down the stairs of the New York City subway system.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: The Right Equipment
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Tools for Living
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Twelve Actions
PROGRAM NOTES: December 2006
DEVELOPMENT: More Lasting Gifts This Holiday Season
MEMBERSHIP & OUTREACH: Associate Memberships Available
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: December 2006
Missouri Stem Cell Victory
Social Security Announces Cost of Living Increases for 2007
RESEARCH FRONT: December 2006
Universities to Study Wheelchair Transportation Safety
Exercise Cycles Promote Exercise in Children with SCI
Myelin Study Provides Hope in Treatment of MS and SCI
Common Antibiotic Reduces Cell Death in SCI
I, iBot
Dean Kamen invented what he calls “the world’s most sophisticated robot” to transport people with mobility impairments places they never thought they could go.
By Lori A. Wood
Inventor Dad
Randy Kwapis’s Action Chair, which he invented for his son to play on grass and other difficult surfaces, is a modern marvel.
By Michael Lee
Sixty Years of Assistive Technology
We’ve come a long way, baby, from the “devices” of yesteryear to today’s technology.
By Terry Moakley
Dogs At Your Service
It takes a team to raise a service dog.
by Linda A. Cronin
NEW AND NEWSWORTHY PRODUCTS: QuadJoy Mouse
By Lori A. Wood
WHEELCHAIR DIFFUSION: Which Wheels (If Any) Are Right For You?
By Jean L. Minkel, MA, PT
THE OBSERVATORY: Child’s Play
By Josie Kelly
WOMAN TO WOMAN: Let Every Day be a Good Hair Day
By Wendy Crawford and Cheryl Price
WORKING WORLD: Assistive Technology
By Tamar Asedo Sherman
ACCESSIBLE HOME: The Seven Principles of Universal Design
By Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D.
MS PERSPECTIVES: Self-esteem and MS
By Ed Lash
KIDS IN ACTION: Wrap It Up!
By Kathleen M. Muldoon
SPORTS ROUNDUP: December 2006
By Tom Scott
United Spinal Wheelchair Football Team Has New Home
12th Annual Al Youakim Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Results
