Sentences with phrase «of quadriplegic»

However, in handling the legal process of asserting a claim on behalf of the quadriplegic, we have seen any number of systemic financial issues that come up in handling these claims.

Amazon showed Gus Van Sant's newest work, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, the compelling biopic of quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan, which features layered performances by Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara.

In 1978, he won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a quadriplegic Vietnam War veteran in COMING HOME.

A brain computer interface could dramatically change the lives of quadriplegics and paraplegics, for example.

It is now being used by hundreds of quadriplegics.

Me Before You has already incited a few complaints about its portrayal of quadriplegics and its glossing over of the acrimonious subject of state - assisted suicide.

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my wife is a care - giver for an 85 year old woman that's had a series of strokes and a quadriplegic 28 year old man.

Before you say that is inappropriate humor... consider Humor is an important part of healing... even for quadriplegics...

AMANDA DICKEY: Yes, it was something that I wasn't ever sure, there's really just not a lot of medical knowledge, especially about quadriplegics or even anyone with a spinal cord injury, which would include paraplegics, but there's just not a lot of knowledge out there, especially accessible knowledge like on the internet.

Top brass in the NYPD stood in line at Saint Agnes Parish Center for a viewing along with others who loved and admired Det. Steven McDonald of Malverne, a veteran officer left a quadriplegic after a line - of - duty shooting in Central Park three decades ago.

Body of NYPD cop from LI transported before final arrangements Det. Steven McDonald, the NYPD officer who forgave the teenager who shot him, leaving him a quadriplegic, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset after suffering a heart attack.

A team led by Brown University neuroscientist John Donoghue has implanted sensors in the brains of four quadriplegic patients that connect signals from the motor cortex to output devices, thereby enabling paralyzed patients to move computer cursors, control robotic limbs, and operate wheelchairs.

«He's using the part of his brain that's been disconnected from the real world,» says Donoghue, who foresees a day when «you'll shake hands with a person and he'll say, «By the way, I'm a quadriplegic.

Birch, a quadriplegic as a result of a car accident when he was 17, is an adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC.

ReWalk was created by Argo's founder, Amit Goffer, himself quadriplegic as the result of a 1997 ATV accident.

Approximately 52 % of spinal cord injured individuals are considered as paraplegic, and 47 % patients are quadriplegic.

Using an array of hair - thin electrodes implanted in his brain, a 25 - year - old quadriplegic man was able to operate a computer, open and close a prosthetic hand, and manipulate a robotic arm just by thinking about it, according to a new study.

John Donoghue In 2005, with the help of a Donoghue - devised brain chip, a quadriplegic man used a robotic arm to pick up a piece of candy.

Ian Burkhart, a 23 - year - old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, is the first patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb.

Both patients and physicians consistently report that improvements in upper extremity motor function are the most desirable functional improvement target in the quadriplegic population, since even relatively modest changes can potentially have a significant impact on functional independence, quality of life and cost of care.

According to Mashable, Hudson is a quadriplegic who has lost functionality in some of his limbs due to a motorcycle accident.

In my practice I treat a lot of paraplegics and quadriplegics all of them would love to walk... So, when I'm thinking I could not do my workout and do something else, I think of them.

Learn about Russian dating scams and check names and photos of reported Once the Mason family were eventually off the flight they said their quadriplegic son, Leon, was forced to sleep on the cold, hard floor

In this episode meet a woman pulled into an online cult from the safety of her bedroom; a former pilot who suffers from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and can only find relief in the absence of electricity and wifi; plus, a quadriplegic who uses cutting - edge adaptive robotics and virtual reality to transcend his body's limitations.

Ramón Sampedro (Javier Bardem) was a fisherman and part - time poet who, at the age of 26, suffered an accident while diving that left him a bedridden quadriplegic.

John Callahan was a quadriplegic, and the movie looks like it deals mostly with his recovery from alcoholism and subsequent discovery of his ability to draw cartoons by grasping a pen in both hands.

