Smith Introduces House Resolution on Spina Bifida

October Is Spina Bifida Awareness Month; Thousands of Americans Live with Permanent Disabling Birth Defect

Oct 02,2010 - Washington - Spina bifida, a birth defect that threatens millions of Americans, is the focus of a House resolution, H. Res. 1664, introduced this week aimed at both raising public awareness of the disease and urging the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to launch a federal effort to improve access to health care facilities for individuals with disabilities.
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Calls for more spina bifida awareness

Calls for more spina bifida awareness
Bendigo Advertiser - ‎Sep 3, 2010‎

Eight years ago, Mark and Nicole Logan lost their son shortly after he was born with severe spina bifida myelomeningocele. Joshua Logan did not survive past... Link to article

Wheelchair basketball gets limelight

Lampert Smith: Wheelchair basketball gets limelight
Wisconsin State Journal, WI - Dec 29, 2007

... camera pans down to the other way Scott is different than most of us: He's been in a wheelchair his whole life, because he was born with spinal bifida. ...


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Nike to Feature UW Whitewater Student in Ad

Nike to Feature UW Whitewater Student in Ad
Story Created: Dec 29, 2007

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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater junior Matt Scott is already one of the nation's top wheelchair basketball players.

Next week, he's set to become a TV star too.

Scott, 22, will be featured in a new Nike ad directed by UW-Madison graduate Errol Morris. Morris also directed Miller Brewing Co.'s High Life Man commercials.

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