Mar 22, 2018 | Community, SCI
Listen On January 10, 2012, Agustin Zanoli was 18 years old and spent his summer vacation in Carilo, a seaside resort on the Argentine coast. During a quad race in sand dunes the Cordoba resident, now 24, lost the use of his arms and legs. At the end of 2015,...
Mar 22, 2018 | News, SCI, Therapy & Exercise
Listen JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A new robotic treatment device helping people with spinal cord injuries learn how to walk again can only be found in one place in the United States: Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville. The Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL, is...
Mar 19, 2018 | News, Research & Cure
ListenWith the help of robot-assisted rehabilitation and electrochemical spinal cord stimulation, rats with clinically relevant spinal cord injuries regained control of their otherwise paralyzed limbs. But how do brain commands for walking, swimming and stair-climbing...
Jan 30, 2018 | News, Research & Cure
ListenThe sensation James Stanley misses most is the squidgey feeling of wet sand between his toes. Sometimes it’s dangling his legs into cool water, and the feeling of soft grass under his feet. “They’re very simple things, but when you haven’t felt them for seven...
Jan 9, 2018 | Community, News
Listen As a follow-up to the Symposium of December 2nd, 2016, Totolika organized a symposium “20 years ‘Lei di Labizjan’”. It was held on December 2nd, 2017, at ‘Landhuis Klein Kwartier’. Although there were not many participants, the contents of the symposium...
Jan 2, 2018 | Accessibility, SCI
Listen The vacation rental giant Airbnb announced on November 16 that it had acquired the London-based accessible vacation rental startup, Accomable. The companies declined to disclose the price and terms of the deal, but did say that Airbnb would be working to...
