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- 2024 Paralympic Games Wins Gold Medal for Accessibility
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- NVG-291: New Hope for SCI Patients
- New Micropore Particle Technology for Pressure Injuries Cuts Healing Time and Costs
- New MRI Measurements Accurately Predict Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
- Handle Hard Better
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- They’re Not Dwelling on Disabilities
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- Climbing Mountains with Paralysis: The AdvenChair Journey
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- Gabapentin May Reduce Metabolic Risk in SCI Patients
- New Mayo Clinic Stem Cell Research Shows Promising Results for Paralysis
- Boston Marathon Pioneered Accessibility for Wheelchair Racers
- Students Invent ‘Freedom Robot’ For People with Paralysis
- 10 Most Wheelchair-Accessible Cities
- Paralyzed Pilots Fly Again
- Remembering Dr. Mary Bartlett Bunge
- Clinical Trial for Promising New SCI Treatment
- “Imperfect” – A Film That Perfectly Captures Actors With Disabilities
- New Study Develops
- Disability Employment Statistics Don't Tell the Whole Story
- New SCI Research: Spasticity Predicts Better Outcomes
- Man with Paraplegia Conquers California’s 3,000-Foot Tall El Capitan
- Disability Service Providers Face Deepening Crisis
- 3D-Printed Wheelchairs Create Mobility For Kids
- New Model Systems SCI Factsheets: "Spasticity"
- Wheels of Injustice: Lawsuit Exposes Airline’s Damage
- A Path from Paralysis to Empowering Others
- New Breakthrough: Non-Invasive
- Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: Activity Modification for Musculoskeletal Pain
- New Adaptive Controller for SCI Gamers
- Elon Musk’s Neuralink Approved for Human Trials
- New Online Course for SCI Caregivers
- Sitting Pretty:
- Rehabilitation Leader, Lisa Rosen 1968-2023
- Amtrak Developing New Standards For Train Accessibility
- Promising New Research:
- He Admired Her ‘Grit and Grace.’ She Was Struck by His Kindness.
- New Findings: Impact of Spinal Cord Tethering Depends on Age and SCI Severity
- Unstoppable: Paralyzed Woman Pursuing Master's Degree While in Veteran's Hospital
- Coming Soon: Flying with a Power Wheelchair Inside the Plane
- Quadriplegic Mother of Twins - Dani's Extraordinary Journey
- Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Walk Using His Thoughts
- Immune System Discovery Could Lead to Better Spinal Injury Treatments
- New Research Finds Natural Blood Clot Prevention in Humans with Spinal Cord Injury
- Florida Woman Finds Passion for Archery After Paralysis
- Canada Hosts Wheelchair Curling Championship
- New ‘Hands-Free’ Wheelchair Technology Revolutionizes User Mobility
- US Employment Rate for People with Disabilities Reaches All-Time High in 2022
- Remembering the Legacy of Disability Rights Activist Judy Heumann
- GOOD READ - Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World
- Miami Researcher Awarded $3.25M DOD Grant to Tackle
- UPDATE: New Spinal Implants Show Promising Results
- Newly Paralyzed Writer Takes Twitter by Storm
- Forward-Thinking Women Leaders of the Disability Rights Movement
- New Award-Winning Film Captures Inside View of Life in a Wheelchair
- New Rehabilitation Centers Act Honors AbilityLab's Dr. Joanne Smith
- Employment Levels for People with Disabilities Reach New Highs
- NEW RESEARCH STUDY:
- GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE—NO, REALLY!
- Promising New Research
- Why I Will Miss Trevor Noah’s “Daily Show”
- Two New Resources For Spinal Cord Injury
- As a disabled person, I know: American bootstrap culture is a lie
- I AM NOT YOUR SUPERCRIP
- Embarrassing, Uncomfortable
- ADA 32nd Anniversary Advances
- New Transportation Bill of Rights is Nothing New
- Pregnancy and Spinal Cord Injury
- Mental Illness Is A Disability -
- Quick Review of SCI Research
- A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Preventive Health After Spinal Cord Injury
- What I Learned While Researching a Book About Disability Pride
- Academy Sets New Accessibility
- Here's What I Want You To Know Before You Grieve For My Disabled Body
- Clinical Trial of New Drug For SCI
- New Spinal Implants Show Promising Results
- Embracing Assistive Technology --
- New Drug Enables Spinal Cord to Repair Itself
- 10 Resolutions for a Happy New Year!
- The Legacy of Tiny Tim
- Meet Sam, The Quadriplegic Driver
- Breakthrough Discovery Reverses Paralysis
- 10 Tips For Working From Home
- Dr. Joanne C. Smith - Disability Medicine Loses a Legendary Leader
- SCI & COVID-19:
- Guide to the ASIA Impairment Scale
- 2021 Paralympics Coverage is Easier to Find Than Ever
- “Forever a Champion” Tells a Compelling Story
- Britney Spears Guardianship is a Disability Rights Case
- Stay Safe in Hot Weather: The SCI Guide
- Judy Heumann, Pioneering Disability Rights Activist
- Will You Take Off Your Mask?
- Spinal Cord Injury and Caregivers Study
- Wait…Disability Can Be…Funny???
- New Stem Cell Treatment for Paralysis
- Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Information for People With Disabilities
- "Mother Nature Wants to Kill You"
- "The Jokester And The Life Coach"
- GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE—NO, REALLY!
- "Reasonable Accommodations" For All - Not Just Me
- Voters With Disabilities Face Greater Health Risks During COVID-19
- Dealing With Kind Offers – “Take Two”
- I've Been Paralyzed Since I Was 3. Here's Why Kindness Toward Disabled People Is More Complicated Than You Think
- Coping with Covid-19 and SCI
- Getting Back Your Sex Life
- Spinal Cord Injury Personal Experiences – Coping with Friends and Family
- Spinal Cord Injury Personal Experiences – Dealing with Anger
- Living with a Disabled Spouse
- Fighting COVID Loneliness from a Wheelchair
- Disabled People Like Me Have Always Been Vulnerable To disease. Let Us Show You The Ropes.
- NETFLIX’S NEW “CRIP CAMP” FILM COMBINES INSIGHTS AND INSPIRATION
- Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Fact Sheet
- Disability and Disease Aren’t Interchangeable
- Mallory Weggemann Goes for the Gold…Again
- DISABILITY IN VOGUE? By Ben Mattlin
- “Quadriplegia” or “Tetraplegia"
- A Tale of Two Pretties
- Ready For Download ---- Introducing our New Video Series
- SMA and Me: To Cure or Not To Cure, That is the Question
- SCI Pregnancy Study
- Runway of Dreams Helps 'Every Body'
- HELP! I THINK I CREATED A WORD!
- THE DOWNSIDE OF "THE UPSIDE"
- Mastering The 'Pee-Math'
- Headlines shout: “Paralyzed People Walk Again!”
- Unlock the Mysteries of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) - - Understanding Your Disability Rights is Only a Few Clicks Away
- No Straws? No Thanks!
