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'He put a face on the injury.' 3 ways Christopher Reeve and his foundation revolutionized spinal cord injury research.

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Christopher Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after a horseback riding accident in 1995 .

The actor and his wife, Dana Reeve , pushed for more treatments for spinal cord injuries.

A new documentary, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeves Story , will be in limited theaters on Sept. 21 and Sept. 25 .

Christopher Reeves died in 1995 after being injured in a car accident.

His wife, Dana , created the National Paralysis Resource Center as a " one -stop shop" for information on services and day-to-day life.

About 5.4 million people (or 1.7% of the population) in the U.S. live with some form of paralysis.

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