Christopher Reeve - Superman, SuperHero & Super Human Being

The Squidoo SuperHero Group was created to highlight lenses made as part of the SuperHero Project in which lensmasters are challenged to create 5 lenses for charity about heroes who have inspired you, mentored you, changed the way you see the world,...

Caregiver Stress is the emotional strain of caregiving for a loved one, or attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult. Caregiving can have a major impact on the caregiver's own health. Caregivers become so concerned about caring for their...

A Caregiver is "a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult." Caregiving is the care provided for that person. Caregiving is often one of the most important, demanding and stressful roles that a per...

Grief is important part of the caregiver experience that is often overlooked. According to Grief expert Kenneth Doka, PhD "Grief is a reaction to a loss, but it can be -- and with caregivers grief often is -- a multifaceted reaction." Man...

Caregiver Stress Syndrome is a way to describe the physiological and psychological changes experienced as the result of chronic stress due to ongoing caregiving activities. Caregiver Stress Syndrome are actual physiological and psychological symptoms...

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I grew up on the original Superman films. Christopher Reeve was one of my first crushes and remains the "real" Superman for me. This lens is dedicated to one of the coolest guys to grace celluloid and definitely the coolest to wear the red...

Spinal Cord Injury Links & Information.  The term "spinal cord injury" refers to any injury of the neural (pertaining to nerves) elements within the spinal canal. SCI can occur from either trauma or disease to the vertebral column or...

Caregivers and Caregiving A group devoted to caregivers, the person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult. This group contains carefully selected lenses with information and resources for caregivers, the unsung...

Mattie Stepanek wanted to be known as a poet, peacemaker and philosopher who played. Even though he had a rare form of muscular dystrophy, dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy, Mattie was able to accomplish a lot in his short life. He was not limited...

Sadako Sasaki was only two years old when the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. At the age of 11, she was diagnosed with Leukemia, or the "Atomic Bomb Disease." Her courage in the face of her cancer and determination to fold 1,000 paper crane...

Turning a tragedy into a tribute is one of the ways for survivors to keep going and and keep living after the traumatic loss of a loved one. Introducing my superheroes...Patricia Quigley and Susan Retik, two 9/11 widows on a heroic mission to overco...

Apparently there was a greater mission in life for Al Gore than becoming President in 2000. Now as Nobel Peace Prize winner, Academy Award winner, bestselling author, activist and political icon, Al Gore has become one of the most respected and influ...

Dr. Randy Pausch is a living inspiration. Diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer in 2006, he has gone on to show people how to continue *living* even after getting the diagnosis of a terminal illness. For his head-on, straight-forward, entertai...