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$4.99 $4.99 Volume 2008 Herschel Walker June/July Walker Herschel 2008 Volume $4.99 $4.99 Volume 2008 Herschel Walker June/July Walker Herschel 2008 Volume MAGAZINE VOLUME 2008 HERSCHEL WALKER JUNE/JULY THE VOICE OF OVER 50 MILLION AMERICANS 2 ABILITY 3 ABILITY ABILITY 3 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Chet Cooper MANAGING EDITOR Pamela K. Johnson MANAGING HEALTH EDITOR E. Thomas Chappell, MD HEALTH EDITORS Gillian Friedman, MD Larry Goldstein, MD Natalia Ryndin, MD CONTRIBUTING SENATOR U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) EDITORS Dahvi Fischer Qatar Fortress Renne Gardner Sonnie Gutierrez Eve Hill, JD 6 HEADLINES — Splel Chceker, Drum Therapy, HBO Film Glenn Lockhart Josh Pate Denise Riccobon, RN 8 HUMOR — Man’s New Best Friend Maya Sabatello, PhD, JD Romney Snyder Jane Wollman Rusoff 10 GREEN PAGES — An Old Fashion Clothesline; Faucet Aerators CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Linda Boone Hunt 12 DRLC — A Place Called Home Gale Kamen, PhD Valerie Karr Extremity Games Walker Bounces Back p.42 Laurance Johnston, PhD 14 DOCUMENTARY — Including Samuel Andrea Kardonsky Deborah Max OVINGTON Nobody Walks In Texas Myles Mellor - Crossword Puzzle 20 C — Paula Pearlman, JD Richard Pimentel PATE — Winter Sports Clinic Highlights Allen Rucker 22 Kristen McCarthy Thomas Betsy Valnes 28 OUCH! — Relief for Fibromyalgia HUMOR WRITERS George Covington, JD Jeff Charlebois BILITY ON SSIGNMENT Qatar, Shafallah Forum A Return to Qatar p.32 32 A A — Paralympic Games Beijing Gene Feldman, JD WEB EDITOR 34 GAIT RESEARCH — Using Chaos For Good in the Middle East Joy Cortes GRAPHIC ART/ 42 HERSCHEL WALKER — On Getting Help and Getting Better ILLUSTRATION Scott Johnson Paul Kim 52 INCLUSION — Making Strides at the Boys & Girls Club Melissa Murphy - Medical Illustration PHOTOGRAPHY Man’s Old Best Friend p.8 56 BEST PRACTICES — Sprint Has Your Number Music Within Danny Tunner (Walker cover) Chris Apedaile A Ride to Raise Funds and Awareness TRANSCRIPTIONIST 60 UCP — Sandy Adler CROSSWORD PUZZLE — Guess Your Best DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS 62 John Noble, JD MARKETING/PROMOTIONS 64 ESSAY — Spread Respect Jo-Anne Birdwell Jacqueline Migell Andrew Spielberg 66 EVENTS & CONFERENCES Who You Gon Call? p.56 UBLIC ELATIONS ABILITY’s Crossword Puzzle ABILITY’s P R CONTENTS JSPR 74 SUBSCRIBE TO ABILITY MAGAZINE NEWSSTAND CIRCULATION John Cappello WWW.ABILITYMAGAZINE.COM EDITORIAL [email protected] ADVERTISING DISTRIBUTION CORPORATE SHIPPING For advertising Warner Publishing Services 8941 Atlanta Ave. NON-PROFITS information e mail A Time-Warner Company Huntington Beach, CA 92627 [email protected] Faxon - RoweCom Library Tel 949.854.8700 ABILITY Awareness or call Services TTY 949.548.5157 Habitat for Humanity International 949.854-8700 ext 306 Ebsco - Library Services Fax 949.548.5966 Samuel p.14 Swets Blackwell PUBLISHER C.R. Cooper ABILITY Magazine is published bimonthly by C.R. Cooper, 8941 Atlanta Ave. HB, CA 92646 (ISSN 1062-5321) All Rights Reserved. Subscriptions: $29.70 per 1 year (6 issues). Periodicals postage rates at Irvine, CA and at additional mailing offices. The views expressed in this issue may not be those of ABILITY Magazine POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ABILITY Magazine, Attention Subscriptions Manager, PO Box 10878, Costa Mesa, CA 92627; Volume 2008 Herschel Walker June/July Library of Congress Washington D.C. ISSN 1062-5321 Printed in U.S.A. © Copyright 2008 ABILITY Magazine ABILITY 5 The condition is a chronic, painful neurological disorder HEALTHY ENTERTAINMENT that is characterized by involuntary spasms of the neck muscles that cause twisting, repetitive movements or he movie Michael Clayton received the “Bipolar abnormal postures of the head, and affects about Disorder Depiction Award,” while Georgia Rule 125,000 Americans. It is the third most common move- T and TV’s The Simpsons were also honored for ment disorder after Parkinson’s disease and tremor. providing information about health and social issues at the recent12th Annual PRISM Awards. Murray was forced into early retirement from the NHL due to the debilitating effects of CD. Fortunately, fol- Music, comic books and interactive entertainment were lowing physical therapy and treatment with BOTOX also recognized for their commitment to accurately (Botulinum Toxin Type A), he was able to return the depicting addiction and health issues by the Entertain- Edmonton Oilers and played an important role in the ment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC), the Substance drive to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006. Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the FX Network. “I was 31 years old and living my childhood dream of playing professional hockey when I was diagnosed,” “Today, accurate media portrayals of recovery among said Murray, who set an NHL record for most regular- those suffering from addiction and mental illness offer season games played in one season. “I thought my realistic hope to people with these illnesses as well as to career was over. I joined this campaign because I’m their friends and loved ones,” said Terry Cline, Ph.D., a committed to raising awareness of CD. I want to help SAMSHA administrator. and give hope to others who are living with this disease and suffering in silence.” “With over 440 entries, this years PRISM Awards is a significant statement from the entertainment industry,” As part of the campaign, Allergan will provide grants of said EIC president and CEO Brian Dyak. “Not only is $10,000 each to fulfill the philanthropic “wish” of four our industry working to put forth accurate messages CD patients. The “wish” is to provide a service and/or through creative stories, but we are also providing pow- additional resources to a philanthropic and community- erful messengers through the actors’ characterizations.” focused program of their choice, such as community ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, One Life to Live and The View libraries, senior centers, police and fire departments took home trophies. NBC’s ER, a CBS public service and/or charitable organizations. Entries must be announcement and HBO’s Sopranos, which won or its received by July 21, 2008. depiction of mental health, were also recognized. Win- www.botoxmedical.com ners also included: James Denton of ABC’s Desperate Housewives, Casey Affleck, who wrote and directed Gone Baby Gone, and Sally Field and Dave Annable for MEDICATION MISUSE Network’s Brothers and Sisters. quarter of American seniors who are disabled “By spreading the truth about recovery and the benefits reported using at least one prescription drug that it holds for all members of our society,” Cline added, A was inappropriate for their age, according to a “the entertainment industry has been an effective force recent report by the Agency for Healthcare for positive change.” Research and Quality (AHRQ). Thirty drugs, which included Xanax, Demerol, Darvon and Procardia, www.prismawards.com proved ineffective or posed a high risk of side effects for that particular population. Only about half as many (13 SCORE ONE FOR HEALTH ED percent) elderly people without disabilities reported inappropriate medication use, according to 2004 data. llergan, Inc. recently teamed up with the National AHRQ, a Federal agency charged with improving the Hockey League’s (NHL) Rem Murray to launch quality, safety and effectiveness of American health the BOTOX Dreams campaign, which recognizes A care, found that misuse of prescription drugs was more people living with the challenges of cervical common among people with complex disabilities (27 dystonia (CD). percent) than those with basic disabilities (23 percent). www.ahrq.gov 6 ABILITY DRUM THERAPY A SPCEIAL SPLEL CHCEKER he world’s largest manufacturer of high quality hotit offers unique writing and reading online drumsticks and drum accessories has joined services for people who suffer from dyslexia, T forces with DAD (Drums and Disabilities) to G dysgraphia or people who are not native-English launch a Global special education curriculum speakers. Ghotit’s first service is an online con- called the Vater Percussion/DAD Program Drum Thera- text sensitive spell checker. py Initiative. The campaign helps children with Autism, Dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, Tourettes Syndrome, ODD, Standard computer spelling and grammar checkers are Aspberger’s and other disabilities develop and enhance designed for the needs of the general population who retention, coordination, self-esteem and physical and demonstrate average spelling abilities, and whose cognitive functioning through drumming. spelling mistakes closely resemble the requested word. Unfortunately, conventional spell checkers don’t work “Statistics indicate the percentage of disabilities present for everybody. in children has increased over 47.9 percent over the past 10 years,” said Pat Gesualdo, Vater Percussion Special The Ghotit team has developed unique spellchecking Education Program Director, and DAD Program Presi- and spell-correcting algorithms designed for the dyslec- dent/CEO. “The significant growth of the disability pop- tic community. Testing of the spelling assistance pro- ulation signals an opportunity to meet the needs of these gram has resulted in 90 percent success. youth.” www.ghotit.com As a result, psychologists, occupational therapists, phys- ical therapists, music therapists, special education teach- ers and drum instructors throughout the world are using FROM SILENCE TO SOUND drum therapy to help their special needs students and patients develop physical and cognitive functioning. ear and Now, currently showing on HBO, chroni- Vater Percussion will help promote this global cles a couple’s decision to undergo risky cochlear H
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