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Article: Teens with spinal cord injuries; Peer-group treatment in Baltimore.(LIFE - HEALTH)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2005
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Byline: Christian Toto, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Seventeen-year-old Van Brooks felt somewhat out of place talking to adults with spinal cord injuries after his own paralyzing accident last fall. Sure, the older men and women gave him some good tips on how to adjust to being paralyzed from the waist down, but the young man wanted something different - a connection with a peer.
"It's easier for me to talk to someone my age," the Baltimore resident says.
Now young patients like Van will have peers with whom to talk, and doctors specifically trained to work with younger paralysis patients.
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