Notice of Appointment: Véronique Lavoie appointed member the REA Foundation’s Board of Directors
La Fondation RÉA est heureuse d’accueillir, au sein de son conseil d'administration, Madame Véronique Lavoie.
Notice of appointment: Julie Lafrenière joins the REA Foundation’s team as Communications and Public Relations Advisor
La Fondation RÉA est heureuse d’accueillir au sein de son équipe Julie Lafrenière en tant que Conseillère en communication et relations publiques.
The REA Foundation contributes $41,000 to Dr. Stéphanie Jean’s fellowship
The REA Foundation contributed $41,000 to Dr. Stéphanie Jean’s fellowship. Her training will enable the Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montreal to offer the most advanced rehabilitation care to amputees and severe burn victims in Quebec.
TESTIMONIALS
Aron Korenblit Testimonial
In the fall of 2012, I was living abroad... One night, my phone rang. “Aron, get on the next plane to Montreal. Your father is having surgery for a brain haemorrhage. He’s had a stroke and his life is in danger.”
ARON KORENBLIT
David Brown Testimonial
In May 2020, my life was turned upside down in a matter of seconds when my car smashed into another vehicle. After that, I blacked out—I don’t remember a thing.
DAVID BROWN
Nicolas Steresco’s testimonial
On April 15, 1998, a little motorcycle outing changed my life forever. At the time, I was pretty reckless, and I lost control. The result was a severe head injury and a fractured left tibia and fibula.
NICOLAS STERESCO
Stéphanie Ratté Testimonial
In January 2020, Stéphanie Ratté was pregnant and the mother of an 18-month-old girl when her life was turned upside down in a matter of days. Thankfully, the Parents Plus Clinic came to her rescue with material, psychological and parental assistance.
STÉPHANIE RATTÉ
Pierre Drouin Testimonial
I was born with a neurological problem, called neuropathy, in my left foot that caused repeated and uncontrollable infections. In November 2020, I made my decision to go ahead with amputation.
PIERRE DROUIN
Sylvie Quesnel Testimonial
On June 10, 2019, on my way to a professional conference, I lost the hearing in my left ear as the plane was taking off... I suddenly became completely deaf with major tinnitus and dizziness...
SYLVIE QUESNEL
Normand Talbot’s testimonial
On August 17, 2007, at the age of 61, I became a quadriplegic after a head-on collision on a country road in Nova Scotia. My chances of survival were slim: “Less than 50% chance of survival.” .
NORMAND TALBOT
Marie-Josée Blais testimonial
"I was born with a mitochondrial disease that caused spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, resulting in various bone, joint, neurological and sensory problems as well as growth hormone and cortisol deficiencies. As a result, I’m of small stature, I’m hard of hearing and I have a visual impairment as well as several significant physical limitations. "
MARIE-JOSÉE BLAIS
Eveline Claire Nguepi’s testimonial
"For a long time, I’ve been looking for a way to trumpet everything the Centre de réadaptation en déficience physique Lucie-Bruneau has done and continues to do for me."
EVELINE CLAIRE NGUEPI
Sandro François’s testimony
After suffering two strokes at the age of 25, Sandro François got back on his feet—
morally and physically.
SANDRO FRANCOIS
Véronique Pagé’s testimony
In the early 2000s, when I was in my mid-twenties, I was experiencing severe lumbar and trapezius pain. My body was literally giving out on me.
VÉRONIQUE PAGÉ
Cynthia Savard, Evan’s mother
Ten days before he was born, Evan’s diagnosis hit us like a ton of bricks: he was completely deaf in both ears.
CYNTHIA SAVARD
Emilie Papillon
In 2005, while I was jogging, I felt a partial loss in my field of vision. Worried, I consulted several specialists, to no avail. Then, I saw a newly graduated optometrist who detected the first signs of multiple sclerosis...
EMILIE PAPILLON
Alexandre Thibault
I look back, less than two years ago, to that day at the Régates de Valleyfield hydroplane race, surrounded by friends, living life to the fullest, and eagerly awaiting the birth of my son, Logan. It was a hot day. There was a long dock. I dove in. But I was fooled by the length of the dock. The water was barely two feet deep and I ended up a tetraplegic. I was in the water for 30 minutes, waiting for help to come. People were touching me, but I couldn’t feel anything. It was surreal. The truth hit me like a ton of bricks…
ALEXANDRE THIBAULT
Jonathan Plante
On March 12, 2007, at the age of 26, my life was turned upside down after a serious accident.
JONATHAN PLANTE
Pénélope McQuade
When I came out of my first 3 weeks of hospitalization, emergency and intensive care at the Hotel-Dieu de Lévis Hospital and
PÉNÉLOPE MCQUADE
Daniel H. Lanteigne
Since I was very young, I was surrounded by people with disabilities, including amputees.
DANIEL H. LANTEIGNE
Caroline Viau
In 39 years of attendance at the IRGLM, I had the chance to see huge advances in technology, to benefit from services using the cutting edge of technology
CAROLINE VIAU
Lucien Bouchard
The day I showed up for the first time at the front door of the building on Darlington Avenue, I was seeing the future in dark colors...
LUCIEN BOUCHARD
Isabelle Richer
The word "rehabilitation" terrified me at first, inspiring me a lack of adaptation, deficit. However, I quickly realized that it was more a synonymous of progress and return to everyday life...
ISABELLE RICHER
Camille Chai
Without the exemplary work of my prosthetists, I would not be able to enjoy a freedom of action and a well-being on a daily basis...
CAMILLE CHAI