Videos
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SCI Superstar: Stephany Glassing
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Stephany Glassing! A licensed pilot thanks to Able Flight and a single mother from Marietta, Georgia, this paraplegic and adapted water ski champ recently discovered rowing helps with chronic pain. So cool! She is also a huge supporter of Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled:, as she is a recipient of a Capuchin monkey herself, and fought off depression 24 years post thanks to "Tracy." Great story!
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SCI Superstar: Charles Krauthammer
Meet our accomplished SCI Superstar this week, political analyst for both the Washington Post and Fox News, Charles Krauthammer! Paralyzed in his first year of medical school at Harvard University in '73, this psychiatrist turned Pulitzer Prize winner columnist/TV pundit has refused to let his injury "alter his life's arc." Whether or not you agree with his politics, you can't deny Charles' amazing strength to kick butt and take names since his injury.
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SCI Superstar: Dr. Susan Harkema
Meet SPINALpedia's brilliant SCI Superstar this week Dr. Susan Harkema! She is the lead researcher from the University of Louisville who discovered that electrically stimulating the spinal cord can help people with SCI move their legs and even stand again. The stimulation has also even returned some sensation and bladder, bowel & sexual function in both complete and incomplete injuries.
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SCI Superstar: Senator Tom Kennedy
A quad to know - meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar State Senator Thomas P. Kennedy! A longtime Massachusetts politician who left behind dreams of entering the priesthood and entered politics instead, he's been paralyzed for nearly 45 years and has been in politics for over 38 years. What a public servant! Thank you Sen. Tom Kennedy for keep on keepin' on!
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SCI Superstar: Dorine Bourneton
Meet SPINALpedia's high flying high SCI Superstar this week Dorine Bourneton! The first woman with a disability to receive her acrobatic flying license, this paraplegic from France, paralyzed in a plane crash when she was 16, has kept on doing what she loves, and now impresses crowds at air shows throughout France. Bravo Dorine!
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SCI Superstar: Pieter du Preez
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Pieter du Preez! The first quadriplegic (C6 complete) to complete an Ironman Triathlon (swimming 3.8 kilometers, handcycling 180 kilometers and racing 42.2 kilometers in his racing chair), this South African Paralympian and married man has one heck of a story to tell.
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SCI Superstar: Anna Turney
Meet SPINALpedia's fabulous SCI Superstar this week - Anna Turney! This 35 year old Brit was a competitive snowboarder, injured in 2006 while in Japan. But Anna has been able to battle post-injury depression and move on to do great things, including become a Paralympic skier and motivational speaker, as well a mentor to youth with the prestigious Dame Kelly Holmes Trust. Love her spirit!
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SCI Superstar: Kevin Saunders
No it's not Chuck Norris in a wheelchair, it's SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week - Kevin Saunders! The first person with a disability to serve on the President’s Council of Physical Fitness, this longtime Paralympian, father and motivational speaker specializes in javelin and wheelchair racing and has over 700 competitions to his credit.
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SCI Superstar: Angela Madsen
MMeet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Angela Madsen: Injured in a Marines basketball game in 1993, Angela discovered rowing a few years post-injury and hasn't looked back. She now holds six Guinness Book of Word Records in rowing, including being the first disabled woman to cross the Atlantic and the first woman ever to cross the Indian Ocean. Read her book and support her foundation - Military & Veteran Tribute Row
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SCI Superstar: Rob Parsons
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week speed racer Robert Parsons! A car drifter from Alberta, Canada injured in a dirt bike accident in 2011, he's not only back drifting with hand-controls he made himself, he recently founded The Chairslayers Foundation, helping introduce the thrill of drifting and other motorsports to others with spinal cord injuries.