LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Talking Politics
NEWSROOM: Showdown on SCHIP
By Peggy Hathaway and Andrew Morris
RESEARCH FRONT: Cooling Therapy and a Buffalo Bill
How a Bill Really Becomes a Law
One of United Spinal Association’s highest priorities this year, the ADA Restoration Act, illustrates the nuts and bolts of how a bill is enacted – and how important your voice is to the
process.
By Peggy Hathaway
No Agreement in Sight on Electronic Voting Machines
Despite HAVA, controversy continues over secure and accessible systems.
By Rob Ingraham
The Veterans Disability Benefits Commission Report to Congress: Sweeping Overhaul is Required
By Leonard J. Selfon, J.D., CAE
From War Theater to Community Re-entry: Challenges of Polytrauma Rehabilitation
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in thousands of cases of serious multiple injuries to American service men and women. They will need a lot of help coming home.
By Tom Scott
Spasticity from the Patient’s Perspective
Readers responded to our request for information about living with this common secondary condition of spinal cord injury and disorders. Part two of a three part series on spasticity.
By Chris Pierson
Executive Summary: Women’s Resource Questionnaire
ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES: Workable Stoves and Ovens
By Linda Stango, AIA
ACCESSIBLE HOME: Simple Steps to Make Your Bathroom Wheelchair Accessible
By Rosemarie Rossetti, PhD
WORKING WORLD: How to File a Discrimination Complaint Under ADA
By Tamar Asedo Sherman
MS PERSPECTIVES: Aging and MS
By Ed Lash
KIDS IN ACTION: A Tale of Two Cartoonists
By Kathleen M. Muldoon
SPORTS ROUNDUP: November 2007
By Tom Scott
ART SCENE: Marla De Fex
By Amy Meisner Threet
