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lowlevel quadriplegic meaning she hassome limited upperbodymovement kaiser still -believes- she will some- day walk againif theres enough money raised to fund research for a cure for spinal cord injuries a formeraurbrahighstudent she told students at the school of- her wish during a unique fundraiser and awareness campaign there in march and april kaiser and former student carlos gonsalves also a quadriplegic organized the event studentswereshown slides of car crash scenes and told of other scenarios where spinal cord injuries might occur such as diving in shal low water sports and workrelated accidents they were also shown the after math in hospital including weeks in a cumbersome halo apparatus to keep the neck stable or back braces for injuries ttf the backbone s they were further told of jhe lengthy rehabilitation process involving extensive physiotherapy occupational therapy and learning to use adaptable aids to help with everyday tasks such as eating brushing your teeth and getting dressed although many people have suffered these tragedies its not like- life is over were but there working based national charity dedicated to funding research for spinal cord injuries ninety per cent of what we know about spinal cord injuries weve learned in the last 10 years munro said more than 1000 canadians suffer a spinal cord oac student who participated in the relay it gets you thinking more about that kind of- stuff spinal cord injuries it was fun a challenge and we learned some interesting things i thought it was a tragedy but i still- never thought i was living a risky life still kaiser says she- a choiceon the day of her accident attendants ata gas station had warned her arid her sister that the tread was low on their front tire but age cost for care is more than 2 million decided to grade 10 staderit peter davies injury each year with the average even cut up his hands on the spokes also said it would probably last long injury occurring at age 19 the aver of his wheelchair while trying to enough for them to reach their des- propel it faster it makes you understand what people in wheelchairs have to go through ariinvestrrient should be made to help them he said and kaiser and gonsalves arent the only students from the school to injuryaboutseven former students from the school- have suffered spinal cord injuries to it makes you understand- what people in wheelchairs have to go through- an investment should be made to help them tmauon 1 the kaiser twins forge ahead despite the risks it taught me that cars arent toys youhave o look after them and make sure they have check ups she said our goal is to enforce the whole safety issue everyone has chbic- es they rhake the aurora students did their and participating in many sports p to help the cause they raised me passenger in a suzuki samurai kaiser said the big thing is dont put your life pn hold the students were also jold spinal cord research has been pro- gressirig by leaps arid bounds arid mere is great hope therell some day jbeacure ten years ago we werent even allowed to speak about research said barry munro vicepresident of the canadian spinal research organization a richmond hill- 4265 for spinal cord research through a wheelchair relay and fashion show v kaiser said the event was meant tobefuri with much music video dance as a sponsor there were plenty of great prizes up for grabs and at the same time give students some serious insight about what its like to be in a wheelchair itwas tough particularly going uphill and even just wheeling around said matt dawson an data 1 t 1 although kaiser admits to being when kaiser was in- grade upset about the accident shesaid she recalls hearing how gonsalves gorisalyeshelpedhertokeepapos- was left a quadriplegic following a htive outlook she wasreunited with car accident l v s r him two months after her accident eleven years agogdnsalvesjwas when they metduririgirehabilita- tion- jj i was freshi was3new arid everything wasscary i thought my the steering wheel locked to the life was ovef thatlwouldbe that flipped four times down hwy 404 near stoiiffville sideroad after right gonsalves visited the school for a fundraiser shortly after the acci- dent arid kaiser remembers the impact of seeing him confined to a wheelchair itwas a real blow it hit us all hard especially when he was an athlete wesometimesjookat them as invincible she said dependent on others for merest of my life then i saweverything he could do andit built up my confi- dence to move forward she said he told me i have a choice i can choose to be happy or choose to be unhappy i chose to be happy and fnake a positive out of a nega- tive i call him my guru my old wiseman ifglsadiator aaj nopasseson 3f f jwherethe heart islpgf klfv the funtstones jn viva rockvegast7 keeping the faith pgpv7 9imhtuc caitu dft t t eplaxodecr first markham place cinemas highway 7 east of woodbine ave 905 4745101 wwwcineplexcom ii t