Nkhani wathu

Gulu la anthu asanu, anayi atayima ndi m'modzi wakhala, ali panja pamunda. Iwo avala zovala za theka-formal. Pali zobiriwira komanso matabwa kumbuyo.

Pa ntchito: zaka 50 zosintha miyoyo

Kwa zaka 50, Shepherd Center yakhala ikugwira ntchito yofotokozeranso kukonzanso, kupatsa mphamvu odwala, ndikulimbikitsa chiyembekezo. Kuchokera ku chipinda chokhala ndi mabedi asanu ndi limodzi kupita ku chipatala chodziwika bwino cha neurorehabilitation, ulendo wathu wakhala wodzaza ndi zatsopano, chisamaliro chosintha moyo, ndi kudzipereka kosasunthika kwa odwala ndi mabanja athu.

Onani zazaka zambiri zomwe zapanga Shepherd Center ndikupitiliza kutipititsa patsogolo. Sungani mbiri yathu ndikuwona momwe mphindi iliyonse yatifikitsira pafupi ndi tsogolo lodzaza ndi mwayi.

Chikondi cha banja, cholowa cha chiyembekezo

Ulendo uliwonse ku Shepherd Center umayamba ndi nkhani - nkhani ya kulimba mtima, kutsimikiza mtima, komanso mphamvu yosagwedezeka ya banja. Nkhani yathuyi inayamba ndi chikondi cha mayi komanso mzimu wosagonja wa mwana, zomwe zimatsogolera ku cholowa chomwe chikusintha miyoyo ya anthu masiku ano.

Ntchito ya amayi

Mu 1973, moyo wa Alana ndi Harold Shepherd unasintha kwambiri pamene mwana wawo wamwamuna wazaka 22, dzina lake James, anavulala kwambiri msana pamene ankasefa pafupi ndi gombe la Rio de Janeiro. Atalumala kuchokera m’khosi kupita pansi, James anakumana ndi vuto lomvetsa chisoni. Koma ndi chithandizo chosasunthika cha makolo ake, ndi chithandizo cha malo okonzanso ku Denver, James adatsutsa zovutazo ndipo adayambanso kuyenda pogwiritsa ntchito chingwe cha mwendo ndi ndodo.

Kubwerera ku Atlanta, banja la a Shepherd lidachita chidwi ndi kusowa kwapadera kwa kuvulala kwa msana ku United States, mochepera kumwera chakum'mawa.

Pofunitsitsa kusintha zimenezi, a Shepherd’s anayamba ntchito yoonetsetsa kuti palibe banja lina limene lingapirire kulimbana kofananako.

Ndi kutsimikiza mtima kosagwedezeka

Alana, mwamuna wake Harold, ndi James, pamodzi ndi Dr. David Apple ndi thandizo la abwenzi odzipereka ndi akatswiri a zachipatala, adayambitsa Shepherd Center ku 1975. Inayamba ngati chipinda chochepetsetsa chokhala ndi mabedi asanu ndi limodzi, kuwala kwa chiyembekezo m'dera limene chisamaliro choterocho chinali chosowa, malo omwe angapereke chithandizo chamakono komanso chikhalidwe cha chisamaliro chokhazikika m'banja.

Anthu atatu aima kunja kwa nyumba ina: Harold Shepherd, James Shepherd, ndi Alana Shepherd. Munthu wapakati, wa ndevu, akugwiritsa ntchito ndodo. Munthu wa kumanzere wavala suti yopepuka, ndipo kumanja wavala zopepuka komanso wanyamula chikwama choyera.
Kupyolera mu maumboni aumwini, pezani chithunzithunzi cha ulendo wochira, chithandizo choperekedwa ndi magulu odzipereka osamalira, ndi chiyembekezo chomwe Shepherd Center imalimbikitsa odwala ndi mabanja awo.
The 1970s
Kumene Chiyembekezo Chimayambira
Zithunzi zokhala ndi mawu akuti "1970s where Hope Begins" zikukuta chithunzi chosawoneka bwino cha mumlengalenga cha nyumba ndi malo oyimika magalimoto chakumbuyo.

