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Issue Contents
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Politics and Disability
Misc.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Talking Politics
NEWSROOM: Showdown on SCHIP
By Peggy Hathaway and Andrew Morris
RESEARCH FRONT: Cooling Therapy and a Buffalo Bill
Features
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 […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Research
Misc.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGES: October 2007
Orlando Blooms
Knowledge Sharing
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: October 2007
An Artist Writes
MS Veterans
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Need for Knowledge
NEWSROOM: October 2007
Updated Human Rights Law in NY
Features
Conference 2007 Highlights
Here’s a small sample of what professionals and consumers learned at this year’s North American Spinal Cord Injury Conference and Disability Expo in […]
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Living with Secondary Conditions
Misc.
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
Features
New Video Series on […]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Fun and Adaptive Adventure
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN: Mind and Body
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: New Talents
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Vacating and Recreating
NEWSROOM: August 2007
Compiled by Peggy Hathaway
Class Act
SCHIP – State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Money to Cut Social Security Backlogs
RESEARCH FRONT: August 2007
Neuralstem’s Cells Restore Motor Function in Spinal Ischemia-Paralyzed Rat
Study Finds MRI Useful in Predicting SCI Recovery
Top Three […]
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
Getting Somewhere:
Transportation and Disability
Misc.
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Improved Visibility
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: Leaders in Transit
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: July 2007
Make SSDI Work for People with Chronic Illness
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Get Together in Orlando
NEWSROOM: July 2007
Compiled by Peggy Hathaway
RESEARCH FRONT: July 2007
Acorda Enrolls First Patient in Phase 3 MS […]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
The Arts
Sunflower by Michael Monaco. More works by United Spinal members can be viewed in this gallery.
Misc.
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Follow Your Bliss
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: Hidden Talents
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: June 2007
Hybrid Taxis at the Expense of Accessibility
No Handcyclists Need Apply
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Flying Colors
SOCIAL NET: May 2007
Who Can Help […]
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
The Family
Misc.
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: All in the Family
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: Extended Family
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Remembering
PROGRAM NOTES: Membership Meeting 2007
NEWSROOM: May 2007
Stem Cell Bill Passes Senate
Hope for Fewer Delays at Social Security
SOCIAL NET
No Need to Fear: Back to Work Incentives are Here!
RESEARCH FRONT: May 2007
Research Breakthrough Suggests New Treatment […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
Personal Finances
Misc.
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Money Matters
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: Financial Sanity
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: April 2007
MS Solidarity
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Money Talk
NEWSROOM: April 2007
Social Security Underfunded Again
Other Cuts that Hurt People with Disabilities
RESEARCH FRONT: April 2007
Electric Switch Could Turn on Limb Regeneration
Biomedical Engineers Advance on ‘Smart Bladder Pacemaker’
VETSFIRST: April 2007
Walter […]
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Pharmaceutical Research
Misc.
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Better Living
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: Prescriptions
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: March 2007
Kudos to Action
Kudos to Volunteers
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: MS Awareness
NEWSROOM: March 2007
Employment Discrimination: The ADA Needs You!
President’s 2008 Budget Hurts Domestic Programs
VETSFIRST: March 2007
New Fiscal Year VA Budget: Same Old Problems
RESEARCH FRONT: March 2007
Uric Acid […]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Love and Marriage
Joan Rhodes and Bill Lee have fun at the beach in the early
1950s. After a life apart, the United Spinal members found
each other again and rekindled their romance.
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Positive Vibrations
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Legislative Picture
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Tweaks and Tinkerings
PROGRAM NOTES: February 2007
Philadelphia Airport Business Opportunities & Diversity
Vets with Disabilities Wanted to […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Winter Travel
On one of her 70 trips since her injury in 1989, Kelly Giannattasio
poses in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Misc.
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 […]
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
Assistive Technology
Inventor Dean Kamen takes his iBOT 4000 Mobility System
down the stairs of the New York City subway system.
Misc.
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 […]
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
Veterans
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Degrees of Separation
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Keeping Faith
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Number Crunch
PROGRAM NOTES: November 2006
LEGAL AFFAIRS: Kleo King Promoted
MEMBERSHIP: Florida Service Office Opens for Business
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: November 2006
Social Security: Proposed Cuts Would Hurt People with Disabilities
The ADA at 16: A Congressional Hearing
RESEARCH FRONT: November 2006
The Effects of Fampridine-SR on Walking in People […]
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
SCI/D Conferences in Las Vegas
Director of Social Services Jerome Kleckley (left) enjoys a light moment with Damon Rozier, who gave a presentation on the role of sports in psychosocial rehabilitation following spinal cord injury at the Tri-Association Conferences of SCI/D health care professionals in Las Vegas last month.
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Research and You
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: An Excellent […]
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Friday, September 15th, 2006
Education and Disability
Melissa Pitts and her twin sons Alex (in chair) and Ryan,
who are beginning kindergarten this month.
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: A Plug for Higher Education
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: The Journey
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Value Added
RESEARCH FRONT
Device Enables Man with SCI to Control Objects with Thoughts
MS Drug Tysabri™ Return Heavily Restricted
New Joint Effort to Fight Spina Bifida Among Hispanic […]
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Summer Sports
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Changes
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: A Beginning
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Surveying the Action
CONNECTIONS: News of Communities for People with Disabilities
Dating4Disabled.com
Features
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Adaptive Summer Sports––More Ways to Have Fun in the Sun
Wave-Ski Surfin’ Safari
If you love water, adventure, and being “out there,” wave-skiing may be your ticket to summer fun.
By Beth Livingston
Sailing to Freedom
Thousands of Chicagoans […]
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Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
Legislative Developments
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Our Best Interests
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Farewell
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Reader Express
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: July 2006
United Spinal Pride
RESEARCH FRONT: Study Participants Wanted
Doctoral Candidate Study: Forgiveness and Coping after SCI
Doctoral Candidate Study: Parenting with a Disability
FES Exercise and the Health of Young Persons with SCI
On-line Survey: Resilience
On-Line Survey: Self-Efficacy
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: Protecting Against Identity […]
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Thursday, June 1st, 2006
Health & Well-Being
Paul and Judy O’Lone show Mary Corkern how to use a weight
machine at Accessible Fitness, a gym in Santa Clara, California.
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: “As Long as You Have Your Health”
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Take Care of Yourself
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: What’s New?
PROGRAM NOTES
CORPORATE CONNECTIONS: Merrill Lynch Employees Lunch & Learn About SCI/D
PUBLIC POLICY: […]
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
Go Where You Want to Go
A Whole World of Accessible Travel
Herb Bullock and guide prepare to cross the rainforest canopy on an accessible footbridge at La Selva, Costa Rica. The story of Herb’s adventures in Costa Rica begins here.
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Out in the World
DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Our Mission and Vision
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Road to […]
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
Getting to Work
People with disabilities bring their talents to the workplace. Member Denise Mc Quade (second from left), seen with colleagues Sheryl Patillo, Eunice Poku, Dolores Miller, and Carol Zwick (at desk), brings skills she gained as a disability rights activist to her job with MTA/New York City Transit.
Misc.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Building on Our Strengths
DIRECTOR’S […]
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