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News12 CT: Fairfield crash victim shares miraculous survival story after internal decapitation

Gaylord

Apr 21, 2026, 12:00:00 AM

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WNPR: Multiple sclerosis tried to bench her. Karen Smith won gold instead

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Mar 9, 2026, 12:00:00 AM

After an MS diagnosis threatened her athletic life, Karen Smith found a new path in adaptive...

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FOX61: Wallingford crash survivor who recovered at Gaylord Hospital joins the staff there

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Feb 13, 2026, 12:00:00 AM

After recovering from a serious car accident, 20-year-old Jim Cohrs returns to Gaylord -...

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After devastating crash, man continues to ride with MotoDemption (Clone)

Gaylord

Aug 21, 2025, 11:18:06 AM

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After devastating crash, man continues to ride with MotoDemption

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Feb 7, 2024, 12:00:00 AM

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Quadriplegic painter follows creative passions

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Apr 12, 2022, 12:00:00 AM

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Gaylord Specialty Healthcare is a nonprofit rehabilitation system in Wallingford, Connecticut, offering inpatient and outpatient care for patients recovering from complex medical conditions. Services include physical, occupational, and speech therapy, along with neurological, orthopedic, spinal cord injury, stroke, brain injury, pulmonary, and specialty rehabilitation programs.

Main Campus
50 Gaylord Farm Road
Wallingford, CT 06492

Main Phone: (203) 284-2800
Inpatient Admissions: (203) 284-2810
Outpatient Appointments: (203) 284-2888
Physician Services: (203) 284-2845

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Inpatient
Rehabilitation Services

Brain Injury, Stroke & Young Stroke
Traurig House (Residential Brain Injury)
Spinal Cord Injury & Multitrauma
Medical, Cardiac & Wound
Pulmonary, Vent Programs & Oxygen Management
Injured Worker Program

Outpatient
Care

Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Sports Therapy
Interventional Pain Center
Physician Services
Neurological Outpatient Therapy (PT, OT, Speech)
Neuropsychology
Psychiatry & Behavioral Health
Concussion Care
Physician Services
Radiology & Imaging
Work Conditioning
SCI Day Treatment Program
Wheelchair Clinic

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