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Don't be intimidated when shopping for a gift for someone in a wheelchair this holiday season -- check out the special 2009 Reeve Foundation Holiday Gift Guide.
We've gathered some top-notch ideas from wheelchair users about what they really want most. Read More
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It's National Family Caregivers month. Everyone knows a caregiver, whether it is their official job or just the job they inherited. I remember watching my mom struggle with her mom as Alzheimer's slowly claimed her. My grandmother could get violent Read More
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Soft and cute! That is the best way to describe these wonderful armrests. They work on most wheelchairs and on crutches too. They are featured in our 2009 Holiday Gift Guide for People in Wheelchairs along with 25 other ideas in 8 categories.BTW, if you Read More
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Don't be intimidated when shopping for a gift for someone in a
wheelchair this holiday season. We gathered some top-notch ideas from
wheelchair users and scoured all types of manufactures for their best
bets. We found 26 gifts in 8 categories from Read More
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This was in USA Today this week:Afghan insurgents are using roadside bombs powerful enough to throw the military's new 14-ton, blast-resistant vehicles into the air, increasing broken-back injuries among U.S. troops.
Doctors at the U.S. military hospital Read More
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At age 35, living with quadriplegia for 18 years, Erin Poyle is a
self-taught chef who finds cooking to be an outlet for her. "When I
don't feel well, I cook," says Poyle, who is living with a C5 spinal
cord injury after a motor vehicle accident in Read More
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Here is a guy in a wheelchair, who got his black belt at a martial arts school started by a guy in a wheelchair. Danny Hicks has a front-row position at the Auvenshine School of Tae
Kwon Do in Auburn. His hard work over the past decade has made him one Read More
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Harold, one of our Information Specialist, ran across DPX Systems - power assisted applications. They take many types of machines, and add a standard power tool to motorize them. They have a version for manual wheelchairs using a drill. Power chairs go Read More
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Women with spinal cord injuries or paralysis are just as likely to
develop breast cancer and they should have access to the same
preventative testing and care. Women over the age of 40 should get an annual mammography done as part of their wellness Read More
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There is now a rod and reel that you can cast and reel in via sip-'n-puff or by joy stick. How this came about is a husband and wife love story. Sadly, the husband, Darwin "Doc" Blackmore, who was injured mountain bike riding in 2004, died this past September.Before Read More
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“Star Wars” was the theme of the evening on Sunday, October 11th at the Asian Rehabilitation Services’ annual gala known as “Ha-Ha Hollywood.” A sold-out audience filled the Twin Palms Restaurant in Pasadena, California.
The Reeve Foundation was Read More
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I had some version of the flu last week. Sure, I was washing my hands, and not touching my eyes, avoiding crowds, staying away from sick people ... and then my 5 year-old son barfed in his bed in the middle of the night, and I tried to catch it with my Read More
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A diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates, known as the "ketogenic" diet, quickens recovery in paralyzed rats after spinal cord injury, according to new research. Read more.RobPS: For more info on SCI research go here.Get our free Research newsletter Read More
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Carlton Marshall was shot in the neck while on duty with his SWAT team in Texas. His spinal cord injury left this father of two small kids paralyzed. Our Life Rolls On division helped the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition crew make sure his new home was Read More
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The current economy is all about the unemployment rate. Everyone one is looking for ways to get people back to work. Excellent idea. Now let's not forget people who need a job as much as anyone else -- people living with a disability.According to the Read More
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