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Kessler Foundation - Changing the lives of people with disabilities through research in stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and by funding innovative programs that promote employment for people with disabilities. Podcasts are from various consumer and professional lectures presented by our researchers and guest lecturers.
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Navigating Government Programs After Spinal Cord Injury
After a spinal cord injury, government assistance programs can help cover healthcare, replace lost income, support employment, and meet basic living needs. But attaining that help is rarely simple. Kessler Foundation researchers at the Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System (NNJSCIS) and...
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Discover Peer Support and Connection After Spinal Cord Injury - The QuadCast
The QuadCast Inner Strength, Featuring Angela Smith and Maryann Hobbie This episode of The QuadCast explores how people living with spinal cord injury and their loved ones find inner strength while navigating loss, change, and the emotional and social experiences that often accompany injury. The...
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Tailored Rehabilitation Could Improve Thinking Speed in People with Progressive MS
Many people with progressive multiple sclerosis experience slower thinking speed. This can make it harder to process information, stay focused, and keep up with everyday tasks. According to a secondary analysis of the international CogEx trial, tailoring cognitive rehabilitation to each person’s...
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Regain Control of Your Life After TBI with Thomas Dixon
The Summer 2026 Brainstorm webinar features Thomas Dixon, the author of I'm Sorry... That's Awesome!: Inventing a Solution for Memory Loss. He is also the creator of ME.mory, a digital memory app. After surviving a severe traumatic brain injury caused by a car accident, he experienced significant...
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Autism Community Parents Create Employment Solutions for Their Children
The audio version of the Summer 2026 issue of Facets, Kessler Foundation’s autism newsletter, explores the vital role parents play in creating businesses that support successful transitions to adulthood for neurodivergent youth. Stories include community-driven efforts in job training, life…
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Cognitive Frontiers in Multiple Sclerosis
Read the transcript - https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2026-07/Milestones-Newsletter_Spring-2026_Transcript.pdf In this episode of MileStones, Kessler Foundation’s multiple sclerosis research newsletter, John DeLuca, PhD, shares key insights on cognitive impairment in MS. He...
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Planning with Confidence - A Live Disability Benefits Q & A
This one-hour session is designed to provide clear, practical guidance for people with disabilities and their families. In this session, you can: - Get clear, straightforward answers to your questions about SSI and SSDI - Learn how to avoid common challenges in the application and appeals process…
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Mental Fatigue May Depend on More Than Your Age
In this episode of Real-Life Science, we explore how mental fatigue may relate to your brain age rather than chronological age. Discover how brain scans reveal differences in fatigue development, what this means for aging, and practical steps you can take to manage cognitive tiredness in daily...
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One-on-One Training Helps People with Disabilities Travel More Independently
This episode of Real-Life Science summarizes research on a one-on-one travel training program in New Jersey designed for people with disabilities to help them use public transportation more confidently and independently. We discuss how personalized lessons improved travel skills, findings on...
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Unlock the Full Potential of Virtual Reality Use for Chronic Pain
This episode of Real-Life Science from Kessler Foundation highlights research on virtual reality’s role in treating chronic pain. VR is well-known for easing short-term pain during medical procedures, but experts say more work is needed to make it effective for long-term pain conditions. Lead...
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Focused on Strengths: Autism Research at Kessler Foundation
In this recorded webinar, Helen Genova, PhD, associate director of Kessler Foundation’s Center for Autism Research, explores a strength‑based, evidence‑driven approach to autism research grounded in positive psychology. The session highlights research focused on expanding employment…
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From Research to Relief
In this episode, we look at innovative research on shockwave therapy for reducing muscle spasticity after spinal cord injury. We hear from study participant Scott Texidor about his experience with this new treatment. Then, we discuss a study on how outdoor spaces can be made more accessible for...