- Battling Accessible Parking Abuse With an App
- When I Write About My Life…
- Discriminatory ADA Education and Reform Act Blocked by Senate Democrats
- To Hell and Back: Disability Wisdom
- Let The Paralympic Games Begin
- New Bill Takes Aim At The ADA
- Tips and Tricks to Living Better with Paralysis
- An Honest Wheelchair Love Story
- "NOT ALL CRIPS ARE CREEPS" by BEN MATTLIN
- Opening An Eye On Disability
- Balancing Professional Life with Caregiving
- New Sit-or-Stand Wheelchair
- Doctors with Disabilities
- Video: The Ultimate All-Terrain Wheelchair
- ALIVE AT 55! By Ben Mattlin
- Eleven new sports and disciplines apply for Paris 2024
- Driverless cars promise far greater mobility for the elderly and people with disabilities
- CVS Opening Mock Stores To Train People With Disabilities
- Utilizing the Power of Sport to Change Perception of Disability
- Please Encourage Your Children to Ask About My Disability
- Technology has changed our world, but hasn't done enough for people with disabilities
- Uber Me to My Airbnb? For Wheelchair Users, Not So Fast
- Holiday ‘sting’ to target disability parking spot abusers at malls
- Self-Driving Car Tech Can Help Another Form of Transport: Wheelchairs
- Airbnb acquires Accomable to offer home rentals for travelers with disabilities
- Red Rocks implementing new ticket purchase, seating process for Coloradans with disabilities
- To help students with physical disabilities navigate a maze of barriers, NYC releases new reports on high school accessibility
- SnapType makes it easy for kids with disabilities to do their homework
- MEET JAMES SHEPHERD - By Thea Flaum
- My daughter doesn’t have ‘special’ needs. She’s disabled.
- Dancer and Choreographer Honored with 3Arts Community Award
- Recreational therapy students bring adaptive sports to Indiana University
- Google’s new plan to create more accessible offices
- Accenture, EY, Google, Microsoft And Other Leaders Find Great Value In Employees With Disabilities
- Meet the Berkeley Man Who Helped Lead the Disability Rights Movement
- Traveling With a Wheelchair: How to Take on Accessibility Challenges
- New research aims to help people with spinal cord injuries get fit
- Madison opens its first playground accessible to children with disabilities
- This New Career Center’s Workplace Simulations Prepare People With Disabilities For Jobs
- Uber hit with ADA lawsuit in New Orleans
- United Spinal Association Invites the Disability Community to Participate in a National Survey about Accessible Parking and Placard Abuse
- Toyota Unveils Concept Car Designed For Universal Mobility
- Nurturing Spontaneity, or Why I Love "The Odd Couple" by Ben Mattlin
- 19 states are cracking down on fake service dogs
- The Athlete in Me Won’t Stop
- Pimp My Wheelchair
- Target Is Releasing Adaptive Apparel For Kids With Disabilities
- Stories About Disability Don’t Have to Be Sad
- You Are Special! Now Stop Being Different
- Video: ‘I Set Out to Prove Everyone Wrong’: Paralyzed Football Star Moves Forward
- Residents with Disabilities Take NYC Sidewalks to Court
- Employers Miss Opportunities for Workers with Disabilities
- Alphabet launches U.S. ad campaign to promote driverless car safety
- Magee Rehabilitation Creates Accessible Travel Video for People with Disabilities
- Finding Myself on Page
- 10 Best Cities for People Living With Disabilities
- Acting Disability
- The Myth of Disability ‘Sob Stories’
- LIVING with a Spinal Cord Injury
- Films highlighting work by and about people with disabilities
- Playing the Online Dating Game, in a Wheelchair
- Disability Advocates Arrested Protesting Medicaid Cuts
- Take Back the Kitchen
- 'I feel like a second-class citizen': readers on navigating cities with a disability
- How I navigate the NYC subway system in a wheelchair
- App Aims To Help Pedestrians With Disabilities Safely Cross Intersections In East Liberty, PA
- ROLLING ROLE MODELS ON TV - By Ben Mattlin
- For those adapting to disabilities, sports put focus on what's possible rather than what isn't
- UMBC robotics student invents help for those with disabilities like hers
- Seven Helpful Smart Home Devices for People With Disabilities
- Accomable creates vacation-rental market for people with disabilities
- What Happens To The Sick, Elderly And People With Disabilities During Hurricanes
- Parents must persistently advocate for their children with disabilities
- A better world on wheels on Google Maps
- Rebuilding two lives after gun violence intercedes
- Things That Don’t Work When You Are Paralyzed…Besides the Obvious
- This Paralyzed Surfer Is Ending His Career With an Epic Adventure
- Spinal Cord Injury: The First 90 Days
- #DanceForInclusion
- Meet The Woman Trying To Get Disabled Mannequins Into The Windows Of Britain's Biggest Shops
- No One Talks About The Loneliness Of Having A Child With Disabilities
- When disaster strikes - are you ready?
- How This 27-Year-Old Filmmaker Is Helping People With Disabilities Own Their Narratives
- Tips for Mentioning Disability on Dating Apps
- 10 Things I'm Sick of Hearing as a Person With a Disability
- Skydiving adventure after spinal cord injury
- Saying Goodbye to the Baclofen Pump
- QUIET ACTIVISM by Ben Mattlin
- Fashion for all abilities
- Motocross after spinal cord injury
- 'Airlines keep breaking my wheelchair'
- Disability inequality in popular film
- Why design should include everyone
- Doctors with disabilities - are they the answer?
- Seven facts about Americans with disabilities
- Windows testing eye-control technology
- Five worst places on the planet to travel with a disability
- Watson-enhanced self-driving shuttle may help millions with disabilities
- Toyota Robot Helps Army Ranger Paralyzed in Afghanistan
- Paralyzed Former Race Car Driver Takes Jay Leno on a Thrill Ride
- Paralyzed Olympian walks down the aisle at his wedding
- 8-Year-Old Boy Raises Money to Buy His Best Friend a New Wheelchair
- Young Mother’s Struggles with Disability Stereotypes
- Dozens of People with Disabilities Arrested on Capitol Hill on Tuesday
- Americans with Disabilities Still Can't Land Jobs
- With the Flip of a Switch, a Wisconsin Man’s Legs Reawaken after Years of Paralysis
- On the Guilty Pleasures of Computer Solitaire: A Defiant Act of Independence - By Ben Mattlin
- Video: "Pushing Boundaries" after SCI
- Facebook Highlights FacingDisability.com
- An Eye-Opening Wheelchair Malfunction - by Ben Mattlin
- FacingDisability.com Offers Private Group Support on Facebook
- A Wheel in Two Worlds - an article by Ben Mattlin
- FacingDisability.com Unveils Redesigned Website
- New Chicago Hospital Invests $600 Million into Bringing Discoveries to Patients Sooner
- BLOG - Website Makes Accessible Travel Better
- Quiz Answer - It's a Body Stabilizer
- BLOG - Breaking the Bad News
- BLOG - Special Treatment for Women with SCI
- Quiz Answer - It's an Adaptive Computer Keyboard!
- Quiz Answer - it's an adaptive dog leash!
- Quiz Answer - It's an adaptive shampoo tray!
- Quiz Answer - It's an adaptive toilet transfer board
- Quiz Answer - It's a Dressing Aid!
- BLOG - Expecting The Unexpected After SCI
- Quiz Answer - It's an adaptive knife!
- Quiz Answer - It's an adaptive finger-loop
- BLOG - Learning to Fly
- Quiz Answer - It's an adaptive handle for the car!
- Blog - 'You-Tuber' with Quadriplegia is not a Cyborg
- Quiz Answer - It's a water-bottle bidet!
- Quiz Answer - It's an adaptive oven rack pusher/puller!
- BLOG - New Video about Sex and Intimacy
- Quiz Answer - It's a Wheelchair Wheel Pouch
- Blog - A Closer Look at Adaptive Technology
- Quiz Answer - It's a guitar pick!
- Quiz Answer - It's an accessible tap for a bottle
- Quiz Answer - It's an Adaptive Steering Knob
- Quiz Answer - It's a PocketDresser!
