Tag: Books
Understanding Those Medical & Research Articles
Ever have trouble making sense out of articles in medical, scientific, and research magazines? This brochure will give you some pointers as you try...
Interacting With Your Doctor
As part of a growing health and cost conscious public, we now take more responsibility for our health. More concerned about what we eat,...
Changing or Choosing Your Doctor
Many medical doctors, particularly general practitioners, family practitioners, or internists, see relatively few people with spinal cord injuries. They may not be aware of...
Men’s Wheelchair basketball
You’ve been injured a while, but for one reason or another you have to change doctors. Perhaps you’ve moved, your doctor has retired, you're...
HELPING HANDS
HELPING HANDS is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for quadriplegic individuals by training capuchin monkeys to assist them with...
Murderball: Take it Personally
Murderball: Take it Personally
I've seen Murderball 3 times. If you're old enough (it's rated R for some curse words and sexual content), I recommend...
MacLaren’s ‘gift’: Persevering through paralysis
To bathe the inspirational Jim MacLaren entirely in sunlight would be to deny his journey out of the darkness.
If life was indeed fair to...
How to Start Support or Discussion Group
We frequently receive calls for information on local support groups. Although there are thousands of people with all over the US, there are...
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Cure Research
When someone sustains a spinal cord injury (SCI), one of the most difficult issues to deal with is that there is no "cure" at...
Social Security Disability Benefits
When to apply:
You should apply as soon as you become disabled. If you apply for Social Security, Disability benefits will not begin until the...