On one of her 70 trips since her injury in 1989, Kelly Giannattasio
poses in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Resolutions
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Strengthening the Organization
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: What’s In Store
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: January 2007
Congress Passes Bill to Expand Respite Care Services
New Congress Leaders Say Stem Cell Research Will Be a Top Priority
Restoring the Americans with Disabilities Act
RESEARCH FRONT: January 2007
Survivors of Childhood Polio Do Well Decades Later As They Age
MS Rates for Canadian Women Alarms Researchers
Discovery in SCI Pain Relief
PROGRAM NOTES: January 2007
United Spinal Becomes a Member of NCIL
Secrets of an Accidental Traveler
A travel agent with paraplegia, Kelly Giannattasio shares some traveling tips she’s picked up from personal experience.
By Tiffiny Carlson
Ski Holiday
Looking to get back into the sport of downhill skiing, or to try it for the first time? Here are a few things you will want to know before you plan a trip.
By Beth Livingston
United Spinal Motorsports—Living Life in Motion
United Spinal Association is on the fast track to raise awareness about disabilities by focusing on America’s love affair with the automobile.
By Tom Scott
From Polio to the Picket Line
United Spinal Board member Denise Mc Quade’s struggle with polio as a child steeled her for the larger struggle of advocating for the civil rights of people with disabilities
By Rob Ingraham
Q & A with Indira Lanig, MD: Asking the Right Questions
The President of American Paraplegia Society (APS) talks with Action about the society, her practice, and what they mean for people with spinal cord dysfunction.
An Eye Toward Freedom
An exciting program for people with quadriplegia provides LASIK surgery to qualifying candidates at no charge.
By Lori A. Wood
ACCESSIBLE HOME: How to Design a Laundry Room in a Universal Design Home
By Rosemarie Rossetti, PhD
WORKING WORLD: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell!
By Tamar Asedo Sherman
MS PERSPECTIVES: Understanding Stress
By Ed Lash
KIDS IN ACTION: The New and Improved Me
By Kathleen M. Muldoon
SPORTS ROUNDUP: January 2007
By Tom Scott
United Spinal and NYC Parks Unveil New Giants Wheelchair Football Field