- Blog - High School with a Spinal Cord Injury
- BLOG - Novel Program Reduces Abuse of Accessible Parking
- Quiz Answer - It's a Foot Brush
- Quiz Answer - It's a Phone/GPS Holder
- 'Finding Dory' Makes Disability Relatable
- “ME BEFORE YOU” COULD BE AN INVITATION TO SUICIDE
- Commentary: 'Me Before You' perpetuates idea that the disabled should consider suicide
- Indiana Woman with Quadriplegia Gives Birth
- There's Nothing Like a Good Tear-Jerker...
- Counter Balance Presents
- BLOG - 5 Things I Wish I Had Known
- Paralyzed Man Uses Mind-Power to Move Hand
- A Story of Triumph After Setback
- Keeping and Strengthening Friendships Post-Injury
- Bowel Programs for Spinal Cord Injury
- Actor Uses Exoskeleton Onstage
- Nova and Don, a Love Story...
- Can an Unorthodox Operation Reverse Paraplegia?
- New Beginning for Vets With ReWalk
- Video looks at College Life After SCI
- Giving Thanks - In Memoriam
- What SCI Family Caregivers Need to Know
- Trick or Treat -- In a Wheelchair
- Sex After Spinal Cord Injury
- Dr. Lawrence C. Vogel is Co-Editor of a New Book on Pediatric SCI
- Back to School: Stories of Success on Campus
- ADA at 25: The Changing Face of Disability
- Mothers on Wheels
- FacingDisability.com Videos in Chinese
- Paralyzed Officer Retails Applesauce
- Come Sail Away!
- Go in Feet First -- Don’t Dive
- Parents on Call – a reprint in honor of Father's Day
- Jumping is Nice -- But Think Twice
- New Challenge to Guinness World Record
- Paralyzed Vet Walks Again
- Architect Michael Graves
- Understanding Spinal Cord Injury
- Sex, Women and SCI
- Top 10 SCI Research
- Dr. Henry B. Betts
- “I Am Not Your Inspiration” In Memoriam
- Pictures of People With Disabilities
- Pain After Spinal Cord Injury
- Paralyzed Man Regains Some Use of Legs
- Study Discovers Hot Website Topics: Sex, Dating, Relationships
- What Recovery Means to a Former Olympic Swimmer
- FacingDisability Featured in Exceptional Parent Magazine
- Intimate Photos of Wheelchair Users Cast Sex in a New Light
- Roger Ebert’s TV Producer Creates FacingDisability.com
- Paralyzed Man Uses Brainwaves to Move Hand
- "I Am Not Your Inspiration"
- What Gets Under Your Skin?
- Stem Cell Research Reports Progress
- Paralyzed Legs "Reawaken"
- Sex and Dating After Spinal Cord Injury
- FacingDisability Presents Survey Results
- Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- Weight Management after Spinal Cord Injury
- Remembering Jeff Shannon
- “Challenging Reality" with Pictures
- Remembering Jeff Shannon 1961-2013
- Giving Thanks on the 2-for-1 Plan
- From Manual to Motorized: When It’s Time to Change Wheelchairs
- Breathing Pacemakers
- Adventures In Caregiving (Pt. 2): Parents on Call
- "Pathway to the Paralympics"
- Adventures In Caregiving - Part One
- Finding Plan B
- Happiness is a Choice
- The Sympathy Smile
- Did You REALLY Get Enough Rehab?
- The Question of Cure: Does It Matter?
- Mother Nature Wants to Kill You
- Distracted Driving
- FacingDisability Adds 300 New Spinal Cord Injury Videos
- WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF SPINAL CORD INJURY?
- NEW VIDEO "BRINGING AN IDEA TO LIFE ONLINE”
- Staying Active with Adaptive Winter Sports
- SCI Total Fitness: a new way to exercise after a spinal cord injury
- The Spinal Cord Injury Workshop
- FacingDisability at Chicago Ideas Week
- A New Spin on the Classic Wheelchair
- Spinal Cord Injuries & The Challenges of Obtaining Benefits
- The Jerry Segal Classic Funds Programs for Families Dealing with SCI
- FacingDisability joins Chicago Ideas Week
- 2012 Paralympics Draws a Crowd
- Foundation donates high-tech wheelchairs to people in need
- For My Mother
- 'A Day in the Life'...of Living With a Spinal Cord Injury
- FacingDisability featured on ABC 7 News Chicago
- Driving with a Spinal Cord Injury
- Paralympics Wheelchair Racer
- FacingDisability in the Spotlight
- "Push Girls”—Women in Wheelchairs
- Stay Safe this Summer
- Mother and Daughter: How a Devastating Accident Changed their Relationship...for the Better
- Open Hands Promotes Rights of People with Disabilities
- Learning to Rock AND Roll
- The Injury Co-Op: Smoothing Bumps on Road to Recovery
- Spinal Cord Injury: A Wife's Perspective
- Winter with a Spinal Cord Injury
- Traveling with a spinal cord injury
- Spinal Cord Injury and Marriage
- The SCI Sisterhood
- Let's Dance!
- Can't Work Because of a Spinal Cord Injury?
- What is a Spinal Cord Injury?
- And Baby Makes Three…and Four!
- First Test of Stem Cell Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
- "Will I ever walk again?"
Resources
- Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for SCI
- Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation in Individuals Living with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders: Educational Curriculum for Health Care Professionals
- Move United
- Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Model System
- Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: Activity Modification for Musculoskeletal Pain
- A Guide to Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for People With Spinal Cord Injury
- Living with Spinal Cord Injury - Infocomics
- Make The Connection
- Underserved Populations Resource Sheets
- Virginia Consortium for SCI Care - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Baylor Scott and White Spinal Cord Injury Model System - Baylor Research Institute
- Minnesota Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System
- National Capital SCI Model System - MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
- Northern California SCI Model System of Care (Santa Clara Valley Medical Center)
- Surgical and Reconstructive Treatment of Pressure Injuries
- AARP Caregiving Resource Center
- ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
- LongTermCare.gov
- Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
- SciTrials.org - Connecting Scientists & the SCI Community
- The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability
- Caregiver Briefcase
- VA Caregiver Support Program
- UberWAV - Wheelchair transportation
- MobilityWorks
- Paralyzed Without Fear: A Family of Their Own
- HomeMods.org
- Aging and SCI
- SCI Guide
- North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium
- Urinary Tract Infection and Spinal Cord Injury
- Types Of Wheelchairs – A Visual Tour
- Wheelchair Travel
- Maintenance Guide for Users of Manual and Power Wheelchairs
- ADAPT
- ABLE National Resource Center
- Ticket to Work
- PostHope
- National Alliance for Caregiving
- Ramp Less Traveled
- Intrapartum Care For Women With Spinal Cord Injury
- Antenatal Care For Women With Spinal Cord Injury
- Video - Wonderfully Ordinary: My Story of Motherhood
- Pushrim Foundation
- Sexuality after SCI
- Preservation of Upper Limb Function Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Clinical Practice Guideline for Health-Care Professionals by Paralyzed Veterans of America (2005)
- Sexual Health For Women
- Spinal Cord Injury: The First 90 Days, Sam Maddox (2019)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy
- DREAM
- Shepherd Center
- Southeastern Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System - Atlanta, GA
- In Sickness and in Health: Love, Disability, and a Quest to Understand the Perils and Pleasures of Inter-abled Romance (Beacon Press, 2018).
