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Yearly Archives: 2014

Fearless like a child — overcoming adversity | Jack Kavanagh | TEDxTallaght

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMvMW6YNXxI Jack Kavanagh a young student broke his neck doing something he had done hundreds of times that summer. Here he tells his inspirational story...

Critical Mass of Stem Cells Sets Off Embryonic Development in the Lab

When stem cells are propagated in the laboratory, they typically differentiate into one or another specialized cell type, usually forming cell masses that show...

Believing Recovery Center – Tampa

Our program targets the recovery of the malfunctioning Central Nervous System (CNS) through the use of important components utilized in neuroplasticity. The benefits can...

GettingBackUp.org

Getting Back Up seeks to help those living with a spinal cord injury by improving their quality of life TODAY. The focus is on...

Scott W. Fedor – Stand Strong

Scott Fedor was an accomplished businessman and driven individual who thought he had his life all planned out. In July 2009, his world was...

mobileWOMEN.org

We at mobileWOMEN.org believe that women with disabilities steer their own lives. Empowered by knowledge, we are having children, pursuing careers, competing in professional...

Amazing wheelchair costumes will make you smile

On Halloweens past, 9-year-old Caleb McLelland has driven a backhoe with bright yellow wheels, flown through the clouds as Superman and sped into action...

Wheelchair no handicap for Mets fan calendar model Amanda Perla

Twenty-five-year-old Perla, who broke her neck in a car accident seven years ago, was the top vote getter among the 100 or so entries...

Paralysed patients have weaker bones than expected

People paralysed by spinal cord injuries lose mechanical strength in their leg bones faster, and more significantly, than previously believed, putting them at greater...

A brave mother’s battle to walk again after she awoke from back surgery as...

Panic instantly set in when Sarah-Jane Staszak woke up in her hospital bed and found she couldn't move. The 40-year-old mother from Blackheath in Sydney's...