Injured Derry woman planning ‘Push’ to regain mobility

In a study initiated and released in April by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, it was discovered that 40 percent more Americans live with paralysis than originally thought — over five times the number previously estimated.

According to the study, one in 50 Americans lives with some form of paralysis.

Brittany McGraw, 18, is one of those people, left a quadriplegic after breaking her neck in a car accident. But her paralysis is something she hopes is temporary, despite what doctors and surgeons have told her, and she’s putting her faith into an organization called Push to Walk to bring her dream of living out of her wheelchair to fruition. Continue Reading »