If you’ve glanced at the news lately, it seems the time is nigh for a spinal cord injury (SCI) cure. What’s the world buzzing about? The FDA giving Geron (a bio-med corporation in California) the go-ahead to begin the first ever human trials in the United States using embryonic stem cells. Newly [..}
Working2Walk – “An Outlet for SCI Advocacy”
by on August 11, 2009
This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Susan Maus, quadriplegic and co-founder and president of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis (U2FP). Working 2 Walk is just a little more than two weeks away. The event is organized by a small group of volunteers, all of whom are impacted directly by paralysis [..}
Summer Poses Increased Risk for Spinal Cord Injuries
by on June 19, 2009
This article is reprinted with permission from the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. The summer months are some of the busiest for spinal cord injuries, warn leading doctors at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. As we [..}
Locke “Walking” on LOST Island
by on May 19, 2009
This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Santina Muha, Ms. Wheelchair New Jersey and Communications Associate for the National Spinal Cord Injury Association. Are we supposed to believe someone would rather spend their life walking on a deserted island with monsters & polar bears & [..}
FDA Approves Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
by on January 26, 2009
Big news broke in the science and spinal cord injury communities last Friday, January 23rd, 2009, when the FDA approved embryonic stem cell studies. Researchers could be doing human trials as early as this summer to test if stem cells are safe for people with spinal cord injuries. Take a peak at the [..}
New Technology helps People who are Paralyzed to Communicate with Brain Power
by on November 14, 2008
Did you see this video on 60 Minutes? It features a guy with ALS and a lady with a stroke who are both completely paralyzed and nonverbal. Neuroscientists have found a way to tap into the thoughts in their brain, and make them into actions performed through a computer. The gentleman with ALS is [..}
Standing up for a Cure
by on September 25, 2008
My life changed completely in November 1994 when I became a T8-9 paraplegic as a result of a car accident. I was 3 weeks shy of my 17th birthday. I wouldn’t say the accident was a change for-the-worse, just a change; a re-conceptualization of who I was and who I was to become, living a life from a [..}
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