- Miracle Boy Grows Up: How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity (Skyhorse: 2012
- Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Action Guide for State and Local Governments
- Pregnancy for Women with Spinal Cord Injury
- Got Transition
- Veterans Health Library
- My HealtheVet
- Adaptive Sports and Recreation
- Exercise after Spinal Cord Injury
- Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System at TIRR - Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX
- Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System - MetroHealth/Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
- Mount Sinai Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Model System - Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
- We Can Go Anywhere: My Adventures on Daddy's Chair, Glen Dick. (Black Rose Writing, 2016)
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Adjusting to Life after Spinal Cord Injury
- Sexuality & Sexual Functioning After Spinal Cord Injury
- Driving After Spinal Cord Injury
- Surgical Alternatives for Bladder Management Following Spinal Cord Injury
- Bladder Management Options Following Spinal Cord Injury
- Sexual Health for Men
- Pregnancy and Women with Spinal Cord Injury
- Bowel Function After Spinal Cord Injury
- Understanding Spinal Cord Injury - Two Part Series
- Spinal Cord Injury and Gait Training
- Spasticity and Spinal Cord Injury
- Pregnancy and Spinal Cord Injury
- Dancing Wheels
- Sexual Function for Women After Spinal Cord Injury
- Helping Youth Develop Soft Skills for Job Success: Tips for Parents and Families
- Sexual Function for Men after Spinal Cord Injury
- Sex on Wheels
- Infinitec: Infinite Potential through Technology
- Eat Well, Live Well with Spinal Cord Injury: A practical guide to help individuals with spinal cord injuries address secondary health complications in SCI through nutrition (2013)
- Tips for Teens: Use Your IEP Meetings to Learn How to Advocate for Yourself
- Preconception Care For Women With Spinal Cord Injury
- Back to School Success: Stories of Success on Campus by Stephanie D. Lollino (2015)
- Five Wishes: Living Will Online
- Independent Living Centers - Virtual Listing - National
- Middle School and High School Transition Planning
- Postpartum Care For Women With Spinal Cord Injury
- Special Needs Trusts: Protect Your Child's Financial Future - 5th Edition (Nolo, 2013)
- Living Wills and Powers of Attorney for Health Care: An Overview
- Working and SSDI Benefits
- Life on Wheels: The A to Z Guide to Living Fully with Mobility Issues (Demos Medical Publishing, 2009)
- Back in Life: Moving on after a Spinal Cord Injury - Zack Weinstein (2006)
- Disability Parking Publications and Forms - Illinois
- Disability & the Art of Kissing: Questions and Answers on the True Nature of Intimacy (Life on Wheels Press, 2006)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Summary of Key Points
- Tips for Hiring a Caregiver
- Air Travel Tips for People with Disabilities
- Mouth & Foot Painting Artists
- Adapted Photography - Naturally Farber Photos
- Adaptive Adventures
- Adaptive Fishing
- Accessible Cars, Vans, Rental Vans, and Van Lift Vendors
- Equipped for Equality - Employment Fact Sheets
- Social Security-Benefits for Children with Disabilities (Social Security Administration, 2016)
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Pleasure ABLE Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities
- Adapting a Home for Wheelchair Accessibility
- LIFE Center - Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- United Spinal Association-Reproductive Health
- What is a Spinal Cord Injury Model System Center?
- Guide for Parents: Educational Accommodation-Descriptions and Comparison of Section 504 and IDEA (IEP)
- University Accessibility after Spinal Cord Injury - Going to College Video
- ADA Project Fact Sheet - Employment Issues
- A Guide for Persons with Disabilities Seeking Employment
- Employment after Spinal Cord Injury
- BeautyAbility
- Caregiver Action Network
- Children's Hospital Association
- Sexuality Resources from Stanley Ducharme, Ph.D
- Ending Life: Ethics and the Way We Die, (Oxford University Press, 2005).
- The Least Worst Death: Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life, (Oxford University Press, 1994).
- Skin Care and Pressure Sores in Spinal Cord Injury
- Depression and Spinal Cord Injury
- ServiceSource
- The Wheelchair Series: What the Spinal Cord Injury Consumer Needs to Know
- Scientists Make Paralyzed Rats Walk Again After Spinal Cord Injury: University of California, Sept. 21, 2009
- Male Fertility Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Patients, Second Edition from the Miami Project
- United Spinal Association-Family and Personal Relationships
- SCI Sexual Health
- Salute, Inc.
- Is Fred Dead? A Manual on Sexuality for Men with Spinal Cord Injuries, Robert W. Baer, Psy.D. (Dorrance Publishing Co., March 2004)
- Erectile Dysfunction: Options for Men after Spinal Cord Injury
- Personal Care Assistants - How to Find, Hire and Keep Them
- Acute Management of Autonomic Dysreflexia: Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Presenting to Health-Care Facilities (Paralyzed Veterans of America, 2001)
- Safe Transfer Technique
- Paws With a Cause
- Early Acute Management in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury: a Clinical Practice Guideline for Health-Care Professionals (Paralyzed Veterans of America, 2008)
- Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury: A Clinical Practice Guideline by Paralyzed Verterans of America for Health-Care Professionals (2010)
- ASIA Impairment Scale
- Every Body Fitness - Online Exercise Class
- The Best Seat in the House: How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed for Life, Allen Rucker. (HarperCollins, 2008)
- Far From The Tree: Parents, Children And The Search For Identity, Andrew Solomon. (Scribner, 2012)
- Nerve Transfers In Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Educational Packet
- Theravive
- American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- BACKBONES
- Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability, Paul K. Longmore. (Temple University Press, 2003)
- SPINALpedia
- Southern California Spinal Cord Injury Model System - Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
- South Florida Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
- NUPRODX INC
- Ohio State Medical Center - NeuroRecovery Network Center
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
- Commission of Accredited Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- Wheelchair Foundation
- National Resource Directory
- Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Injury System - Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
- Friends of Disabled Adults & Children
- Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
- Children's Hospital and Health System of Wisconsin
- Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimualtion Center
- Sports 'N Spokes by Paralyzed Verterans of America
- mobileWOMEN.org
- disABILITY Resource Center (DRC)
- HandiHelp.net
- MyHealthFinder
- American Occupational Therapy Association's Web Site
- Disabled In Action
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving(R) (MADD)
- Understanding Spinal Cord Injury - Video Resource
- World Institute on Disability
- MossRehab
- ABILITY Magazine
- Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Association
- United Spinal Association of Virginia
- North Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association
- Center for Assistive Technology
- Family Resource Center on Disability (FRCD)
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Gridiron Heroes
- Independent Living Research Utilization
- National Council on Independent Living
- IN*SOURCE - the Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs
- Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation
- ThinkFirst - National Injury Prevention Foundation
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Children's Hospital Boston
- Spinal Life Australia
- Department of Veteran Affairs - Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders
- United Spinal Association of Connecticut Chapter
- National Spinal Cord Injury Association of Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter
- Greater New York Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association
- Greater Kansas City Spinal Cord Injury Association
- Kelly Brush Foundation
- Rick Hansen Foundation
- Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Resource Center
- We Connect Now
- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
- Through the Looking Glass
- Autonomic Dysreflexia Wallet Card - Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
- HelpHOPELive
- South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association
- United Spinal Association Illinois Chapter
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
- Medical University of South Carolina - Spinal Cord Injury Research Team
- EasyStand
- GirlsHealth.Gov
- Mayo Clinic - Spinal Cord Injury
- Journey Forward
- Spinal Cord Injury Guide
- Disabled World: Spinal Cord Injury
- Medicine.Net: Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Injury Support Group - Miami, Florida
- Haloman: A Memoir of Survival Against All Medical Odds, Goodfried, Alan (Createspace, 2011)
- International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Institute
- NextStep Fitness
- The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis
- BrainandSpinalCord.org
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Wounded Warrior Project
- Unite 2 Fight Paralysis
- AblePlay
- Trip-Ability
- Fire Safety for Wheelchair Users by the United Spinal Association
- Disability Etiquette (United Spinal Association)
- Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Patients and Families, Dobkin, Bruce M.D. and Michael Selzer M.D (Demos Health, 2008)
- Spinal Cord Injury Zone
- Special Needs Answers
- National Resource Center for Patient/Family-Centered Medical Home
- American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
- Champ Camp
- Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists
- Handicapped Scuba Association
- Spinal Cord Injury Nurse Advice Line
- Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
- Connecticut Youth Leadership Project (CTYLP)
- StemBook by Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University
- Spinal Cord Injury: Hope through Research
- Yes, You Can!: Guide to Self-Care for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
- You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories by Parents of Children With Disabilities, Stanley D. Kline and Kim Schive (Kensington, 2001)
- National Center on Physical Activities and Disabilities Fun and Leisure Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities
- National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
- National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
- National Council on Disability
- Today's Caregiver Magazine
- TASH
- United Spinal Association Publications
- Spinal Network: The Total Resource Book (Leonard Media Group, 2009)
- Spinal Cord Injury Model System Information Network - University of Alabama
- Spinal Cord Injury and the Family: A New Guide, Alpert, Michelle J. MD, Cindy Purcell, Ted Purcell and Saul Wisnia (Harvard University Press, 2008)
- United States Access Board
- United States Power Soccer Association
- United States Quad Rugby Association
- University of Alabama Spinal Cord Injury Model System
- University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury - UMPC Rehabilitation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
- Well Spouse Association
- Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities
- Respiratory Management Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Clinical Practice Guideline for Health-Care Professionals by Paralyzed Veterans of America (2005)
- Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
- Respiratory Health and Spinal Cord Injury
- Rescuing Jeffrey: A Memoir, Galli, Richard (St. Martin's Griffin, 2001)
- PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
- PACER Center: Champions for Children with Disabilities
- OrthoInfo - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Rehabilitation International (RI)
- Social Security Administration
- Sibling Support Project
- Shriners Hospital Pediatric Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Programs
- Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Living, Kriegsman, Kay Harris PhD, Jeffrey B. Palmer MD and Sara Palmer PhD (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008)
- Research Center at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
- National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association
- National Rehabilitation Information Center
- United Spinal Association
- National Wheelchair Basketball Association
- National Wheelchair Softball Association
- New Mobility Magazine
- Next Step in Care
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS)
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance
- Marianjoy Scholarship Program
- Lotsa Helping Hands
- Life Rolls On Foundation
- Letters to Sam: A Grandfather's Lesson on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life, Sam Gottleib (Sterling, 2006)
- Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System - Kessler Medical Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ
- Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
- Mayo Clinic Guide to Living with a Spinal Cord Injury: Moving Ahead with Your Life, The Mayo Clinic (Demos Health, 2009)
- Medicare Rights Center
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- National Disability Rights Network
- Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center
- Mobility-Advisor.com
- Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System - Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL
- MedlinePlus Spinal Cord Injury
- From There to Here: Stories of Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury, Ed. Karp, Gary and Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D (No Limits Publications, 2004)
- Family Voices
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Enabling Romance: A Guide to Love, Sex, and Relationships for People with Disabilities, Klein, Erica Levy and Ken Kroll. (No Limits Communication, 2001)
- Benefits.gov
- Injury Board
- International Tennis Federation Wheelchair Tennis
- IZ Adaptable
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- CaringBridge
- CareCure Community
- Axis Dance Company
- Boots For a Bridesmaid, Verna Allette Wilkins (Tamarind Books, 2002)
- Center for Universal Design
- Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
- disABILITY Information and Resources
- Medicare.gov
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- After the Injury
- Adaptive Driving Alliance
- Adapting Motor Vehicles for People With Disabilities (National Highway Safety Administration)
- Access Living
- Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals
- American Association of Adapted Sports Programs
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- American Medical Association Doctor Finder
- Are We There Yet? Verna Allette Wilkins (Tamarind Books, 2002)
- Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
- American Ramp Systems (Amramp)
- Aunt Katie's Visit, Katie Rodriguez Baxter (Access-4-All, 2006)
- A House for All Children, (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2000)
- AbilityLinks.org
- ABILITYJobs.com
Questions
- What’s the first thing patients need to know about rehabilitation?
- What’s the major goal of rehabilitation?
- What is the role of the family in rehabilitation?
- What common problems do people face after rehabilitation?
- What do you say to the doubters who think rehabilitation won’t help them?
- How has assistive technology advanced?
- How important is a healthy diet for people with spinal cord injuries?
- How effective is peer counseling?
- How do you go about finding a peer counselor on your own?
- How can peer counseling continue after someone is discharged?
- What social support does peer counseling offer?
- What emotional support does peer counseling offer?
- What is a peer-supported education program?
- Why do patients sometimes resist peer counseling?
- When should peer counseling begin?
- How are peer counselors matched with patients?
- How does a peer counselor help a person with a new spinal cord injury?
- What is a peer counselor?
- What's the best advice for finding recreational activities?
- What is important for patients to understand about recreational therapy?
- How does a recreational therapist help with the transition from hospital to home?
- What about sex and dating after a spinal cord injury?
- What recreational and competitive sports programs are available for people with spinal cord injuries?
- How can people with spinal cord injuries find ways to get back into the world?
- How can adaptations help people enjoy sports and recreation?
- What is the role of a recreational therapist after a spinal cord injury?
- What is a pressure release and why is it important?
- What are "power-assist" wheelchair wheels?
- What factors should be considered in making a choice between a power or manual wheelchair for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- When should someone with a spinal cord injury replace their wheelchair?
- What is a contracture and how is it prevented?
- In what ways do physical therapists train family members after a spinal cord injury?
- What are key mobility functions and why are they important?
- How long should physical therapy for a spinal cord injury continue after leaving a rehabilitation center?
- What do patients with spinal cord injuries need to know after leaving a rehabilitation center?
- What's the best advice you have for couples after a spinal cord injury?
- What funding options are available to help pay for assistive technology after a spinal cord injury?
- How does “voice activation” technology help someone with a spinal cord injury control their environment?
- How does someone with a spinal cord injury cope with the changes to their bladder and bowel?
- What's the best advice for family members who are primary caregivers of a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What's important for parents to remember about a child growing up with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the single most important factor in making a good adjustment to life in a wheelchair after a spinal cord injury?
- What’s important to look for in a spinal cord injury rehabilitation program?
- What’s the best way to establish a trusting relationship with a caregiver?
- What is the best advice for parents of teenagers with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the adjustment process for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What makes for a good adjustment to life in a wheelchair for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the most important thing families can do to help a child in making a good adjustment to life in a wheelchair?
- What is important to look for in a rehab program for children with spinal cord injury?
- What's the best way to set up a continuing rehab program for a child growing up with a spinal cord injury?
- What factors are important in choosing an outside caregiver for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the best way for a parent to develop a trusting relationship with their child's caregiver?
- How can children with spinal cord injury take control over their own caregiving needs?
- What are the elements of a discharge plan for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What factors determine when a child with a spinal cord injury is ready to leave the hospital?
- What are the most difficult caregiving problems for families living with spinal cord injury?
- What advice do you give family members who are primary caregivers for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- How do social workers help patients with a spinal cord injury find financial assistance if their insurance is depleted?
- Is an outside caregiver preferable to a family member for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- What’s important to take into consideration when interviewing a caregiver for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- What can family members do to encourage a good adjustment to life in a wheelchair after spinal cord injury?
