Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation at Drake Center, Cincinnati Ohio

Gift of the great outdoors

Friends raise money for paralyzed sportsman to gain mobility with TankChair

SOLANA BEACH — Allen McKinley didn’t want to be treated like an invalid after he was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident at age 24. At one point, he even cut the handles off his wheelchair because “I got sick of people trying to push me around,” he said.

McKinley, known as Bucky, was a semipro snowboarder in Colorado. The motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the chest down, unable to do activities he loved. Continue Reading »

Wheelchair mobility at the tip of the tongue

The first clinical trials of the Tongue Drive system, as it is called, tested the ability of individuals with high-level spinal cord injuries to navigate the wheelchair using only tongue movements. Continue Reading »

Camper manufacturer powers chairs with gasoline engine for use outdoors

Necedah firm off to the races with wheelchair idea

Necedah – A Wisconsin camper manufacturer, inspired by an employee who uses a wheelchair to get around, has developed a motorized wheelchair that soon could be giving people with spinal cord injuries the mobility to participate in off-road activities such as hunting and fishing.

Powered by a small motorcycle engine, the chair is capable of speeds up to 25 mph and is geared to handle hills. Continue Reading »

American Chopper for Reeve Foundation Sneak Peek

Paul Sr. and the crew from Orange County Choppers (OCC) has built a motorcycle for the Reeve Foundation. Continue Reading »

Reeve Foundation “bike” being built on American Chopper

The Reeve Foundation is about to be featured on the TLC show American Chopper! Paul Teutul Sr. and the crew from Orange County Choppers (OCC) have built a motorcycle for the Reeve Foundation. And this motorcycle is like no other chopper ever built. It is a trike-bike chopper that is custom built for wheelchair access!

The TV show airs on January 7, 2010, starting at 9 p.m. ET. And we would like you to have people over to watch the show. In fact, we would like to have American Chopper parties across the country! Continue Reading »

Project Walk trip is step in right direction

Elkridge woman vows to return to her feet

Perneita Farrar’s dream is to walk again, and to do it in her beloved high heels.

“One day, I’m going to walk in these shoes,” she said of her 100 or so pairs of heels. “I don’t want to be wearing orthopedic shoes.”

The 36-year-old Elkridge woman, a self-described “girly girl” who uses a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury, is working toward that goal as she prepares to travel to California in December to participate in an exercise-based rehabilitation program. Continue Reading »

Customers Experience of the 3 BerkelBike Models

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Troops Change Lives With Wheelchair Donations

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2009 – U.S. troops and reconstruction team members in Iraq’s Basra province completed what some say was a small task with a huge impact on improving the lives of some Iraqi families with disabled children.

In a combined humanitarian aid effort, members from the 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, 17th Fires Brigade, 34th Infantry Division and the provincial reconstruction team distributed 20 wheelchairs to children with special needs at the Moosawii Private Hospital in Basra. Continue Reading »

Regaining independence after being paralyzed at 17

On March 13, 1991, while preparing for a motorcycle race competition, my bike collided with a rock and my life changed forever. I was airlifted to a Boston hospital, where the emergency room physician told me that I had severed my spinal cord and that I would never walk again.

I had been racing motorcycles for 11 years and had incurred numerous minor injuries, but I never thought I’d be permanently injured. I felt absolutely helpless, like there was no one in the world who could do anything to help. Continue Reading »