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NFL Star Meets Quadriplegic Fan After Viral Facebook Campaign
Mashable Cagen has been a quadriplegic since being struck by a hit-and-run driver as a toddler, but for the past couple years also been one of Watt's biggest fans. "During the season, every morning I would wake him up and he would announce 'J. J. SWATT! |
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St. Louis doctor with cerebral palsy offers hope
KXAN.com ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber. "We know it's not fair, but that's … |
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St. Louis doctor with cerebral palsy offers hope
MyFOX Providence WNAC The 50-year-old doctor didn't set out to operate a pioneering clinic despite the lifelong challenges cerebral palsy had brought her. But when she discovered in the 1990s that care and treatment hadn't progressed much since her childhood, she eventually … |
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Small Miracles Have Big Impact For Individuals Living With Mental Health …
PR Newswire (press release) SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Just as physical disabilities can be an obstacle to living independently, so can mental health disabilities. With approximately 25 percent, or one in four adults, living with mental illness, the need for … |
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Service Dog Graduates With Honors
Global Animal Evans, who lives with a condition called spina bifida, has made an incredibly positive impact at the U of I Urbana-Champaign campus with the start of her Illini Service Dog Program. In 2010, Evans launched the program to provide opportunities for … |
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Rockefeller Sponsors New Head-Injury Legislation
WSAZ-TV Rockefeller Sponsors New Head-Injury Legislation. By: The Associated Press Email. Posted: Wed 5:16 PM, May 22, 2013. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia senator who's long pushed parents, coaches and communities to help protect young … |
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Lawsuit filed against state of Conn. over gun law
Greenwich Time In his complaint, he points out how the Connecticut constitution guarantees the right to bear arms for personal defense and how the state also prohibits someone's civil rights from being deprived because of their physical disability. By banning certain … |
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Riley patient takes ride around IMS
Fox 59 The 8-year-old boy has spina bifida and other medical conditions that have resulted in more than a dozen surgeries throughout his young life. Still, he's stayed positive and served as an inspiration to those caring for him at the hospital. “All things … Riley kid Braden Tamosaitis takes Speedway lap in Hot Wheels Camaro for … |
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Rockefeller sponsors new head-injury legislation
Huntington Herald Dispatch Rockefeller sponsors new head-injury legislation. May 22, 2013 @ 04:01 PM. The Herald-Dispatch / 2013. Herald-Dispatch.com. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A senator who's long pushed parents, coaches and communities to help protect young athletes … |
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Ore. has toll-free number for disability resources
KTVZ Earlier this year, ADRC opened a statewide toll-free telephone number so that all Oregonians can easily access resources and information from anywhere in the state on issues related to aging or living with a physical disability. The phone number is … |
