...
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
Adult Stem Cells Saved My Life
Imagine a tragic automobile accident that leaves a young girl a quadriplegic. Imagine a young mother of two who discovers that a disease is...
