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30/05/2018 Gerard Stevenson

How NOT to catch a train

A few months after my injury I met with two occupational therapists. They were keen for me to set some

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19/05/2018 Gerard Stevenson

There is a ghost at work

According to a recent paper in Cells Reports, labs from Case Western Reserve and the University of Kentucky’s Spinal Cord and

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10/05/2018 Gerard Stevenson

Where you live counts a lot

Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to observe community activity

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03/04/2018 Gerard Stevenson

A good news story from a reader

I recently published a post called “The Boy Next Door”. It was a story of a boy who had lost

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30/03/2018 Gerard Stevenson

The Silent Monks sing Hallelujah.

The Hallelujah Chorus is the most famous Easter anthem. It has been sung by the world’s most famous choirs. The Silent

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24/03/2018 Gerard Stevenson

How I helped Richmond win a Flag

I like to think that I was a contributor to Richmond’s AFL premiership. For overseas readers, this is Australia’s version

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10/03/2018 Gerard Stevenson

Dinesh rides again. . . or he thinks he can!

In a recent post Dinesh Palipana told us, in his own words, how a car accident left him a quadriplegic

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07/03/2018 Gerard Stevenson

The boy next door

I asked to be taken to the Emergency Department. To most readers that would not appear very significant. To those

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25/02/2018 Gerard Stevenson

Oh, to be a fish!

If you had the opportunity to be reincarnated as an animal what would you choose? A lion perhaps? An elephant?

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21/02/2018 Gerard Stevenson

It’s my birthday… and the presents are on me!

It’s my birthday! I thought I would turn the tables on this one. They tell me it’s “better to give

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