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Practical Strategies for TBI Recovery
Brainwaves TBI newsletter explores recovery journeys for traumatic brain injury survivors. In this podcast of a recent article, we hear Darcy’s remarkable story of overcoming TBI after a devastating car accident. Despite sustaining a brain bleed, collapsed lung, and memory loss, Darcy shifted her...
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Thinking Outside the Box for TBI care with Mandi Dickey
Mandy Dickey, a nurse practitioner with over 20 years of experience, shares her profound journey through traumatic brain injury and recovery. Her story reveals how standard tests missed visual issues that caused headaches and how unconventional treatments like photobiomodulation and neurofeedback...
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Achieving Your Goals - Pathways to Success
In this episode, scientists at Kessler Foundation share how promising research is opening new pathways for individuals living with spinal cord injury and changing the landscape of recovery. This podcast is from the second event in our three-part Spinal Cord Injury Community Event Series, held on...
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What’s next in TBI Research: Innovation, Collaboration, and Impact at Kessler Foundation
In honor of Brain Injury Awareness Month, this recorded webinar highlights how Kessler Foundation advances traumatic brain injury research through collaboration across disciplines. Led by Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, Director of the Centers for Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuroscience and...
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Empowerment and Healing Through Recovery after TBI
In this episode of BrainWaves, hear the powerful story of Craig Philips who overcame a brain injury sustained in childhood to find purpose and hope. Learn practical tips on acceptance and recovery. Discover how simple home changes can boost safety and independence. Understand the importance of...
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Meant for More with Karen Olson: Living Fully and Finding Purpose After Spinal Cord Injury
In this episode, Karen Olson shares her deeply personal journey, marked by early tragedy and perseverance. Following a fall that resulted in spinal cord injury, her life became significantly more challenging, requiring her to adapt to new physical and emotional realities. These challenges built…
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How Your Neighborhood Can Affect Life After Spinal Cord Injury
In this episode, we explore Kessler Foundation’s latest research revealing how neighborhood economic status, physical environment, and access to healthcare influence quality of life after spinal cord injury. Discover how these environmental factors affect health, independence, and participation....
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Exploring Breakthroughs in Brain Injury Recovery
Karen Nolan, associate director in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering at Kessler Foundation, sat down with Heather Rose of Radio Free Roanoke for a powerful conversation on her work in traumatic brain injury research and her role as a professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical...
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Kessler Foundation Highlights Innovations in rehabilitation Research
Michele Pignatello, Chief Development Officer and Vice President, Development and Communications at Kessler Foundation, spoke to Radio LoRa Switzerland about our work to improve quality of life for people with disabilities through discovery, innovation, demonstration, application, and...
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Who Benefits Most from Brain Training and Exercise in Progressive MS
People with progressive multiple sclerosis often experience slowed cognitive processing speed. Researchers from Kessler Foundation analyzed data from the international CogEx trial, involving over 300 participants using brain training and exercise over 12 weeks. They found that improvement in...
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Improving Workplace Communication for Autistic Adults
Nearly two-thirds of autistic adults face unemployment, often due to workplace misunderstandings around communication styles rather than ability. This episode explores research from Kessler Foundation that uses a novel voicemail elicitation task to assess polite language use among autistic youth…
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Opinion: Why Cognitive Care in MS Needs a Team Approach
Opinion: Why Cognitive Care in MS Needs a Team Approach By John DeLuca, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research and Training, Kessler Foundation This episode shares expert opinion on how cognitive changes in multiple sclerosis should be understood and treated. Changes in thinking and memory are...
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Imagery and Storytelling Strengthen Memory in Older Adults
In this episode, we discuss research exploring how storytelling and mental imagery techniques can improve memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or normal aging. A 5-week study with 30 participants showed that specialized memory training led to significant improvements in lab-based...
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Aging with a Spinal Cord Injury
In an interview with Radio LoRa Switzerland, Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson spoke about aging with spinal-cord injury, later onset, and the chronic pain and other conditions and injuries that could develop as a result. Dr. Dyson-Hudson discussed why aging with spinal-cord injury has become a central...
