Reeve Foundation Paralysis Community

At 35, Michael Glen isn't letting the fact that he is living with paralysis from a car accident at the age of 21, keep him from soaring through the skies. And you can see Glen, also a Reeve Foundation Ambassador, in the skies this weekend at the Quick...

We've started getting some really great entries for our 2010 Best Dad on Wheels contest. We love to read the uplifting stories and see the pictures of dads that are truly amazing. There so many great dads out there and we want to hear about all of them!...

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Don't let this day come and go. Be a part of history. Honor what the ADA has done in the past 20 years, and what it will do in the next 20 years to come. Join the Reeve Foundation...

We are just 10 days away from the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. So what does 20 years of the ADA mean?“Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.” Thus spoke President George H. W. Bush at the White House...

Many of our Team Reeve participants are inspired by a friend or family member who is living with a spinal cord injury. This brother and sister pair out of New York are no exception. For the better part of the last seven months, nearly every day has started...

We've written before about a program out of Canada, Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion, that challenges able-bodied individuals to understand day-to-day tasks of a wheelchair user.Recently, the organization held an awareness and obstacle relay to show the challenges...

The Utah Chapter of the Reeve Foundation is hosting an event this Saturday, July 17 at Brighton Ski Resort. The Keep on Rollin' charity car and bike show is expecting to showcase over 300 classic cars and motorcycles.The event is being organized by the...

I was recently finishing Christopher Reeve's book, Still Me. At the end, some of his speeches are listed, including one from the Democratic National Convention on August 26, 1996.He said these powerful words about the Americans with Disabilities Act:“First...

Twenty-seven surfers came out to enjoy sunny skies and great waves on Saturday, June 26th in Virginia Beach, VA. Among them was 37 year-old Brendon Cunnginham, a quadriplegic from Bristow, VA, who sustained a spinal cord injury four years ago. “This...

This edition of our video newsletter is about summer safety. The Foundation's Paralysis Population survey revealed that of the over 1.2 million people living with spinal cord injuries, 16% were injured through a sporting or recreational accident. ...

Less than two weeks to go! Sign up now. If you are not in the LA area, let someone out that way know what we are up to.If you haven't heard, here is what we are up to:The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is commemorating the 20th anniversary of...

Moses V. Chao, PhD (pictured), former chairman of the Reeve Foundation's Science Advisory Council (SAC), has been named president-elect of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN); his term will begin at the Society's annual meeting next November in San Diego....

As a Communications Intern at the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, I got the honor of writing about Team Reeve All Star members Lindsay and Kevin Morgan, who will participate in the Musselman Half-Iron Triathlon in Geneva, New York this weekend,...

Sunday, July 25 the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by setting the Guinness World Record for the most wheelchairs in a moving line! Anyone in a...

The Reeve Foundation has been all over the country the past few months spreading the word in communities about Reeve Foundation initiatives. The Road Shows, sponsored by 180 Medical, allow the communities to learn about everything from Quality of Life...

Kimberly Dredger (pictured) is run/walking the Missoula Marathon for Team Reeve this weekend. She has a unique connection to our cause in that she doesn't have a direct connection. A policeman in her town (Bob Heinle) was shot and spinal cord injured...

Matthew Reeve (pictured here) recently spoke about the importance of professions dedicated to rehabilitation in front of 180 graduates of the Stony Brook University School of Health Technology and Management during commencement.In his address, Mr. Reeve,...

Scientists are beginning to understand what makes some stem cells safe for transplantation and some not so safe (e.g., they form tumors after transplantation). A recent study published in PNAS by Okano and colleagues shows that, in mice, certain induced...

Coming back from a long holiday weekend, I can't help but to think that in the midst of all the summertime fun, some simple summer safety escapes us. When I was down the shore over the weekend, I saw a number of people, both kids and adults, on bicycles...

This past weekend, good friend of the Reeve Foundation, Jesse Ruben played a song from his recent album, The Ones Who Matter, on the CBS2 Morning Show. Watch the clip, I promise you won't be disappointed! Jesse will be running for Team Reeve in the ING...

We aren't the only ones who praise Reeve Foundation Ambassador, Francesco Clark. Cosmo recently acknowledged some products in Francesco's beauty product line, Clark's Botanicals, as must-haves this summer.And they loved his new book, Walking Papers too!...

I spoke to Boston TV stable Bob Lobel (pictured here with Saralee Perel) a few weeks back. He was hit out of the blue with paralysis caused by a medical condition. I can't imagine how disorienting that must be. To be healthy one day, and with nothing...

Labs around the world are seeking ways to encourage nerve fibers to regenerate after a spinal cord injury. In this interesting basic science study, Dr. Yip and colleagues show that the protein NCS1 plays an impressive role in axon regeneration and sprouting....

Of the two female and three male paralympians nominated for an ESPY award this year, skier Alana Nichols is the only one who is living with paralysis. Nichols enjoyed a successful March throughout the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, winning...

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act by setting the Guinness World Record for wheelchairs in a moving line! Anyone in a wheelchair is welcome to participate....