For persons using wheelchairs, special attention is given to skills needed to negotiate various challenges in their environment. The goal is to help them feel comfortable getting around in their home and community using a wheelchair when this is necessary. This may include teaching a family member or friend how to best assist them when needed.
Barbara Ostrander, Director, Medical Services, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center and
Dr Gerald Showalter, Director of Brain Injury Services, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
discuss services available to veterans at WWRC including Neuropsychological Assessments
We congratulate Tremaine on his recent accomplishments at the National Wheechair Games at Rutger's University in Piscataway, NJ. He placed 1st in his division in the discus
WWRC is pleased to announce, that during it's regularly scheduled Holiday break, a Wheelin' Sportsmen accessible deer hunt was held in the wooded areas of the campus allowing people with disabilities a safe and secure outdoor sporting event. The shotgun only hunt for people with disabilities was conducted under the direction and control of the WWRC Police Department.
WWRC becomes a Host Agency in the SCSEP from Goodwill Industries. The program makes it possible for the Center to provide transitional employment training oportunities for people with a disability over age 55. There are currently two people on staff at the Center with plans for more opportunities as they are identified
WWRC Physical Therapy offers several options for persons needing to develop an ability to stand. This is an important therapy option used to either prepare the legs and body for the upright position of walking or to reduce the side effects of not being able to stand alone.
WWRC PT Staff and Stewart Middle School Educators arranged a series of simulations that will enable 8th grade students to experience first hand what it might be like to have the limitations associated with disabilities like spinal cord injury, stroke and cerebral palsy
Rev. C. Diane Mosby, Executive Minister, St. Peter Baptist Church, Glen Allen/Family Member and
Ms. Angita "Gi Gi" Szelesta, Member, Virginia Brain Injury Council/Family Member
discuss their experiences coping with PTSD and TBI
WWRC becomes a Host Agency in the SCSEP from Goodwill Industries. The program makes it possible for the Center to provide transitional employment training oportunities for people with a disability ove age 55. There are currently two people on staff at the Center with plans for more opportunities as they are identified
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