By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith HollywoodNews.com: When motivational guru Tony Robbins debuts his powerful new NBC «Breakthrough With Tony Robbins» reality show July 27, viewers will see such astonishing stories as that of a man who broke his neck at his own wedding reception and became a quadriplegic ---LSB-...]

«March of the Penguins» of course was a nominated documentary, and so was the powerful «Murderball,» about full - contact quadriplegic wheelchair rugby.

It's the story of astonishing sports heroes: Champions of full - contact quadriplegic wheelchair rugby.

The Sea Inside tells the true story of Ramon Sampedro (Javier Bardem, Collateral), who spent almost thirty years as a quadriplegic after a diving accident left him with no feeling or movement below his neck.

by Walter Chaw Marking the second euthanasia melodrama of the 2004 awards season after Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, Alejandro Amenábar's peculiar follow - up to The Others is another ghost story of sorts documenting the last, sad days of Ramón Sampedro (Javier Bardem), made a quadriplegic by a distracted dive into a shallow tide pool.

Variety reports that Rooney Mara and Jonah Hill have signed on for Gus Van Sant's Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot, based on the autobiography of subversive quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan.

A major box office disappointment especially considering his reputation and the track record of the pairing of stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (in their third film together), the commercial fate in no way reflects the quality of the film, where a quadriplegic former magician (Roshan) fights the government for his right to die.

Joaquin Phoenix plays the quadriplegic illustrator and Jonah Hill his AA counselor — both roles that break the seriousness of the film with superb comedic relief and will likely earn both actors awards season nods next year.

Zhao discovered her movie - star - handsome leading man, Brady Jandreau, on the Lakota reservation where she researched and shot her first feature, «Songs My Brothers Taught Me,» and she built this film around his personal story, enlisting Jandreau's father, sister and quadriplegic best friend (another real - life rodeo casualty) to play versions of themselves.

When Lou loses her job at a bakery that's closing, she applies for a well - paying post as a companion to wealthy, handsome and bitter quadriplegic Will Traynor (Sam Claflin, the charismatic Finnick Odair of The Hunger Games).

Schmidt, of course, is the former Indy driver who became a quadriplegic in 2000...

You see, Schmidt was left as a quadriplegic since a testing accident in 2000 but he never gave up the dream of driving fast again.

This story of the relationship between down - and - out Louisa Clark and the wealthy, quadriplegic she becomes a caregiver for is as touching and warm as it is thought - provoking, making it a perfect fit for book clubs.

Coleman became a quadriplegic at the age of 17 due to a water skiing accident.

W.D. Wis. 2013), Bradley Myhre, a quadriplegic, sought to discharge $ 14,000 in student loans in bankruptcy over the opposition of the U.S. Department of Education.

Chester had slipped a disc in his neck and become completgely quadriplegic within a couple of hours.

Visit our page on YouTube to see some of our rehabilitation and laser patients; including Zoe, a quadriplegic dog that was able to walk again after undergoing laser and physical therapy.

The onset of signs begins as rear leg weakness which rapidly ascends over 24 - 48 hours until the animal is quadriplegic.

In 1962, at the age of 19, he injured his spinal cord in a diving accident and became a quadriplegic confined to a wheelchair.

In 1962, at the age of 19, he suffered a severe spinal cord injury in a diving accident that left him a quadriplegic.

The future - care cost report will be more lengthy and complex, and will provide for a substantial amount of attendant care benefits, particularly if somebody is either paraplegic, quadriplegic, or severely brain damaged.

In 1962, under the leadership of Ronald (Ron) G. Cummings, QC, the firm began a litigation department and in 1965 conducted the firm's first personal injury trial involving a quadriplegic injury.

My most dramatic experience was helping a firm whose charismatic managing partner and chief rainmaker had suddenly become a quadriplegic as a result of a body surfing accident.

Over half of these patients live as quadriplegics, which means they have no use of their arms or legs.