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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!