Christopher Reeve talks candidly with Alan about his hope to walk again.

Moviegoers everywhere were shocked when former Superman actor Christopher Reeve injured his spinal cord in a 1995 horseback riding accident. The injury left Reeve without the use of his arms or legs and dependant on a ventilator to breathe.

In "I Might Walk!", Reeve talks with Alan Alda about his life after paralysis and about his newest role as a spinal cord injury research advocate. Reeve works out two to three hours a day on specialized equipment, preventing his bones and muscles and systems from atrophying. But as he explains to Alan, he is also keeping his body primed and ready should science one day discover the cure for his paralysis.

Reeve exercises with his wife and youngest son.

Reeve wants all paralysis patients to have access to the same equipment and specialists he does. As he points out, he has become president of a club he never wanted to join. A tireless advocate, Reeve lobbied Congress and established the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation to help fund and coordinate cutting-edge research in Spinal Cord Injury. He continues to act and direct, and to help his wife raise their young son. Says Reeve, "I have to find ways to give him what he needs. He's got to hear it through my voice and through my eyes. You have to find a way to be more generous than you ever were before, when you were on your feet."

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The Frontiers Profile: Christopher Reeve

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