Spina Bifida

Clarksville Paralympian Tatyana McFadden wins Boston Marathon marred by explosions

2013-04-15 15:36:00

Clarksville resident Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon on Monday, hours before the race was marred by deadly explosions near the finish line. Though McFadden added to her resume as one of the elite Paralympic...

Families worry about possible Russian adoption ban

2012-12-27 18:45:54

To Heather and Aaron Whaley, they're already parents to a 4-year-old girl living in a Russian orphanage off the Sea of Japan. The Frederick couple have never met the child, but they've given her a name — Addie. They've hung pictures of her in a...

McFadden sisters both make 100 final in the Paralympics (UPDATED)

2012-09-08 08:02:00

Tatyana McFadden is three-for-three at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Friday evening the Atholton graduate won her third goal medal, this one coming in the 1,500-meter race. McFadden, who was born with spina bifida, competes in the T54 classification....

Tatyana McFadden looking to go far and fast at Paralympics

2012-08-25 11:49:00

Maybe you've seen the ads. They've been all over TV and in magazines like Time and Sports Illustrated. There is U.S. Paralympian Tatyana McFadden in her sleek titanium racing wheelchair, hunched over in mid-push, shoulder muscles rippling, a look of...

A long road to the Paralympics for Clarksville's McFadden sisters

2012-08-23 08:37:00

Ask the McFadden sisters what the term "elite athlete" means to them, and they'll share a definition that entails respect from others, an acknowledgment of their hard work and being treated like any other top athlete. They'll also be describing...

Bits & Pieces: Atholton alum Tatyana McFadden continues to win accolades

2012-06-20 00:00:00

I would hate to be the one who has to dust off all of the awards and medals that paralympian Tatyana McFadden has won both nationally and internationally over the past few years. The Clarksville native, who made headlines on the track while at Atholton...

Local boy with spina bifida looks to 2016 Paralympics

2012-06-23 12:42:00

Daniel Romanchuk gives you a blank stare when you try and explain to him why he is an inspiration. He looks confused — why would anybody care to see him race, legs tucked under him, neck crammed forward, and be inspired? He's just a kid who likes to...

Two from Jarrettsville charged with sexual abuse

2012-02-20 10:48:00

Two Jarrettsville residents are being held without bail in Harford County on sexual abuse charges stemming from alleged incidents several years ago. Jeremy Shane Cochran, 31, of the 4100 block of Federal Hill Road, was charged in an arrest warrant last...

Tatyana McFadden: Howard County's 'Lady Velocity'

2012-03-28 08:37:00

World-class track athlete Tatyana McFadden is not a flashy person. Soft-spoken with a thin face, dark brown eyes and a deceptively muscular frame, she is not the type to speak of her accomplishments without some prompting. But when she does talk about her...

Roland Park Country School lacrosse team on its game at Baer School

2012-03-21 13:52:55

The Roland Park Country School varsity lacrosse team has overcome slow starts before to finish with a major victory. On Tuesday, March 20 at the William S. Baer School — a public school that serves children with multiple disabilities — in...

Compass Academy to give special needs students direction

2011-09-13 12:31:00

When the Norbel School for special needs students closed in June, it left school admissions director Frank Pugliese, like the school's the teachers and staff, unemployed. But Pugliese, who had been at the school for 15 years, didn't stop working. In...

Kennedy Krieger program trains parents to foster children with special needs

2011-01-13 00:00:00

For Jason and Hollie Costa, falling in love with feisty 5-year-old Daeonna Smith was the easy part. Deciding whether to parent a child with special needs, however, tested their resolve. The Columbia couple didn't know anything about spina bifida, the...

Sarah Bauer, who was born with spina bifida, checks on a newborn at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Bauer will graduate from Loyola's medical school in June.

2013-03-18 11:34:00

Inventors are testing a worm-inspired glue that could be used to seal holes in fetal membranes. If it works, the glue would allow surgeons to treat conditions in the uterus, such as spina bifida.

2013-03-18 00:00:00

A poster showing 21st Century Easter Seals committee with Gustavo Vargas, the poster child for Easter Seal in 1990.

2012-02-06 00:00:00