SPORTS ‘N SPOKES, the sports and recreation magazine of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), has teamed up with UroMed’s nonprofit program Life After Spinal Cord Injury (LASCI) and the online community, Wheel:Life, to encourage people...
Headquartered in Suwanee, GA [a suburb of Atlanta], UroMed now has seven regional offices including their newest location in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Ridgeland is a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi.
New educational materials help patients talk to their physicians about sensitive subjects via a Patient Point joint venture of UroMed and Cure Medical to offer valuable incontinence and catheterization information in urology exam rooms.
mobileWOMEN.org magazine will be spotlighting the stories of UroMed’s female Hometown Heroes as an inspirational program for their readers. mobileWOMEN.org is an online magazine for women who use wheelchairs.
In June 2016, Matt Wetherbee was left paralyzed after going head first into a wall during a pick-up basketball game. Severely damaging his spinal cord, Wetherbee was transported to the hospital where he spent two months facing a number of complications, and ultimately relocating to a rehabilitation center. Since that time, Wetherbee has continued to… Continu […]
Tommy Hilfiger is expanding its innovative disability-friendly clothing initiative by unveiling Tommy Adaptive, a new line that includes a variety of new and stylish pieces. In 2016, Tommy Hilfiger partnered with Runway of Dreams, a nonprofit founded by Mindy Scheier, a mother whose child has muscular dystrophy, to create a clothing line more inclusive to… C […]
Google and a slew of startups are including accessibility information in apps to help people navigate the world if they use wheelchairs or have other disabilities. Occupational therapist turned disability rights activist Alanna Raffel has spent her career thinking about accessibility. So for her 30th birthday last year, she turned her passion into action. Ra […]
An inventor on the western slope is trying to help everyone ski, particularly people with spinal cord injuries. HAYDEN — At his workshop near the town of Hayden, Wes Dearborn has an inspiring view that has helped inspire an invention to help people with disabilities learn to ski. “Get people out skiing again,” said Dearborn.… Continue Reading »