Tag: Disabilty
Spinal Injury Psychological And Social Problems
Spinal Cord Injury Can Result In Significant Psychological And Social Problems
Research from the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, has confirmed...
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA)
NWBA MISSION STATEMENT
A Winning Strategy
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) is the nation's oldest and largest Disability sport organization. Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado,...
Why home Care Costs So Much
Institutional costs are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement to states. Home services aren't. I wrote awhile ago about activists pushing the Medicaid Community Attendant Services...
Can you guys still f***?
I went to college at Edinboro University after my injury to gain the benefits of a more accessible Environment transferring from Clarion University. I...
Phase II Trials of ProCord
Proneuron Biotechnologies Teams with Craig Hospital in Denver to Expand IND Phase II Trial of ProCord for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries to...
Jim Silcock
I want to share with you a little bit about my husband and our family. I think that my husband is truly an...
Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
This InfoSheet is based in large part on "Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Features, Prevalence, and Taxonomy"* by Philip J. Siddal, Robert P....
Understanding the Importance of Language
Every day more than thirty people become paralyzed from spinal cord injury (SCI) or disease. SCI generally results in one of two types of...
Equipment eases adjustment
Paralyzed from the neck down and still dependent on a respirator, actor Christopher Reeve is nevertheless a man with much work to do. "I...
Pain and Spinal Cord Injury: Causes and Treatments
Chronic pain is a frequent problem in the majority of the SCI population and can occur not only above the level of injury but...