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Who Am I To Stop It_Letting Your Personal Story Shine Through Art
When Cheryl Green sustained a traumatic brain injury, her life was reduced to timelines, symptoms, and explanations of how she got hurt. None of it captured who she actually was. Looking for a way out of the medical shorthand that followed her everywhere, Cheryl found an unexpected tool: comedy...
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Reimagining Recovery: Rodger DeRose on Breakthrough Rehabilitation
Segment from October 2025 Vital Signs Kessler Foundation President and CEO Rodger DeRose explores how rehabilitation research is redefining recovery after injury and illness. Hosted by Jen Gudet on Vital Signs, the conversation highlights the life‑changing research at Kessler Foundation and how…
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Exercise Benefits Cognition After Brain Injury
In this episode, we explore how moderate-intensity cycling may improve memory, thinking speed, and even brain structures in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Pioneering research from Kessler Foundation includes the study design, results, and what it means for TBI rehabilitation. Hear how...
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Enhancing Memory: Keys to Healthy Aging
A proven cognitive training program is being adapted and tested in new ways at Kessler Foundation. Led by Dr. Nancy Chiaravalloti, the study explores the Kessler Foundation modified Story Memory Technique (KF-mSMT®️), which helps adults aged 60 and older improve memory and daily functioning. Over...
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Join a research study TODAY and help transform lives
Are you ready to be part of something bigger? Join a research study TODAY and help transform lives. At Kessler Foundation, our award-winning scientists are developing and testing breakthrough interventions to improve mobility, cognition, and quality of life for people with neurological and...
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'Sleep on It.' An Overview of Sleep Health after TBI
Anthony H. Lequerica, PhD brings deep expertise and heart to his work at Kessler Foundation’s Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. As a Senior Research Scientist and staff neuropsychologist at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, he’s on the front lines of advancing care for individuals...
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Focusing on Strengths, Not Deficits in Neurodiversity
Read the transcript, https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Focusing%20on%20Strengths%2C%20Not%20Deficits%20in%20Neurodiversity%20-TRANSCRIPT.pdf At Kessler Foundation’s Center for Autism Research, scientists are redefining how they support neurodiverse individuals—especially...
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How Robotics Are Changing Stroke Rehab
Read the transcript, https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/From%20Stroke%20to%20Strength_How%20Robotics%20Are%20Transforming%20Rehab-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Research scientists at Kessler Foundation are pioneering a new frontier in neurorehabilitation through groundbreaking studies in...
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Highlights from a Conversation with Darcy Keith on her TBI Journey
In this episode, Darcy Keith shares candid insights from her TBI journey and offers practical tips to manage memory and daily life challenges. Topics include: Using repetition, verbal, and visual cues to improve memory The importance of regular routines and structure to avoid overwhelm Embracing...
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Restoring Connection: How Noninvasive Stimulation Helps the Spinal Cord Relearn
In this episode of the Estabrook Distinguished Research Scientist Lectureship series, Dr. Karen Minassian from the Medical University of Vienna shares groundbreaking research on transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS). This non-invasive method uses surface electrodes to activate spinal...
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Shifting Perspectives: Prism Adaptation and Stroke Recovery
Read the transcript, https://KesslerFoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/Stroke-RLS%20-%20Shifting%20Perspectives-%20Prism%20Adaptation%20and%20Stroke%20Recovery%20%E2%80%93%20Peii-CHen.pdf Spatial neglect is a common but often overlooked condition following stroke or brain injury, where...
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Creating a New Vision for Life with Spinal Cord Injury
Welcome to this special podcast series for people living with paralysis due to spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, or related conditions and their families. We know that finding a new path forward can be challenging, but through expert talks and peer discussions, we’re here to help you set...
