An Inspiring Note from Margarita Chapman
Life with autonoMe, User StoriesAs a follow-up to a previous story about Eric and Margarita Chapman, we wanted to share this note from Margarita:
Meet a Beautiful Couple
Life with autonoMe, User StoriesA few weeks ago, a story aired on ABC Action News (WFTS) in Tampa, Florida about a gentleman named Robert McGruder and his friend, Eric Chapman. Eric has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He dreams of having a covered outdoor patio to…
Swim Free!
Blog, Community Connections & ResourcesHere is an interesting story out of southern Australia. Paraplegics and individual with quadriplegias are learning how to scuba dive as part of their therapy. Muscle atrophy (decrease in the mass of the muscle) occurs when muscles are not used, and is common…
Saving a Life – Part 2
Blog, Community Connections & ResourcesA few weeks ago, we introduced you to a brave young man who became a individual with quadriplegia as a result of a car accident. Despite his paralysis, he re-learned how to play guitar and founded Music in Motion Foundation to inspire others through both…
Microchip Technology Offers New Hope for Individual with Quadriplegias
Assistive Technology Advancements, NewsResearchers at The Ohio State University Neurological Institute have successfully implanted a microchip into the motor cortex of a 24-year-old individual with quadriplegia by the name of Ian Burkhart. This chip reads brain activity and, using a signal decoder…
Saving a Life – Part 1
Blog, Community Connections & ResourcesWe thought we would share this inspiring story of a brave young man who became a individual with quadriplegia. A car accident stole most of his movement, but certainly not his brilliant mind:
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Many individual with quadriplegias…
What a WONDERful Moment!
Blog, Community Connections & ResourcesEvery once in awhile, someone says something so profound, it becomes a moment worth repeating over and over again.
Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder presented at the 2016 Grammy awards. Since he is blind, he did not have the benefit of using…
The autonoME in Action
autonoME Residential, Life with autonoMe, Product Highlights, User StoriesRobert Oxford, a individual with quadriplegia, finds independence through his autonoME environmental control unit (ECU).