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Information on Spinal Cord Injury Research, Treatments, Medicines and Quality of Life

Important Changes That Can Happen to Your Body Years After a Spinal Cord Injury

Whether or not you have a spinal cord injury, the body is always in a state of change, and one of the biggest is...

Spinal Cord Injury Online Courses from MSKTC

The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) is a national center operated by the American Institutes for Research® (AIR®) that translates health information into...

The Controller Project

The Controller Project recently ran a brilliant snap-on controller mods competition with Prusa Printers. This has gleaned 123 entries with potential to help physically Disabled people. One...

BOOK: Concussion Management for Wheelchair Athletes

  Just like athletes in traditional sports, wheelchair athletes can suffer injuries. But because parasports are a relatively new phenomenon, research into injuries unique to wheelchair...

Amazing Halloween Costumes for Kids that use Wheelchairs

Doctor Who "We love Doctor Who for its optimism and creativity, which are in my child. I also love this costume because Doctor Who's time...

September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month

National Spinal Cord Injury Month (National SCI Awareness Month) in September honors the courage of those with spinal cord injuries and their families. The...

History of the Paralympics

Sport for athletes with an impairment has existed for more than 100 years, and the first sport clubs for the deaf were already in...

Voluntary Exercise after Spinal Cord Injuries: Equipment and Process that Develops and Sustains Fitness...

Declining health and fitness are commonly known to accompany spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D). Physical deconditioning and weakening of the upper limbs make...
Paul Amadeus Lane

What wheelchair users wish you knew – and what to stop asking

"What's wrong with you?" "How did this happen?" People in wheelchairs encounter those questions regularly – and want people to know they are not OK to ask. "I...

5 Spasticity Triggers to Avoid

Learning what they are—and lowering your exposure to them—can make your life easier. If you or a loved one have suffered a stroke, a brain...