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NYFW: Adaptive Fashion for Women Edition
Maddi Niebanck • October 14, 2024
Strutting down the runway, I strike a pose, and my sapphire blue Neural Sleeve catches the light of the photographer’s camera. The audience cheers. I’m walking down the runway for the Runway of...
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Function Meets Fashion: Bionic Clothing to Adaptive Clothing on the Runway & in Real Life
Maddi Niebanck • September 5, 2024
“Show me your best model walk,” my friend Lizzie calls out as we saunter down Amsterdam Ave, walking off a particularly delectable Italian dinner in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I strut ahead...
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CIONIC Stories: It Just Keeps Getting Better
Maddi Niebanck • July 22, 2024
There is quite possibly nothing more alarming and disorienting than waking up in the ICU after an emergency surgery with absolutely no idea where you are and what happened. Unfortunately for me,...
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CIONIC Stories: Blanca on Multiple Sclerosis, Disability, and Self-Love
Shannon Kelly • June 20, 2024
Meet Blanca. Originally from Venezuela, she’s called the United States home for the last eight years. In May of 2018, her life took an unexpected turn. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis....
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Jan’s Story: Movement, Motivation, and Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
Anne Ellis • March 25, 2024
Jan and her husband, Alan, walk together in their community If you are part of the CIONIC community, undoubtedly you have met Jan. Her incredible story was first featured on CBS Bay Area while...
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CIONIC Stories: Susan on MS, Foot Drop, & the Cionic Neural Sleeve
Shannon Kelly • March 15, 2024
Meet Susan. Back in 1990, after seeing multiple neurologists for tingling and numbness in her legs, she was given a diagnosis of possible MS. Due to lack of resources and knowledge about MS at the...
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MS and Mobility: How 3 Women Are Rediscovering Independence
Shannon Kelly • March 12, 2024
MS and Mobility: How 3 Women Are Rediscovering Independence was originally published in MS News Today
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Meet Hether: Stroke Survivor, CrossFitter, & Neural Sleeve User
Shannon Kelly • November 30, 2023
My name is Hether Flanigan. I live in Salado, TX, and I just turned 50 years old. Three years ago, I had a massive stroke, despite being otherwise healthy. I was active. I ate healthily. I didn’t...
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My MS Story: Isolation, Self-Discovery, & A New World of Possibilities
Shannon Kelly • November 15, 2023
My MS story is both remarkable and very typical. I was once a busy mom and kindergarten teacher. The Saturday before school started in 2012, I had a horrible stabbing pain in my head with...
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From MS Diagnosis to Marathon Finisher: My Story of Conquering Chicago
Shannon Kelly • October 27, 2023
I’m Meghan. I was diagnosed with MS on June 30, 2020. On October 8th, 2023 I crossed the finish line of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Here is my story.
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