This week’s interesting technological development is an electronic exoskeleton – something that seems better fitted to some action-packed futuristic movie. ReWalk is the creation of engineer Amit Goffer, founder of Argo Medical Technologies in Israel, who was paralyzed in 1997. Unable to use his creation because of limited mobility in his arms, Goffer has used… Read More
United States Department of Labor – Your Resource for the Week
This week’s resource is the Website America’s Heroes at Work. The United States Department of Labor (DOL) created this site in order to address the “employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).” America’s Heroes gives employers tools that can help our military men and women… Read More
Alyssa’s Story – A Seatback Failure Tragedy
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 207 “specifies strength requirements for automotive seats and their attachment assemblies, so as to minimize the possibility of their failure by forces acting on them as a result of vehicle impact.” While this standard helps to regulate how well a seat structure performs in an accident, it has… Read More
The Downside of Football – Paralysis and Pain
Last Friday night Houston Texas receiver Harry Williams sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI) during a game against the Dallas Cowboys leaving him temporarily paralyzed. Monday he underwent surgery to fuse two vertebrae in his spinal column, a procedure that will hopefully allow him to lead a normal life, but won’t put him back in… Read More
Wheelchairs and Automobiles – A Dangerous Combination?
The importance of the vehicle seat’s role in automobile accidents shouldn’t be overlooked, yet it often is. If you run an Internet search, you will find numerous stories on collapsed seat backs, faulty restraint systems and inadequate load bearing ability – all manufacturer-related issues that have contributed to injury or death in automobile crashes. One… Read More
The Prince Synergy – Your Weekly Spotlight
This week’s spotlight is on The Prince Synergy, a worldwide organization focused on maximizing human capitol. In The Prince Synergy’s own words, “Traumatic Brain Injury takes away victims’ freedom and opportunities internally.” With the unique obstacles faced by traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in mind, this business works to help companies and their employees work… Read More