- What do families need to know about continuing spinal cord injury rehabilitation services after discharge?
- What is the hardest part of spinal cord injury rehabilitation for most people?
- What strategies can help prevent burnout for a caregiver of someone with a spinal cord injury?
- Can a family member of someone with a spinal cord injury be a paid caregiver?
- What caregiver services do government programs (SSID) cover for spinal cord injury?
- Why do caregivers of someone with a spinal cord injury need to be trained before leaving the hospital?
- How can families of someone with a spinal cord injury evaluate potential caregivers?
- What’s the role of a caregiver after a spinal cord injury?
- What funding programs can supplement the cost of home modifications after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the most important elements of an accessible home environment for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- How do social workers help with the transition from hospital to home after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the elements of a discharge plan for a spinal cord injury patient?
- What factors determine where a spinal cord injury patient goes after leaving the hospital?
- What factors determine when a spinal cord injury patient is ready to leave the hospital?
- How do you help someone with a spinal cord injury deal with depression?
- What is the role of a psychologist after a spinal cord injury?
- How do you deal with patients with a spinal cord injury who don’t want to use a wheelchair?
- How do occupational therapists educate family members in the transition from hospital to home?
- What do people do with a catheter during sex?
- What about positions and foreplay after a spinal cord injury?
- Can women still get pregnant after a spinal cord injury?
- What about orgasms and sensation during sex after a spinal cord injury?
- What about oral sex after a spinal cord injury?
- How do women deal with menstruation after a spinal cord injury?
- How do the physical changes of pregnancy affect a woman with a spinal cord injury?
- How should people deal with spasticity during sex?
- How does a spinal cord injury affect male fertility?
- Can autonomic dysreflexia be mistaken for preeclampsia during pregnancy?
- Where can people get information on sex and fertility after a spinal cord injury?
- How is the delivery of a child affected by the mother's spinal cord injury?
- What happens when parents focus on the hope that their child will walk again?
- How do spinal cord injuries to children age 0-5 affect their development?
- How do spinal cord injuries to children 6-12 affect their development?
- What is the definition of "developmental milestones"?
- What are the "developmental milestones" for young children 0-5?
- What are the "developmental milestones" for school-age children 6-12?
- What are the "developmental milestones" for teenagers 13-18?
- How do parents find the right adaptive equipment for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- How does adaptive equipment help the development of children 0-5 with spinal cord injuries?
- Why are sports important for children with spinal cord injuries?
- How can parents find wheelchair sports activities?
- Is there a tendency for parents to be overprotective?
- Is depression more common among children with spinal cord injuries?
- What are the signs of depression that parents should know?
- What are the best ways to prevent depression?
- Do children with spinal cord injuries frequently go to college?
- What’s important to know about sex and intimacy after a spinal cord injury?
- Why are adaptive sports so helpful after a spinal cord injury?
- What's important for men with spinal cord injuries to know about using oral medications for erectile dysfunction?
- What is SCIWORA?
- How do spinal cord injuries before puberty affect physical growth and development?
- Can scoliosis be slowed or prevented?
- What surgical interventions are available for scoliosis?
- What kind of adaptive equipment do children with spinal cord injuries need?
- What is "autonomic dysreflexia?"
- How can parents promote the emotional well-being of a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the first thing to know about having sex after a spinal cord injury?
- Can men and women still have sex after a spinal cord injury?
- How is sexual function in women affected by a spinal cord injury?
- How is sexual function in men affected by spinal cord injury?
- What are common psychological obstacles to sex that men face after a spinal cord injury?
- What are common psychological obstacles to sex that women face after a spinal cord injury?
- How should expectations about sex change after a spinal cord injury ?
- What helps people change their expectations of sex after a spinal cord injury?
- How does caregiving for your partner often affect romantic relationships?
- What are the common treatments for erectile dysfunction in men with spinal cord injuries?
- What is the major cause of spinal cord injuries to children?
- What role do car seats play in pediatric spinal cord injuries?
- What are the common struggles parents face after a child’s spinal cord injury?
- How can a parent find a facility that specializes in pediatric spinal-cord injury rehabilitation?
- How can parents find "early intervention" programs for children 0-5 with spinal cord injuries?
- What is the Shriners Hospital approach to pediatric rehabilitation?
- What’s the most common misconception about life after a spinal cord injury?
- What’s important to look for in a rehabilitation program?
- What’s the most difficult obstacle to overcome in rehabilitation?
- How soon should people return to school or work after a spinal cord injury?
- Why is physical therapy important after a spinal cord injury?
- When should physical therapy begin after a spinal cord injury?
- How can people with spinal cord injuries find a good physical therapy program?
- How important is attitude in recovering the ability to walk?
- What is "spasticity"?
- Why does spasticity occur after a spinal cord injury?
- When does spasticity usually begin after a spinal cord injury?
- Does the level of a spinal cord injury affect the amount of spasticity?
- What treatments are available to decrease spasticity after a spinal cord injury?
- Can spasticity after a spinal cord injury be confused with voluntary movement?
- What is the Lokomat®?
- What makes a patient a good candidate for the Lokomat?
- How does the Lokomat help a person with a spinal cord injury re-learn to walk?
- What benefits can people expect from Lokomat therapy?
- Does medical insurance pay for Lokomat therapy?
- How can people find a rehab facility that offers Lokomat therapy?
- How much Lokomat therapy is needed to achieve results?
- Can the Lokomat be used with pediatric spinal cord injuries?
- What do the terms "complete" and "incomplete" spinal cord injury mean?
- What are the problems in diagnosing a "complete" and "incomplete" pediatric spinal cord injury?
- What's the hardest part about adjusting to life in a wheelchair?
- Does accepting the wheelchair mean giving up hope for a "cure?"
- How can people with spinal cord injuries help themselves stay positive?
- What are the initial fears about going out in public in a wheelchair?
- Why is it important to be sensitive about words after a spinal cord injury?
- What kind of surgery is common after a spinal cord injury?
- How soon after a spinal cord injury should surgery be performed?
- Is it common to experience neuropathic pain after a spinal cord injury?
- What is a “physiatrist”?
- What factors are important in choosing a rehabilitation facility after a spinal cord injury?
- What is the “Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems” program?
- Why are high-dose steroids often used right after an injury?
- What are the most promising new treatments for spinal cord injuries?
- What are the latest developments in the use of electrical stimulation for spinal cord injuries?
- What is “Braingate” research?
- How would stem-cell therapies work in the treatment of spinal cord injuries?
- What does stem-cell research on animals tell us?
- When can we expect stem-cell treatments to become available for spinal cord injuries?
- How promising are stem-cell treatments in countries outside the US ?
- What are the main concerns of the patient after a spinal cord jury?
- What are the main concerns of the family after a spinal cord injury?
- How do most patients learn the nature of their spinal cord injury and what it means?
- What does a patient with a spinal cord injury need to learn first?
- What about psychotherapy after a spinal cord injury?
- How do spinal cord injuries affect quality of life?
- What is the relationship between alcohol use and spinal cord injuries?
- How is the rehabilitation process affected by substance abuse?
- What's factors are most important to consider in choosing a rehabilitation program for a child?
- How do spinal cord injuries to children affect their physical development?
- How do spinal cord injuries to teenagers 13-18 affect their physical development?
- How do rehabilitation programs change as a child grows older?
- Why is it important for children with spinal cord injuries to set their own rehabilitation goals?
- What can parents do to encourage their child’s rehabilitation progress?
- What can parents do to ease the transition from hospital to home?
