Martin Mireles has been paralyzed from the neck down for nearly twenty years. He can maneuver a mobility chair by steering it with his mouth, but a new magnetic tongue stud developed by researchers at the Northwestern Un...

A hit-and-run accident five years ago left Rob Summers paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors said he would never walk again, but thanks to a new type of therapy, he can now stand on his own. Summers' injury disrupted t...

Charlie and Spike are two very cute kittens that a...  ...ns respond by collapsing and falling into a rigid paralysis which lasts about a minute before they return to...

Israeli researchers have developed an interface that can be controlled by breathing through the nose. This technology could be used to help people with limited mobility gain more independence: The "sniff controller,"...

(YouTube Link) Hayden Allen hasn't walked in five years, but in this video, he's able to move around using a new type of exoskeleton called REX: Called REX, short for "robotic exoskeleton", the legs weigh 38 kg (84...

After a football injury at the age of sixteen, Jamie Cap became paralyzed from the neck down. Now, thirty years later, he controls a shotgun attached to his wheelchair with a breathing tube. Getting legal permission wa...

(YouTube Link) Sixteen-year old Daniel Pelletier is paralyzed from the waist down and has endured twenty-five surgeries during his recovery, but he doesn't let that stop him from being an accomplished skateboarder....