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Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve. Diana Fajardo EDUC 674 Prof. Klein. Spinal Cord Injuries - SCI. Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling.

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Christopher Reeve

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  1. Christopher Reeve Diana Fajardo EDUC 674 Prof. Klein

  2. Spinal Cord Injuries - SCI • Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. • The cause of damage are trauma (car accident, gunshot,  falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.). The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to occur. • The effects of SCI depend on the type of  injury and the level of the injury. SCI can be divided into two types of injury - complete and incomplete. • A complete injury means that there is no function below the level of the injury; no sensation and no voluntary movement.

  3. Biography • Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. • He portrayed Superman -Clark Kent in four films, from 1978 to 1987. In the 1980s, he also starred in several films, including Somewhere in Time (1980), Deathtrap (1982), The Bostonians (1984), and Street Smart (1987).

  4. Biography • In May, 1995 Christopher Reeve was paralyzed in an accident while riding horses. Christopher Reeve couldn't release his hands from the horse's bridle and fell down on his head. Reeve was instantly paralyzed on the spot because of the injuries he received to the upper vertebra. He was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. • He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries, and for human embryonic stem cell research after this accident. He founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. Reeve died at age 52 on October 10, 2004 from cardiac arrest caused by a systemic infection.

  5. Device – Wheelchair • A wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits, propelled either manually or via various automated systems. • Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability. The earliest record of the wheelchair in England dates from the 1670s.

  6. Wheelchair • A smart wheelchair uses an artificial control system which augments or replaces user control . Its purpose is to reduce or eliminate the task of driving a motorized wheelchair. Smart wheelchairs usually employ sonar, infrared sensors or laser rangefinders to detect obstacles and to ensure that the platform does not collide with them.

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