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Second Impact Syndrome
Amid the recent growing concern over concussions in youth, collegiate, and professional contact sports is a lesser known yet serious head injury: second impact syndrome or SIS occurs when an athlete suffers a blow to the head too soon after … Continue reading
Posted in Report, Uncategorized
Tagged athletes, athletics, brain, brain injury, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concussion, cuncussions, education, head injury, injury, MLB, NBA, nfl, NHL, owusu, prevention, second impact syndrome, sis, sports, teddowusu, teddy, treatment
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Miss All American Standout
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but beauty in its truest sense just cannot be denied. 18-year-old Alexis Wineman, the reigning Miss Montana, always knew there was something about her that wasn’t the norm. At age 11 she … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged alexis, america, autism, beauty, butterworth, communication, communication disabilities, communication disorders, congenial, contest, disorders, living with disabilities, macy's, miss america, miss montana, montana, neurological disorders, owusu, pageant, parade, teddowusu, teddy, wineman
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The #NikeLetter
According to the Oregonian, a 17-year-old high schooler who was born weighing 2 pounds, 6 ounces with cerebral palsy may have just created a huge shift in the way a $67 billion company does business. The Portland based newspaper reports … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, athletics, cerebral palsy, independent living, living with disabilities, nike, owusu, research, research design, run, running, shoes, sports, teddowusu, teddy, walk, walking
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The Evolution of Head Safety Equipment
A revolutionary device that could save lives by alerting family and friends in case of a serious injury is now available. ICEdot, the world’s first “personal crash sensor” is a fourth-generation safety device that pairs helmet and smartphone and uses … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Project, Uncategorized
Tagged alert, android, app, bike, biking, blading, bluetooth, brain, brain injury, climbing, concussion, derby, firs responder, head, health, helmet, hiking, icedot, injury, iphone, monitor, motor, mountain, owusu, phone, riding, rock, roller, skating, sport, sports, technology, teddowusu, teddy, wireless
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National Hispanic Month: MLB’s Freddy Sanchez
September 15-October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) and to highlight the event, this blog will highlight people living with disabilities in the Latino community. Freddy Sanchez is an infielder for the San Francisco Giants; he is also a World … Continue reading
The Reality of a ‘Push Girl’
“Real” housewives have their shows, so do cooks, bounty hunters, and any number of other professionals and social-types. But seldom are there shows that represent the community of people living with disabilities. And when there are, it’s even rarer to … Continue reading
Posted in Audiovisual, Event, Uncategorized
Tagged adults, angla, auti, channel, chelsie, Disabilities, friendships, girl, girls, mia, owusu, push, reality, reality show, relationships, series, sundance, teddowusu, teddy, television, tiphany, wheelchairs, young
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From ‘Knee-high’ to Seeing Eye: Guide Dogs
Ever wonder how an energetic puppy becomes a disciplined, focused seeing-eye-dog? Animal lovers will be happy to know that this doesn’t involve any type of animal cruelty or violation of puppy labor laws. Preparation begins when they are puppies and … Continue reading
Movement Disorders: Friedreich’s Ataxia
October is Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA or FRDA) and movement disorders month. Movement disorders are caused by disease or damage to various parts of the brain and affect over 10 million people in the United States. Most are classified as neurological … Continue reading
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Tagged ataxia, brain, Disabilities, disability, disease, disorders, fa, frda, friedreich's, injury, mobility, movement, october, owusu, spinal cord, teddowusu, teddy, trinucleotides
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2012 Paralympics: The Stories Behind the Games
One of the great things about the Olympics and Paralympics games are the storylines. While we view the participants as extraordinary athletes who perform amazing feats and watch in anticipation as records fall, we may overlook the human aspect in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 paralympics, amputee, massive blood loss, owusu, paralympics, paralympics games, Special Olympics, sport, sports, teddowusu, teddy
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2012 Paralympics: Goalball
Whether you play or watch, it’s a guarantee that you’ve never experienced anything like Goalball. Goalball features two teams of three players attempting to roll or throw a ball implanted with bells into the other team’s goal. All players are … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 2012 paralympics, goalball, owusu, paralympics, sports, teddowusu, teddy, visual disabilities, visual impairments
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