As a kid he was a promising soccer player. Growing up in the country, the soccer field was his whole world. But after an illness his life took a sudden turn. Today he is playing basketball and rugby – in a chair.
Read about Mikael who took his life back with help from his biggest passion – sports.
She was injured in a car accident at the age of five – today she is 19 and a promising handball player, living her life to the fullest. But it wasn’t always easy to be a child with a spinal cord injury.
This is Julia Johansson’s inspiring story.
Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Taneli Tenhunen has had a spinal cord injury from birth, and reveals my own prejudice towards those who use a wheelchair. Taneli can’t fly either, but close enough.
He made it to the Paralympics in Beijing and now he is planning his comeback in the tennis court. Next stop Tokyo, 2020!
You can’t fly, right? But probably you don’t think about that much? I can’t walk and I don’t think about that much…
Millions of people around the world have some kind of disability. In many cases it is impossible to tell, just by looking at someone.
These invisible impairments are limiting in one way or another, even though it is not obvious to others.
So let’s focus beyond the visible!
Topics: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Stem cells, Exosceleton and Cyborgs.
Things that make people raise their eyebrows. Things that make investors open their pockets. All headline news.
On the other hand, a new design for catheters, wheelchairs or cushions to sit on. Not as exciting probably. Will definitely not make the headlines...
But is it possible to choose between cure and care?
Topics: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
