A/Prof Jesse Owens

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  www.spinalcordsociety.org/2007/whoweare/scientific.asp - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 3/29/2007  

  A/Prof Jesse Owens
  
  Biomedical Programme University of Alaska.Anchorage.
  
  Dr. Jesse Owens is a professor at the University of Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska where he teaches Cell Physiology to medical students and maintains a research laboratory.His scientific training is in neuroscience with a strong emphasis on the development of synaptic function during nervous system formation and spinal cord injury repair.He directed the American Spinal Cord Society's research laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado and established the foundations for the upcoming human trials that this group is currently setting up.He has been an advisor for the scientific program that is being developed by the Australian Spinal Cord society in collaboration with the National Stem Cell Center in Melbourne.Dr. Owens had more than a passing interest in this work; he sustained a spinal cord injury over 28 years ago and has been paraplegic since then.In addition to his scientific work he has invented and developed a number of original devices that allow people with mobility impairments to access wilderness or travel in countries where wheelchair accommodation is lacking.

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  ADA Compliance Planning - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/1/2007    Last Visited: 8/18/2009  

  A University of Alaska professor, Jesse Owens, heads Legal Access Watchdogs, an advocacy group that has already prodded compliance all over Southcentral Alaska. The process can begin with anyone who notices a potential violation and complains about it to somebody like Prof. Owens who knows how the law works and how to rumble for compliance.

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  AMTV Explorers and Crew - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/27/2006    Last Visited: 7/19/2007  

  Dr. Jesse Owens - Jesse came to Alaska as a young man working construction on the TransAlaska Pipeline.After a crippling injury, he went back to school.Now a professor at the UAA, Jesse has invented his way back into the wilderness.He is a world class macro photographer, an Alaska Magazine Television Explorer, and a ground breaking leader in paraplegic adventures.Among Jesse's most successful inventions, his 'Kilikart' which he used to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and cross the Harding Icefield (one of Alaska's largest), is currently in limited production.Jesse lives in Palmer with his wife Karen and their dog Ferlin.

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  Achieving Accessibility: How the Americans with... - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 10/8/2009  

  The initiative for the ramp project came from Jesse Owens, a professor at the University of Alaska who has used a wheelchair since a snowmobile accident some years ago, and has remained very active outdoors.

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  Disability Options offers the Mobility Disabled access... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/18/2000    Last Visited: 4/25/2002  

  The Kili-Kart was named by its inventor, Dr. Jesse Owens, after his ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa.Dr. Owens, a scientist and inventor, was involved in a skiing accident in 1978 that left him a paraplegic. Dr, Jesse Owens, inventor of the Killi Kart
  
  Soon after recovering from his accident, he began inventing assistive devices for himself that improved his mobility and ability to perform daily tasks.The adventurer in him led to developing and patenting the Kili-Kart.
  
  Over the years, Jesse has become a prolific inventor, developing products for himself, his friends, and peers.He has been awarded patents for a number of his inventions and innovations and is continually developing new products.In 1995, he was a worldwide finalist for the Rolex Award for innovation.In 1996, he and his inventions were featured on Beyond 2000, the international television program for inventors whose work may impact the world in years beyond 2000.
  
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  When you meet someone like inventor Jesse Owens, you can't help but get excited about enabling people with disabilities.
  
  Jesse's free spirit reminds us that having a disability should not limit the opportunity of joining family and friends in outdoor activities.
  
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  International research review - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 10/1/2008  

  Comments on the latest research publications by Dr Jesse Owens
  
  Dr Jesse Owens, our Senior Scientific Advisor has reviewed the latest SCI publications and has provided the following comment:

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  Not the Last Word: Ragged Edge November/December 1998 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/24/2003    Last Visited: 8/24/2003  

  Left to the compassion and concern of their owners, these businesses would never have been made accessible, though--even after passage of the ADA--had it not been for the willingness of people like Dr. Jesse Owens, a professor in Bio-Medical Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage who has a disability, to use the law's enforcement provisions.
  
  If Jesse had had to find a private attorney to pursue compliance with the ADA and to mount a campaign to make hundreds of businesses more accessible, though, he would have been sorely disappointed.

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  Not the Last Word: Ragged Edge November/December 1998 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/10/1999    Last Visited: 8/16/2000  

  Left to the compassion and concern of their owners, these businesses would never have been made accessible, though--even after passage of the ADA--had it not been for the willingness of people like Dr. Jesse Owens, a professor in Bio-Medical Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage who has a disability, to use the law's enforcement provisions.
  
  If Jesse had had to find a private attorney to pursue compliance with the ADA and to mount a campaign to make hundreds of businesses more accessible, though, he would have been sorely disappointed.Fortunately, Alaska has a great Protection and Advocacy agency, the Disability Law Center of Alaska.They have made a commitment to ADA enforcement.
  
  The dogged determination and extreme genius of attorney Janel Wright, assigned by the Disability Law Center to the project, has brought about these new slopes for integrating people with disabilities in Alaska.Initiating the ADA enforcement effort required courage on the part of Owens, Wright, and Rick Tessandore, Executive Director of the Disability Law Center, and its board of directors.

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  Press: Palmer company to market off-road wheelchair - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/22/2001    Last Visited: 7/22/2001  

  It was probably just a matter of time before Jesse Owens carved an Alaskan niche for his invention.He scaled a 6 , 000-foot peak , crossed an ice field and traversed a mountain - and did it all in his off-road wheelchair.Now , seven years since its creation , his Kili-Kart appears to be a success with everybody from teachers to blueberry pickers.A Palmer-based company intends to market and manufacture the vehicle on a larger scale , and while the price tag's a little steep , Owens says it simply affords room to maneuver.
  
  Unlike standard wheelchairs , which are limited to flat , smooth surfaces , Owens' Kili-Kart rides low to the ground and has five wheels , two of which are centered and elevated to accommodate rough terrain.The user is strapped to the seat with their legs straight in front , and can propel the cart with hand cranks.Rear-positioned handlebars allow assistants to push or lift the cart , and a front tube makes pulling possible.It's especially impressive where able-bodied people want to include people with disabilities , says Owens , a professor of biomedicine at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
  
  Owens , who lost the use of his legs after a snowmachine plowed into him on a Trapper Creek trail in 1977 , designed the Kili-Kart so he could summit Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro in 1993.Six Kili-Karts have been purchased to date.Disability Options , Inc. , a for-profit Palmer business , hopes to significantly boost that quantity.
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  A lot of people who are crippled-up aren't even used to thinking they can do stuff like this , says Owens.Most of the world is extremely difficult to negotiate if flat and smooth are governing factors.It's like living in a shopping cart..
  
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  RazorCut Entertainment: FILMOGRAPHY - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/4/2008    Last Visited: 9/9/2009  

  Dr. Jesse Owens, an inventor, a scientist, and a paraplegic embarks on a never before accomplished adventure; to cross the Harding Ice field and descend the Exit Glacier Trail. Using his patented Kilikart and with some assistance from his able bodied companions, Jesse Owens takes on the challenge of Alaska's extreme backcountry.

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