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Next weekend is Valentine's Day. So this weekend, before and after the Super Bowl, you should be thinking Valentine. A quick aside, I did get an email from a V-Day hater, and our own assistant editor here -- Janelle -- is one too. For me V-Day was always...

Bob became my full-time caregiver. I felt like a burden, but didn't tell him. Bob was overwhelmed, but didn't tell me. We cried by ourselves. If only we had cried together, we'd have grieved and started to heal. No longer best friends, the words...

We have made this pretty easy. We commissioned a card from a very talented artist -- Isabell Villacis -- who works with one of the programs we support with Quality of Life grants -- A.R.T. Artistic Realization Technologies creates systems that enable...

I woke up this morning all about sports. Maybe it's because the soon to be world champs again Phillies pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks. Could be the temperature in this part of the world actually got up to 34 degrees. Heat wave!Head...

Sled hockey (also called sledge hockey) is growing. Players in New Jersey are making sure it keeps growing. Disabled hockey players and their coaches made the rounds of 54 ice hockey arenas in the state over the weekend, carrying their message that hockey...

Power Soccer is the first competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for power wheelchair users. These participants include persons with quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, spinal...

Paige and her family are wonderful. A hard copy of a letter from her aunt was floating around the office. I read it and said, This is great forward me the email so I can post it online. There was no email. Paige's aunt wrote an actual letter to our President...

Strain on the upper limbs is prevalent among wheelchair users, with the impending risk of experiencing a painful and potentially disabling injury. This guide offers information on how to protect your arms through; recommendations on selecting and setting...

There was a nice piece written by a medical doctor in the New York Times recently about what a tough job it is to be a family caregiver. Unless you've done it, it's hard to imagine. I remember how hard it was on my mom to handle my grandmother, and she...

We had a great response to the e-card we did for the holidays, so we thought we would keep it going for Valentine's Day. For a $20.00 contribution we'll send an e-card to a loved on for you.But the real story here is the artist Isabell (pictured here)....

Our friends at the Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington held a forum this past summer on "Aging with a Spinal Cord Injury." They have just posted streaming video and...

The Marathon des Sables is a 6 day, 151 mile (243km) endurance race across the Sahara Desert in Morocco. Gary Guller is a Team Reeve All Star. He is running MdS and raising money in the process for the Reeve Foundation. (He has a great promo video for...

NeuroRecovery Network is one of the coolest things we do. We have centers across the country that are developing and expanding access to activity-based therapies, resulting in improved health, quality of life, and function.It's focused on locomotor training....

Reeve Foundation ambassador, actor, and star of the Fox show Brothers (which, no matter what Fox decides, is/was one of the funniest shows ever), Daryl "Chill" Mitchell will be on this Sunday's episode of Desperate Housewives (9:00 p.m. on ABC). Read...

Christopher will always be Superman. But not just because he played the part he is obviously was born for. He touched lives and continues to do so.My Enduring Relationship with the Man of SteelRead this wonderful blog post by Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway...

You surely remember the blue mouse story from this past summer:"The same blue food dye found in M&Ms and Gatorade could be used to reduce damage caused by spine injuries, offering a better chance of recovery, according to new research."Read the...

The 2010 Paralympic games take place in Vancouver during March. Disabled competitive athletes will take the stage and compete in alpine skiing, cross country skiing, wheelchair curling, ice sledge hockey, and a biathlon (a combination of cross-country...

Over the last couple of weeks, the Reeve Foundation has focused on supporting relief efforts that are directed at the people of Haiti with existing and newly acquired disabilities. Portlight Strategies and UCP Wheels For Humanity are a perfect match...

The Grand Canyon speaks for itself. I have not been, but you better believe I'm going as soon as I get this whole, "Can we go see Mickey Mouse's Club House" thing out of my son's system. The Foundation sent a team last fall (pictured here) and everyone...

We have been following this story for a while. CNN picked it up earlier this week. It's a wheelchair, powered not by a keyboard, buttons or a wand in the mouth, but by the patient's own tongue.Why the tongue? "One of the major advantages of the tongue...

Another side of Andrei Krassioukov, MD,. PhD, a clinician scientist and Associate Director, Rehabilitation Research of ICORD, the University of British Columbia. Dr. Krassioukov is an individual grantee of the Reeve Foundation and he is a member of the...

Here is a nice way to show your support and start a conversation about the Foundation whenever you go to buy something -- A Visa card. There are three designs to choose from.When you apply for and use the new FREE Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation...

Was that on the cover of every magazine you saw this month? Some poor magazine intern probably came up with it years ago, and never saw a dime for that. But it's on the covers because it works. Of course I want a new me! If you are in a chair, it's no...

As always, we have to remind you that "in mice" does not mean tomorrow it will be "in humans," but this is a nice development:Transplanted neurons grown from embryonic stem cells were able to form proper brain connections in newborn mice, U.S. scientists...

A lot of people ask, How can I help? One answer is to go to, give money to, volunteer at events that people are holding for the cause. While we would love to get all the donations, we are really happy about individuals and groups that do well with their...