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Paralyzed Veterans win battle for Big House seating
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Imagine buying tickets to a sporting event and arriving at the stadium to find out you cannot get to or fit into your seat.
People in wheelchairs have dealt with this problem for ages, often opting out of attending public events.
A recent agreement between Novi-based Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of
America and the University of Michigan will change things however, and
make more seats available at Michigan Stadium, better known as the Big
House, throughout the course of the next two years.
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Salem school friends soften a family's ordeal Group rallies to help father of three paralyzed in fall
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With the flip of a light switch, Cesar Mancebo — a strong, healthy husband and father of three — was paralyzed.
During an early morning blackout in November, Mancebo
walked to the bathroom in his Fort Avenue home in Salem. Groping in the
dark for the light switch, he tumbled down the stairs and smashed
headfirst into the wall. The fall resulted in a spinal cord injury that
paralyzed him from the shoulders down. He is still recuperating at
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston.
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People are more than their wheelchair'; Speaker shares experiences with school classes
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A group of Grade 8 boys gained a better
understanding of life in a wheelchair through a presentation which
complemented some of their in-class learning. Stephanie Bolton, regional service co-ordinator for the
Peterborough Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario, spoke to 24
pupils at Highland Heights Public School Thursday about how people need
to adapt their lives after a spinal cord injury. "I call it getting into your groove," she said. "You don't know what you don't know."
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Everett thanks high school for support at football banquet
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Kevin Everett, the Buffalo
tight end recovering from a severe spinal cord injury, spoke at a high
school football banquet in his hometown Thursday night.
"I didn't come prepared for a big speech," Everett said. "But thank you
all of Port Arthur for your support. Just with your support, you've
lifted me up. Let everyone know, you've lifted me up." His comments were reported in Friday editions of the Port Arthur News.
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Community's kindness pours out to injured athlete
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 South Gwinnett's Arquevious Crane finds 'unbelievable' generosity
Three days
before Christmas — and three months and two days after suffering
a debilitating spinal cord injury on the South Gwinnett High School
football field — Arquevious Crane came home.
He came home to a red-brick, four-bedroom house in a picturesque
Loganville subdivision with neatly manicured lawns. The house was a
gift — talk about great Christmas presents — from the Snell
family of E.R. Snell Contractors Inc., a clan with a heart the size of
the Comets' football field named after business co-founder Richard
Snell.
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Disaboom CEO Donates Stock to Non-Profit Organizations
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Disaboom, Inc., the first online community for people
living with or directly affected by disabilities or functional
limitations, today announced that its Chairman and CEO, J.W. Roth,
has donated 75,000 shares of stock to non-profit organizations in
its community, including Life Rolls On Foundation and The Miami
Project. "We are extremely grateful for the partnerships we have with
non-profit organizations, such as Life Rolls On and The Miami Project,
as their participation has contributed to the successful launch of
disaboom.com in 2007," said J.W. Roth, Chairman and CEO of Disaboom.
"I wanted to give back to these elite organizations because they have
given so much to Disaboom by working with us to meet the needs of the
disability community, their families and friends through our combined
knowledge of resources."
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A network of support
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 Bill Iverson “learned a lot about people” during his 10
years in the saddle as a car salesman. But after suffering a permanent
spinal cord injury in 1999, Iverson’s familiarity with the human
condition — previously a boon to sales — transformed him
into a valuable advocate for men and women with disabilities.
The change came after an unidentified driver cut him off on First
Avenue, resulting in a forceful impact that threw Iverson from the ‘63
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible he was driving. The effects of the
accident — a broken neck, shoulder and multiple fractured ribs — landed
him in the hospital for nearly six months.
“I almost didn’t survive ... and I’m lucky I did,” he said.
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Woman adjusts to receiving help
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 For more than two decades, this woman worked as a registered nurse.
She
made a career of caring for others, even after being in a car accident
and sustaining a spinal cord injury that left her partially paralyzed.
"I did rehab and physical therapy and got my left side working again," she said.
Then, she was back at work until she couldn't do it anymore.
"I just got weaker and weaker," she said.
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Ameristar Workplace Giving Campaign Yields Over $3 Million for Local Communities
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In a remarkable demonstration of philanthropic generosity, Team
Members from Ameristar Casinos, Inc. nationwide, with company and
foundation matches, will contribute more than $3 million to local
Ameristar communities through Ameristar's 2007 Workplace Giving
Campaign. The 2007 contributions surpass 2006 contributions by 23
percent.
An astounding 85 percent of the company's more than 7,200 Team
Members participated in this year's campaign. According to national
studies, the average participation rate of employees in workplace
charitable campaigns is 35 percent. At every Ameristar location, Team
Members more than doubled the U.S. average participation rate.
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Acorda Therapeutics CEO Inducted into Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame
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Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.®
today announced that Ron Cohen, M.D., its President and
CEO, has been inducted into the SCI Hall of Fame™
in the Corporate Executive category. Formed by the National Spinal Cord
Injury Association (NSCIA) in 2005, the SCI Hall of Fame was created to
recognize excellence and to honor individuals and organizations that
have made significant contributions to quality of life and advancements
toward a better future for all individuals with spinal cord injury. “I am deeply moved and honored to be inducted
into the SCI Hall of Fame,” stated Dr. Cohen. “Spinal
cord injury is a devastating medical condition, but the scientific
advances of the last 15 years have brought us closer than ever to
bringing new therapies to clinical trials. My colleagues at Acorda and I
are committed to achieving the company’s
mission, to develop therapies that will treat SCI.”
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