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Hearst Fellows: Shaping the Future of Cognitive Rehabilitation Research
Read the transcript, https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Hearst%20Fellows%20Shaping%20the%20Future%20of%20Cognitive%20Rehabilitation%20Research-TRANSCRIPT.pdf In this episode, we spotlight emerging leaders in cognitive rehabilitation research at Kessler Foundation—Dr. Aubree...
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Revolutionizing TBI Recovery: The Role of Robotics in Rehabilitation
Karen J. Nolan, PhD, associate director in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering at Kessler Foundation, sat down with Heather Rose, host of Community Connections at Radio Free Roanoke, to discuss leads on groundbreaking research in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Dr.…
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Thinking Through MS-How Cognition Shapes Daily Life
Read the transcript, https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Thinking%20Through%20MS-How%20Cognition%20Shapes%20Daily%20Life-TRANSCRIPT.pdf In this episode, we explore groundbreaking research from Kessler Foundation that reveals how subtle cognitive changes in people with…
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Employment & Disability: A New Path to Independence
Read the transcript, https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/Employment%20and%20Disability_A%20New%20Path%20to%20Independence-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Over 14 million Americans with disabilities rely on Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to...
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Idioma, ubicación y vida después de una lesión cerebral en las comunidades hispanas
En este episodio de Ciencias de la Vida Real, exploramos un estudio convincente de la Fundación Kessler y sus socios del Sistema Modelo de Lesiones Cerebrales Traumáticas (LCT). La investigación analiza cómo el lugar de nacimiento (si una persona hispana con LCT nació en EE. UU. o en el…
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New Insights to Restore Function After Spinal Cord Paralysis
Read the transcript, https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/RLS-ANGELI_Spinal%20Stim_New%20Insights%20to%20Restore%20Function%20After%20Spinal%20Cord%20Paralysis-TRANSCRIPT.pdf In our latest episode of Real-Life Science, we delve into our groundbreaking research that is...
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Language, Location & Life After Brain Injury in Hispanic Communities
Read the transcript,https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/RLS-Language%2C%20Location%20%26%20Life%20After%20Brain%20Injury%20in%20Hispanic%20Communities-TRANSCRIPT.pdf A compelling study from Kessler Foundation and its partners in the Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury...
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Supporting SCI Recovery at Every Stage
Read the transcript, https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/Supporting%20SCI%20Recovery%20at%20Every%20Stage%20-%20TRANSCRIPT.pdf In this "Rebuilding Lives Through Research" episode of Supporting SCI Recovery at Every Stage, we explore how two groundbreaking programs from the...
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The Art of TBI Recovery: Stories of Strength and Self-Discovery
Read the transcript, https://KesslerFoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/Brainwaves%20SUMMER%202025%20Audio%20Newsletter%20TRANSCRIPT.pdf After a life-altering car accident left Luke Bonenberger with a traumatic brain injury, his world was consumed by rage, confusion, and a loss of…
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Gaming for Good - How Virtual Therapy is Changing Stroke Recovery Forever
Read the transcript https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/Gaming%20for%20Good%20-%20How%20Virtual%20Therapy%20is%20Changing%20Stroke%20Recovery%20Forever-TRANSCRIPT.pdf This "Rebuilding Lives Through Research" series episode, "Gaming for Good: How, showcases the life-changing...
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Rewiring Hope: Epidural Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
Read the transcript https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/Rewiring%20Hope_Epidural%20Stimulation%20for%20Spinal%20Cord%20Injury%20Recovery-Transcript.pdf In this episode, we spotlight groundbreaking research in epidural spinal stimulation at Kessler Foundation’s Tim and…
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From Loved One to Caregiver: The Hidden Toll of Stroke Recovery
What if your brain erased part of your world—and you didn’t even know it? Discover the invisible condition reshaping stroke recovery and caregiving worldwide. Spatial neglect is an often invisible yet life-altering condition that affects many stroke survivors, leaving them unaware of parts of…
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