Monday, April 14, 2014 at 7:17PM Follow the below link to witness more of Jane Richard and her family's incredible strength as they heal together...
Boston Globe: "For Richard Family, Finding Strength"
boston strong, hero, strength Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 12:07PM
Andrew Meas (left), Dustin Shillcox, Kent Stephenson and Rob Summers. Four brave men helping researchers understand the benefits of epidural stimulation at the Human Locomotion Research Center laboratory.
Decades of hard work and research have led to an astonishing breakthrough. Despite being paralyzed for years, four young men have moved their legs as a result of epidural stimulation.
“We have uncovered a fundamentally new intervention strategy that can dramatically affect recovery of voluntary movement in individuals with complete paralysis even years after injury,” write the team of researchers at the Frazier Rehabilitation Institute & the University of Louisville. To see exactly what this means for those recovering from SCI, check out the amazing videos below...
To learn more, check out some of these articles:
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation: "Epidural Stimulation Results in Unprecedented Breakthorugh for Paralysis Community."
Maggie Fox, NBC News: "'The Wind on My Legs': Stimulators Helps Paralyzed Men Move Again."
Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 4:56PM
The Reeve Foundation has made a new addition to it's Paralysis Resource Center. The Foundation has teamed up with Acorda Therapeutics, a biotechnology company working to develop therapies to improve the lives of those living with spinal cord injuries and other neurlogical conditions, to introduce the Acute SCI Online Resource Center. The goal of this site is to provide valuable "material to help the newly injured, their families, and their friends navigate the information they need to know when dealing with an acute spinal cord injury (SCI)."
Tierney Saccavino, Acorda's Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, highlights the need for this new initiative: "From when I first started working at Acorda, I've dreamed of an initiative like this that helps address the unique needs of families facing spinal cord injury for the first time. The Reeve Foundation is the ideal partner for our company, and we've proudly supported Reeve Foundation research and quality of life programs for many years."
Click here to visit the new Acute SCI Online Resource Center.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 2:30PM
These shoes are more than just stylish. Designed by Anirudh Sharma of the MIT Media Lab and partner Krispian Lawyrence, these shoes have been dubbed “the world’s first-ever smartshoe.”
Users can simply tell an app on their smartphone where they want to go. Once they start walking, the shoes will vibrate when it’s time to make a turn. If you should take a left, you’ll feel the buzz on the left side of your foot.
Designed with the visually impaired in mind, these shoes can help all get to their destinations independently.
Click here to read Adam Clark Estes’ article on Gizmodo: "These Smartshoes Help the Blind Navigate City Streets."
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 8:14PM 
Looking to pitch in and help advocate for Brain Injury Awareness month? Your help is needed! Each year, 2.4 million Americans sustain a brain injury. As the Brain Injury Association puts it, "A brain injury can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone - a brain injury does not discriminate."
If you're interested in helping but don't know how, visit the BIA's website here to read more about how you can do your part to spread awareness in your community. Through increased awareness, we can all learn about how to prevent brain injuries and how to help those around us recovering from them.
