Forever Young builds “ladders to the stars” that any child can climb on.
By Danielle Shaw
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Forever Young builds “ladders to the stars” that any child can climb on. By Danielle Shaw Schools are providing disabled students with motorized “standers” for the physiological, academic and social benefits. By Adam Rosenthal Laura Tellado has a mission to make the condition she and more than 166,000 other Americans were born with a cause célèbre. By Christina Hernandez A study in San Jose, California, finds where movement, meditation and spinal cord injury come together. By Kazuko Shem, MD Chanda Hinton’s foundation is working with the state of Colorado and Medicaid on a pilot program to fund integrative medical programs for people with SCI. By Kristin Beale By Herb Drill We’re all pretty much acquainted with a PIN: a Personal Identification Number. Soon, more veterans and others with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), their families, caregivers, and medical professionals could know about BIN: the Brain Injury Navigator. BIN is a one-stop, Web-based information resource to meet the information needs of those of all ages with a TBI, their families, and their caregivers across the rehabilitation landscape. United Spinal’s disability summit rallies self-advocates to discuss the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed 20 years ago in July. By Tom Scott Women with disabilities talk empowerment and visibility at a conference in Brooklyn. By Tom Scott Follow the journey of Jen French, Cleveland FES Center research participant, in her “Stand by Me” journal. Jen participates in the Stand & Transfer Program for Spinal Cord Injury and will receive an upgraded FES system for trunk control and stand/transfer. Inventor Lance Black designed an award-winning device that improves the standing ability—and independence—of people with degenerative disorders, including post-polio syndrome and multiple sclerosis. By Lynne Harris Designer Jordan Silver brought her amazing line of wheelchair accessible clothing to United Spinal’s Independence Expo on Long Island in June. This video gives a taste of just how versatile her Ag Apparel line is What the staycation is to the traveler, these are to the hobbyist: activities that can occupy anyone with a lot of ambition and not so much money. By Clare Willson | ACCESSIBLE HOME By Rosemarie Rossetti, PhD Easter Seals Project ACTION invites you to participate in an ESPA Talks – Paratransit Online Dialogue July 26 – August 6, 2010. | TECH EDGE By John M. Williams | WORKING WORLD By Tamar Asedo Sherman | ASK THE COACH By Scott Chesney | POLIO TIPS ‘N’ TECHNIQUES by Dr. Richard L. Bruno | KIDS IN ACTION By Kathleen M. Muldoon | Wheel Life By Charles N. Roman |
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