Reeve Foundation Paralysis Community

Friday, March 06, 2009 - Posts

• Obama to Lift Ban on Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

  The New York Times posted a story Friday night that included a comment from the Foundation's CEO, Peter Wilderotter. Here is a piece:But the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation praised the president’s plan. “By removing politics from science,” said Read More posted Friday, March 06, 2009 5:00 PM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Research News

• Dana Reeve

  Dana Reeve dies in March 2006. Like everyone else, I watched the news in amazement from the outside. It was a sad story. Her husband died, and now her. And how unfair for their young son. From the inside, even three years later, I can feel the true enormity Read More posted Friday, March 06, 2009 10:54 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Community

• Rowing the Indian Ocean for the Foundation

  I have a good idea. Let's find 7 pals and row across the Indian Ocean. No. That thought would never pop into my head. Angela Madsen is a rower. On February 7, 2008 she became the first person living with paraplegia (L-1, incomplete) to row across an ocean. Read More posted Friday, March 06, 2009 10:09 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments

• Check out the Abilities Expo

  The Abilities Expos are trade shows for people living with disabilities, their families, and medical professionals. The first time I went, I was amazed. I had never thought about the industry that grew up around the disability community.Imagine rows and Read More posted Friday, March 06, 2009 9:01 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Quality of Life

• Spring forward. Go forward.

  Christopher is famous around here for saying: "Our capabilities go way beyond our understand. Trust in that and go forward."Go forward. Spring forward. This weekend is the perfect time to refocus. I went to one of those self-awareness-type seminars back Read More posted Friday, March 06, 2009 8:22 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Quality of Life