Kukhazikitsa Shepherd Center ndi ntchito yake yoyang'ana odwala.

1973
Kuvulaza Kosintha Moyo Kumayambitsa Ntchito

James Shepherd anavulala msana pa ngozi yapamadzi ku Rio de Janeiro. Pambuyo pa miyezi yambiri ya kukonzanso kwakukulu ku Denver, CO, akutuluka m'chipatala ndi mwendo wa mwendo ndi ndodo. Mosonkhezeredwa ndi chokumana nacho chimenechi, banja la a Shepherd likuwona njira yatsopano yochiritsira—yomwe imaika patsogolo chisamaliro cha odwala ndi banja.

1975
Shepherd Spinal Center Yatsegula

Shepherd Spinal Center imatsegula ku Atlanta ngati chipinda chokhala ndi mabedi asanu ndi limodzi m'chipatala cha komweko chokhala ndi madokotala awiri ndi othandizira atatu. Dr. David Apple akutumikira monga wotsogolera zachipatala woyamba. Mndandanda wodikirira umayamba msanga, kutsimikizira kufunika kowonjezera ntchito.

The 1980s
Kukulitsa Ma Horizons
Chizindikiro chokhala ndi "1980s Expanding Horizons" chikukuta chithunzi chakuda ndi choyera cha anthu ovala masuti. Chizindikiro cha mbewu chimalowa m'malo mwa "0" mu "1980s," kuwonetsa kukula.

Kukula, malo atsopano, ndi chiyambi cha kafukufuku wachipatala.

1982
Shepherd Center Imasuntha ndi Kukulitsa

Shepherd Center imasamukira komwe ili pa Peachtree Road ku Buckhead, ikukula mpaka malo okhala ndi mabedi 40. Mapulogalamu atsopano, kuphatikizapo chithandizo cha anzawo ndi kulengeza, akuyambitsidwa, komanso ICU.

1983
Dr. Apple Akutsogolera ASIA

Dr. David F. Apple, Jr., woyambitsa zachipatala wa Shepherd Center, amakhala pulezidenti wa American Spinal Injury Association, bungwe la akatswiri lomwe adathandizira kupeza. Kenako membala wamng'ono kwambiri amene anasankhidwa pa udindo umenewo, Dr. Apple, anatsogolera gulu la asing'anga 275 panthawiyo.

1985
Pulogalamu Yofufuza Zachipatala Ikuyambitsa

The Clinical Research Programme ikuyamba, pambuyo pake ikupita ku Virginia C. Crawford Research Institute. Izi zimayika Shepherd Center ngati mtsogoleri pa kafukufuku wokonzanso anthu.

The 1990s
Kumanga Cholowa
Chithunzi chokhala ndi mawu akuti "1990s Building a Legacy" choyera kumbuyo kwabuluu. Kumbuyo kwa malembawo, pali zithunzi zosaoneka bwino za ogwira ntchito yomanga ndi zipangizo. Bwalo lachikasu lili ndi mivi itatu yakuda yobwezeretsanso.

Kukula kwakukulu, mapulogalamu apadera apadera, ndi zotsatira zapadziko lonse lapansi.

Ndi zosiyana pano

Kuyambira pachiyambi chake chochepa, Shepherd Center nthawi zonse yakhala yoposa chipatala chabe. Ndi malo omwe chifundo, chiyembekezo, ndi njira yoyang'anira banja yosamalira zimalumikizidwa m'mbali zonse za wodwala.

Zaka makumi asanu pambuyo pake, Alana Shepherd, yemwe amadziwika kuti "amayi pamoto," akupitiriza kulimbikitsa odwala ndi ogwira ntchito ndi kudzipereka kwake kosasunthika komanso chiyembekezo chokhala ndi matenda. Uthenga wake kwa aliyense wongofika kumene umamveka m’maholo athu onse: “Kuno kwasintha.