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The foundation was started in 1982 by Henry Stifel, whose son had been injured in a motor vehicle accident. Its original name was the Stifel Paralysis Research Foundation, and it was later renamed the American Paralysis Association (APA).WEB, History of the Reeve Foundation,weblink 2020-10-18, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, en-US, In 1995, the actor Christopher Reeve became quadriplegic as a result of a horse riding accident. Reeve sought out the help of the APA and raised funds for it. In 1996, the foundation was renamed the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation and then the Christopher Reeve Foundation.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}After Reeve's death in October 2004, his widow, Dana Reeve, assumed the chairmanship of the Foundation. Dana Reeve herself died 17 months later, in March 2006, of lung cancer.WEB, Dana Reeve Brave to the End,weblink 2020-03-27, PEOPLE.com, EN, On March 11, 2007, the Foundation announced that it had changed its name to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the first anniversary of Dana Reeve's death.PRESS RELEASE, Christopher Reeve Foundation Changes Name,weblink March 14, 2007, As of 2020, all three of Christopher and Dana Reeve's children serve on the foundation's board of directors.WEB, Board of Directors,weblink 2020-09-11, Reeve Foundation, en-US, They are television reporter and anchor Will Reeve, film producer and director Matthew Reeve, and lawyer Alexandra Reeve Givens.See also
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