- How can parents help their young child with a spinal cord injury get play experience?
- When should a child with a spinal cord injury return to school?
- How can parents help children with spinal cord injuries participate in social activities?
- Why should parents advocate for their child with a disability?
- When should a child transfer to an adult rehabilitation program?
- How can parents help their child with a spinal cord injury make the transition to adulthood?
- Do children with spinal cord injuries grow up to marry and raise families?
- What’s the most important thing for parents of children with spinal cord injuries to know?
- What role does denial play right after a spinal cord injury?
- What's important for family and friends to understand after a spinal cord injury?
- What attitude helps people with spinal cord injuries make the best adjustments?
- What attitudes stand in the way of making a good adjustment?
- How does the spinal cord work?
- What is a spinal cord injury?
- Why is the level of a spinal cord injury important?
- What role does “compression” play in a spinal cord injury?
- What is meant by an “incomplete” spinal cord injury?
- What is meant by a "complete" spinal cord injury?
- What are the chances of regaining feeling and mobility after a spinal cord injury?
- How long does it usually take for feeling and movement to return after a spinal cord injury?
- What emotions are common in patients with new spinal cord injuries?
- What emotions do family members commonly experience after a spinal cord injury?
- What are family members going through after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the most important thing for families to know right away?
- What factors make adjustment to a spinal cord injury so difficult at first?
- What coping mechanism is most helpful immediately after a spinal cord injury?
- What problem-solving strategies are effective after a new spinal cord injury?
- Can you expect feelings of depression and anxiety to get better as time goes on?
- How do relationships change after a spinal cord injury?
- What basic lifestyle needs of their own do caregivers often ignore?
- What's the best way to avoid "caregiver burnout"?
- What should caregivers do when they feel overwhelmed?
- What factors influence the ability to cope with a spinal cord injury?
- What are the typical stages of adjustment after a spinal cord injury?
- What are psychological aspects of spinal cord injury?
- What's important to know about traveling with a disability?
- What’s your best advice for patients and families after a spinal cord injury?
- Is it true that a pressure sore can develop in a few hours?
- Why are people with paralysis especially prone to pressure sores?
- What parts of the body are most likely to develop pressure sores?
- What's the best way to do daily skin inspections?
- What are the most important things for someone with a spinal cord injury to do to prevent pressure sores?
- Why is pressure relief so important when sitting in a wheelchair?
- What’s the best way to select a wheelchair seat cushion?
- What’s important to know about positioning in bed to prevent pressure sores?
- What is “skin tolerance” and how can it be increased?
- What do family members and caregivers need to know about pressure sores?
- What do family members and caregivers need to do to prevent pressure sores?
- What role does diet and hydration play in preventing pressure sores among people with spinal cord injuries?
- What are the six stages of a pressure sore and how are they treated?
- When is surgical repair of a pressure sore required?
- How long is the typical healing time for a pressure sore?
- Why do some pressure sores take so long to heal?
- Can a pressure sore recur?
- What is cellulitis, and how is it treated?
- What's the most important thing to do to prevent pressure sores?
- What’s the most important thing for parents to do after a child is diagnosed with a spinal cord injury?
- How are children's spines different than adult spines in the way they react to an injury?
- Why does a child need a specialized rehabilitation program?
- What should families expect when a person with a spinal cord injury comes home?
- Should a family member become a caregiver?
- What home modifications are necessary for someone using a wheelchair?
- What are the most important safety issues in the bathroom?
- What adaptations increase home security for wheelchair users?
- What are some options for making transfers at home?
- How do "adaptive devices" help with everyday activities?
- What are some "low tech" devices that can make homes more accessible?
- How does "assistive technology" help with everyday activities?
- How frequently should discharged patients return for a rehab "tune-up"?
- What is a pressure sore?
- What are the causes of pressure sores in people with spinal cord injuries?
- Why are pressure sores so serious?
- What is "sepsis," and why is it dangerous?
- How common are pressure sores in people with spinal cord injuries?
- How many spinal cord injuries occur in the US annually?
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- Daily Challenges After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
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- Common Obstacles After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Advice for People Living with a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Hospitalization After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- What’s the first thing families dealing with a new spinal cord injury need to understand?
- What things get easier over time?
- What are the major pitfalls to avoid after a spinal cord injury?
- What family coping strategies work best?
- How does the image of a family member change after a spinal cord injury?
- How about feelings of resentment and frustration among non-injured family members?
- How do sibling relationships change after a spinal cord injury?
- What about marriage after a spinal cord injury?
- What is the effect of a spinal cord injury on the likelihood of divorce?
- How do relationships change in a marriage after a spinal cord injury?
- How do family relationships change after an older person is injured?
- How do family relationships change when people in their 30’s-50’s are injured?
- How do family relationships change after a young person is injured?
- How do families usually develop an understanding of a spinal cord injury and what it means?
- What is the single best piece of advice you have for creating good family relationships after a spinal cord injury?
- What do you tell families about hopes for the future?
- What do families do about their lost dreams?
- What’s important for families to know and understand?
- How do you empower your patients?
- What characterizes the most promising spinal cord injury family?
- Spinal Cord Injury Prognosis: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- How do you begin working with a recently injured patient?
- What characterizes the most promising spinal cord injury patients?
- How can people develop the mental flexibility to shift their dreams?
- What personal characteristics make for a successful spinal cord injury patient?
- What do family members need to focus on during rehabilitation?
- What current research promises the best advances in treating spinal cord injury?
- How do you get people to understand their injury without giving up hope?
- Common Fears After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Family Responses After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences
- Family Responses After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences
- Emotional Stress a After Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Perspectives on Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Rehabilitation Progress After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Rehabilitation Obstacles After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Returning Home After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Problems Coming Home After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Independent Living After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Caregiving After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Caregiving Instructions After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Family Adjustments After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Parent-Child Relationships After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Friendships After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Parent Responses After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experience with Paralysis
- Explaining Paralysis After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experience with Paralysis
- Family Life Problems After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Sports Participation After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Importance of Adaptive Sports After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Social Life After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Sex and Dating After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Sex Information After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Marriage After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- How Marriage Changes After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Reactions to Marriage & Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Parenting with a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Problems with Parenting After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Coping with Anger After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Coping with Guilt After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- What coping strategies work best for family members after a spinal cord injury?
- How do you help families develop an understanding of spinal cord injury?
- How soon after a spinal cord injury should occupational therapy begin?
- Why are follow-up visits to an occupational therapist important after a spinal cord injury?
- What should family members understand about independence after a spinal cord injury?
- Why is independence important for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- What kinds of adaptations are available to help someone resume driving after a spinal cord injury?
- How do adaptations and equipment help with bathing after a spinal cord injury?
- What adaptations and equipment help with getting dressed after a spinal cord injury?
- How do occupational therapists help with eating after a spinal cord injury?
- Occupational Therapy after Spinal Cord Injury
- Alcohol and Drug Use After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Suicidal Thoughts After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Staying Positive After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Back to School After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Attending College with a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Returning to a Job After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Finding a Job After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Financial Help After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- Financial Stress After a Spinal Cord Injury: Personal Experiences with Paralysis
- What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for patients to overcome after spinal cord injury?
- What’s the best advice you have for someone with a new spinal cord injury?
- When should a person with a spinal cord injury return to work?
- How effective is group therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What indicates the need for psychotherapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What advice do you offer about sex and dating after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for families to overcome after spinal cord injury?
- How do you answer the question “Will I ever walk again?” after a spinal cord injury?
- What can families do to help patients cope with a spinal cord injury?
