Wish to Walk » Blog http://wishtowalk.org Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:35:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Goodbye to an inspirational man – David Prast A generous heart, kind speech,and a life of service and compassion are the things that renew humanity" Buddha We are very saddened by the passing of David Prast last Wednesday 22 nd November 2011. He was a truly inspiring and remarkable man – a gentleman, who was very courageous and fearless in his quest to ensure that spinal cord injury research and exercise intervention was made available to as many SCI patients as

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/goodbye-to-an-inspirational-man-david-prast/ Walk On – September Holidays- Brilliant! Walk On gait training ( click on this link to view the video)

Walk On was brilliant yet again. Fantastic week spent up in Sydney with the extraordinary trainers at Walk On. Issy worked her butt off 2 hours each day retraining her nervous system, building her core strength, activating muscles below her point of injury

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/walk-on-september-holidays-brilliant/ Congratulaions Glenn Barber Melbourne Marathon runner. Today we had the privilege of viewing the Melbourne marathon from the sidelines down near the Shrine and the beautiful botanic gardens. We were there because Glenn Barber who attended the Mirror Ball in June, was inspired to raise funds for Issy as he competed in his first Melbourne marathon. It was such a thrill

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/congratulaions-glenn-barber-melbourne-marathon-runner/ WALK ON – COMING TO MELBOURNE – congratulations SCIA!! Last night at the Melbourne Walk ON Fundraiser  Peter Perry – SCIA ’s CEO announced that an agreeement between SCIA – Walk On program and Victoria University had been signed and will open in early November 2011 at Victoria University’s Footscray Campus.

This is just bloody fantastic. As many of you know 2 years ago

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/walk-on-coming-to-melbourne-congratulations-scia/ Care and support should be based on people’s needs, not a lottery of what kind of disability they have, how they acquired it or where they live. Great news from John Della Bosca and the Every Australian Counts campaign.

We did it!

The Government has just announced that they share the vision for a National Disability Insurance Scheme and will begin laying the foundations for its introduction.

They also released the final report by the Productivity Commission into the NDIS.

See the

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/care-and-support-should-be-based-on-people%e2%80%99s-needs-not-a-lottery-of-what-kind-of-disability-they-have-how-they-acquired-it-or-where-they-live/ Major Breakthrough in Spinal Cord Research. A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, UCLA and the California Institute of Technology has achieved a significant breakthrough in its initial work with a paralyzed male volunteer at Louisville’s Frazier Rehab Institute. It is the result of 30 years of research to find potential clinical therapies for paralysis.

The study is published

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/major-breakthrough-in-spinal-cord-research/ How good was the Spinecare Foundation conference?

A big thumbs up for the 2011 Spinecare conference. We want to thank the organisers of this incredibly important and long overdue sharing of knowledge with the Australian Paediatric spinal cord community. It was  - informative, inspiring, and challenged outmoded beliefs with strong scientific and clinical evidence that recovery is a possibility in a significant population of

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/how-good-was-the-spinecare-foundation-conference/ Inaugural 2011 Spinecare Foundation Conference Sydney I

Isabel received a grant from the Spinecare Foundation which will enable her to attend the 2011 Spinecare Foundation Conference in Sydney March 10th and 11th.

The Spinecare conference program presents a unique and exceptional opportunity for information sharing, skill building and networking  within the paediatric arena for spinal conditions.

 Both Isabel and myself were

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]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/inaugural-2011-spinecare-foundation-conference-sydney/ The Shane Warne Foundation Grant The Wish to Walk Foundation is pleased to announce a grant from The Shane Warne Foundation of $8000. This grant will go towards the purchase of an electric Wheel chair for Isabel as well as other much-needed equipment.
The Wish to Walk Foundation wishes to thank the Shane Warne Foundation for its generous gift.

]]> http://wishtowalk.org/issey/the-shane-warne-foundation-grant/ St George Foundation Grant

The Wish to Walk Foundation is honoured to receive a grant from the St George Foundation of $4990. This grant will enable Isabel to attend Spinal Cord Injuries Australia’s “Walk On Project” in Sydney during the upcoming September holidays.

This innovative therapeutic course is modeled on the US “Project Walk” program and will build

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