EXECUTIVE MESSAGES: September 2007
Taking Precautions
Good Health Is Independence
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: September 2007
Getting Somewhere?
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Requiem for “Reasons and Remarks”
NEWSROOM: September 2007
Compiled by Peggy Hathaway
Keeping the Promise to End Unfair Employment Discrimination
RESEARCH FRONT: September 2007
Degeneration
Obesity Increases Risk of Having Children With Spina Bifida
New Video Series on Secondary Conditions of SCI
An eleven-part educational series from the University of Alabama Birmingham is available free over the Internet.
By Phil Klebine, MA; James F. Roper, MD; Susan Camp, ARNP; Cheryl Lane, CRNP, CWCN; Beth L. Dinoff, PhD; and Marca L. Sipski, MD
The Mystery of Heterotopic Ossification and How it Affected My Life
HO is a devastating condition that turns soft tissue into hardened bone.
By Tiffiny Carlson
The Fall and Rise of Kenneth Ryno
Two decades after a cervical spinal cord injury, Ken Ryno became determined to walk again.
by Michael Lee
Al Youakim: The Passing of a Wheelchair Sports Giant
United Spinal Association and wheelchair athletes the world over lost a close friend and tireless advocate last month.
by Rob Ingraham
Surviving a Disaster
September is National Preparedness Month. Are you ready in the event of an emergency?
By Kelly Rouba
VETSFIRST: The Wounds of War
By Leonard J. Selfon, JD, CAE
WORKING WORLD: Low Unemployment Rate Means More Opportunities
By Tamar Asedo Sherman
ACCESSIBLE HOME: Planning a Basement Escape Route in Your Home
By Rosemarie Rossetti, PhD
MS PERSPECTIVES: MS Bladder Control
By Ed Lash
KIDS IN ACTION: The Paralympics-They’re Coming Soon
By Kathleen M. Muldoon
SPORTS ROUNDUP: September 2007
United Spinal Association Helps Give MLB Fans a Showcase of Wheelchair Softball
NBA’s New Jersey Nets and United Spinal Team Host Wheelchair Basketball Clinic for Kids
United Spinal Navigators Win 112 Medals at the 2007 NJDC
