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  • Pain device helps patients walk again after years in wheelchairs

    Maggie Fox

    September 24, 2018 |

    NBC News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    At least five people who were paralyzed are walking, thanks to a pain stimulator and physical therapy. The stimulator, which is implanted in the body, sends electricity to the spine, and combined with therapy, can retrain the body to walk again. “The first day I took steps on my own was an emotional milestone in my recovery that I’ll never forget, as one minute I was walking with the trainer’s assistance and, while they stopped, I continued walking on my own.”

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  • How dance improves the lives of those with Parkinson's disease

    Michael Hill

    April 17, 2018 |

    NJTV-PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    A collaboration between a Parkinson’s disease support group and a New York City dance company created a program of movement for people managing the disease. Besides an improvement in physical mobility, participation also gave people an increase in self-esteem and cognitive function.

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  • This All-Amputee Softball Team is Changing the Way We Think About Treating Trauma

    Mark Oprea

    August 31, 2017 |

    Narratively |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    As the number of veterans with both physical and psychological injuries balloons, this softball team of 11 wounded warriors wards helps one another deal with war trauma and combat isolation by playing a little ball.

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  • To Reduce Shootings, Hospitals Vow to Treat the Wounds Doctors Can't Fix

    Elizabeth Van Brocklin

    May 01, 2017 |

    The Trace |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Gunshot victims are often treated at hospitals only to be sent back into the community, where 1/3 will end up back in the hospital again. With a new emphasis on prevention and addressing the underlying issues, Ohio is now using federal assistance to create a Trauma Recovery Network that helps with crisis intervention, counseling, and even providing safe emergency housing for gunshot victims.

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  • Repairing Wounded Soldiers' Sex Lives

    Joseph Darius Jaafari

    May 12, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    New veteran services focus on sexual rehabilitation as a part of occupational rehab programs for veterans with genital injuries or other physical and mental limitations. Physical therapy and idea generation help wounded veterans relearn how to be intimate with themselves and their partners.

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  • These Toy Cars Help Kids With Disabilities Get Moving

    Jacob Templin

    February 05, 2014 |

    NationSwell |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    A Delaware professor began retrofitting toy cars for young children with disabilities and founded Go Baby Go. For children too young to use wheelchairs there are few solutions for mobility. Go Baby Go provides a fun mobility option for only about $200. So far, about 100 children have adapted toy cars.

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