Recognized for her work to advance legislation that enables the VA to provide procreative services to catastrophically injured veterans PVA national president Al Kovach Jr (left) presents the Gordon H. Mansfield Award to Senator Patty Murray (center) in Washington, D.C. Joining them is PVA Northwest chapter executive director Brent King (right) and PVA senior VP […]
A Vermont company may have the solution to accessible homes By Christopher Di Virgilio The Wheel Pad is a fully accessible room that’s designed to attach to existing structures. (Photo Wheel Pad). Newly injured people face many challenges as they work to regain control of their new life. Coming home shouldn’t be one of them. […]
Veterans are finding adaptive skiing to be a good way to stay active after injury By Mary Carol Peterson, OT Skiing is one of those high adrenaline sports that help people get energized after a life changing accident, injury or disease. There are many adaptive skiing programs in the USA that offer camps and clinics […]
In the age of self-driving cars, a new self-driving wheelchair is in development to help people with disabilities By Courtney Verrill Roboticists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are currently working on making an autonomous wheelchair that drives itself. MIT Professor Daniela Rus, the head master of the project, got her inspiration to build the self-driving […]
Paralyzed Veterans of America has been on a mission to change lives and build brighter futures for seriously injured heroes. Operation PAVE is one such objective Over his 25-year military career, 45 year-old Bryan Chaney served in logistics, recruiting, and combat training. He held six different occupational specialties and oversaw the command of various recruiting posts. Despite […]
One Marine veteran’s dream to compete in the Paralympics Marine Corps Reservist veteran Lance Weir had no idea that a life-changing injury in 1993 would one day instill in him a dream to compete in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil. That dream is now within his reach, and Lance believes he would have never […]
A former circus acrobat walks for the first time in years with this prototype exoskeleton By Reuters Silke Pan walks for the first time in 10 years with the prototype exoskeleton (Image screen capture from Reuters video) Thanks to the help of a modular lightweight exoskeleton, former circus acrobat Silke Pan was able to take […]
Honorably discharged veterans can now enjoy the benefits of the military exchange Beginning this Veterans Day, prior service military members will be allowed to return to the post exchange … in a manner of speaking. The Department of Defense announced that Military Exchanges, an online “commissary,” will soon be open for honorably discharged veterans. “We […]
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