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To a person who uses a wheelchair, their wheelchair provides them with independence. When that wheelchair is broken, suddenly their independence is snatched away from them. Airlines have a history of being careless when it comes to transporting individual's wheelchairs and need to start being held accountable and providing more education for their employees to prevent the destruction of wheelchairs such as this one.

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/02/07/athlete-says-airline-returned-his-wheelchair-bent/?fbclid=IwAR2I0-TnaI-rxO2GWAZVHzePAQ3ewcjsHQBE12SdmQF0wtt4E-ANl189xY8

Pittsburgh Athlete Says Airline Returned His Wheelchair Bent, Unstable And Unsafe After Flight What happened to the wheelchair of a local athlete is sadly not unique.

New Mobility Magazine recently posted their 2021 people of the year! This article specifically focuses on some of their favorite and most inspirational poets. Check it out!
https://newmobility.com/2021-people-of-the-year-the-reality-poets/

2021 People of the Year: The Reality Poets A group of current and former residents of Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center banded together to hold administrators and elected officials accountable and to share their terrifying…

Team USA is sending an amazing group of athletes to the Check out this article highlighting some of the amazing athletes looking to make history at this years games!
https://www.teamusa.org/News/2022/January/01/US-Athletes-Looking-To-Make-History-At-The-2022-Winter-Olympics-And-Paralympics

U.S. Athletes Looking To Make History At The 2022 Winter Olympics And Paralympics Mikaela Shiffrin takes first place during the women's giant slalom at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup  on Dec. 21, 2021 in Courchevel, France. 

Pitt Model System’s on Spinal Cord Injury is now offering a FREE wheelchair maintenance course for individuals! Learn to prevent wheelchair breakdowns and fix wheelchair breakdowns with their online, easy to use course. There’s even a possibility for financial compensation after the course is completed. https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a2Dnx8iLX1N7ORL

Check out the latest research published by researchers here at UPMC Model Center on SCI! This one looks at a clinical prediction rule for ambulation prognosis following a traumatic SCI.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10790268.2021.1888024

Clinical utility during inpatient rehabilitation of a clinical prediction rule for ambulation prognosis following spinal cord injury (2021). Clinical utility during inpatient rehabilitation of a clinical prediction rule for ambulation prognosis following spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. Ahead of Print.

Check out this article about our very own Liz Dunn who not only is an awesome asset to our research team, but also is seeking her first appearance in the Paralympics for wheelchair rugby!
https://www.teamusa.org/News/2021/March/01/Seeking-Her-First-Paralympic-Games-Liz-Dunn-Would-Make-History-With-Wheelchair-Rugby-Team?fbclid=IwAR0GZSGFtXBH-yhwapcREhKP-lVL8S-X465w2lYknjGmwSoAKriv-ipORto

Seeking Her First Paralympic Games, Liz Dunn Would Make History With Wheelchair Rugby Team Liz Dunn has a hard time describing what it’s like being the only woman on the U.S. national wheelchair rugby team, even though it’s something she gets asked about quite a bit. For starters, she said, most people don’t realize that wheelchair rugby is a co-ed sport.  “So that’s kind of a ...