- At what point after a spinal cord injury is a psychological evaluation made?
- How do you help newly injured patients develop an understanding of their spinal cord injury?
- What’s the best advice you have for spouses or partners after a spinal cord injury?
- What role do occupational therapists play in the transition from hospital to home after a spinal cord injury?
- What adaptations and equipment can help with personal hygiene and grooming after a spinal cord injury?
- How does assistive technology help people with a spinal cord injury?
- How can people with spinal cord injuries find a Driver Rehabilitation program?
- What does occupational therapy help patients with a spinal cord injury to accomplish?
- What adaptations and equipment help with cooking after a spinal cord injury?
- In what ways do occupational therapists educate family members after a spinal cord injury?
- How should a home be organized for safety and accessibility for a new wheelchair user who has a spinal cord injury?
- What home modifications are necessary for someone using a wheelchair after a spinal cord injury?
- How do you help patients with a spinal cord injury overcome resistance to rehabilitation?
- What is the role of occupational therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What is the role of physical therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the day-to-day concerns when switching from manual to power wheelchair?
- How frequently is a wheelchair tune-up necessary?
- Why is fitting necessary after a new wheelchair is delivered?
- When does it make sense to move from a manual to a power wheelchair?
- What are the most important factors to consider when selecting a wheelchair for someone with spinal cord injury?
- What do family members need to know about how to assist with a wheelchair transfer after a spinal cord injury?
- What do patients need to know about wheelchair transfers after a spinal cord injury?
- What can families do to help with physical therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the most important thing for a patient to understand about physical therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What is range of motion and why is it important to maintain after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the typical goals of physical therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- How do physical therapists help people with spinal cord injuries prevent pressure sores?
- What adaptations can help someone with a spinal cord injury use a computer and phone?
- How are family relationships affected by a spinal cord injury?
- When should a person with a spinal cord injury return to school?
- In what ways can peer mentors be helpful after a spinal cord injury?
Experts
- Donald Peck Leslie, MD
- Julie Gassaway, MS, RN
- Jennifer Piatt, PhD
- Patti Rogers, SW
- Toby Huston, PhD
- Laura Wehrli, PT
- Isa McClure, MAPT
- Lester Butt, PhD
- Samuel Gordon, PhD
- Sigmund Hough, PhD
- Katie Powell, OT
- Marguerite David, MSW
- Dawn Sheaffer, MSW
- Laura Tuck, PsyD
- Kathy Hulse, MSW
- Terrie Price, PhD
- Mary Jane Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L
- Heather Taylor, PhD
- Elaine Rogers, PT
- Michelle Meade, PhD
- Sarah Harrison, OT
- Jonathon Rose, PhD
- Kristine Cichowski, MS
- Robin Dorman, PsyD
- Allen Heinemann, PhD
- T. George Hornby, PhD, PT
- Sara Klaas, MSW
- Patricia Mucia, RN
- Kim Eberhardt Muir, MS
- Lisa Rosen, MS
- Diane M. Rowles, MS, NP
- Lawrence Vogel, MD
- Mary Zeigler, MS
- Guy W. Fried, MD
- Nancy Rosenberg, PsyD
- Anne Bryden, OT
- David Chen, MD
People
- Billy
- Amanda
- Jeremy
- Jamie
- Jeffrey
- Ryan
- Sarah
- Jerry
- Maggie
- Aric
- Kenny
- Clinton
- Patty
- Freda
- Alicia
- Jabree
- Sir
- Mark
- Ken
- Talbot
- Josh
- Drew
- Rob
- Janet
- Zac
- Brittany
- Annie
- Minna
- April
- James Shepherd
- Pete
- Patricia
- Angela
- Nick Scott
- Karen
- Mark
- Dorian
- Patrick
- Gregory
- Joe
- Bernadette
- Marie
- Audrey
- Mary
- Eileen
- Barry
- Andre
- Rose
- Molly
- Elizabeth
- Tricia
- Steve
- James
- Darwin
- Vic
- Tom
- Kelly
- Saalim
- Johnathan
- Chase
- Marzet
- Stephanie
- Pat
- Jenn
- Megan
- Athena
- Jim
- Destiny
- Michele
- Don
- Nova
- Sean
- Jennifer
- Ginger
- Greg
- Marilyn
- Richard
- Christopher
- Mike
- Carrie
- Pamela
- Stephanie
- Missi
- Joel
- Tony
- Michelle
- Sandra
- Eric
- Eunice
- Patricio
- Suzzi
- Nick
- Jose
- Mary Ellen
- Carol Ann
- Antonio
- Henry
- Clarissa
- Harry
- Jack
- Gail
- John
- Joan
- Riveria
- Maurice
- Ramon
- Stefany
- Javier Jr.
- Hector
- Darren
- Bill
- Monserat
- Joey
- Sue
- Jorge
Videos
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- Jabree - What about sex and dating?
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- Billy - What’s gotten harder over time?
- Billy - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Billy - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Billy - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Billy - How do you handle anger?
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- Billy - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Billy - How have your family relationships changed?
- Billy - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Billy - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Mark - Are you happy?
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- Amanda - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
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- Amanda - What about sex and dating?
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- Amanda - How have your friendships changed?
- Amanda - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
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- Jeremy - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
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- Jamie - Are you happy?
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- Jeffrey - What’s gotten harder over time?
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- Jeffrey - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
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- Ryan - Are you happy?
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- Sarah - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Sarah - Are you happy?
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- Maggie - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
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- Maggie - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Maggie - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Maggie - How did you handle going back to school?
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- Aric - How do you handle anger?
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- Aric - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
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- Kenny - How did you handle going back to school?
- Kenny - Are you happy?
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- Kenny - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Kenny - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Kenny - What’s gotten easier over time?
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- Kenny - Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
- Kenny - Do you ever feel guilty?
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- Kenny - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Kenny - How have your family relationships changed?
- Kenny - What’s the best way to work with a caregiver?
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- Kenny - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Kenny - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Kenny - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Kenny - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Clinton - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Clinton - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Clinton - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Clinton - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Clinton - How do you handle anger?
- Clinton - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Clinton - How long have you been married or together?
- Clinton - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Clinton - Do you live independently?
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- Clinton - How did you handle going back to work?
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- Clinton - How did you deal with stress at first?
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- Clinton - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Patty - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Patty - What’s the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Patty - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
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- Freda - What’s your main concern about the future?
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- Alicia - Are you happy?
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- Jabree - How did you deal with stress at first?
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- Sir - Are you happy?
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- Sir - What’s your main concern about the future?
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- Mark - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Ken - How do you see your future?
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- What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
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- Talbot - Are you happy?
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- Josh - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
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- How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
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- How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
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- Drew - Do you live independently?
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- What sex advice and information was most helpful?
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- Rob - What do you do for fun socially?
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- Janet - How do you handle anger?
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- Janet - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
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- Janet - What about sex and dating?
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- Zac - Are you happy?
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- Zac - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Zac - What about sex and dating?
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- Zac - What was the hardest part about coming home?
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- Brittany - Are you happy?
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- Brittany - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Brittany - How did family members respond to the news?
- Annie - What’s your main concern about the future?
- Annie - Are you happy?
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- Annie - How do you see your future?
- Annie - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Annie - What’s gotten harder over time?
- Annie - Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
- Annie - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Annie - What about sex and dating?
- Annie - Do you live independently?
- Annie - What kind of work do you do?
- Annie - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Annie - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Annie - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Annie - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Annie - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Annie - How did family members respond to the news?
- Annie - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Minna - Are you happy?
- Minna - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Minna - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Minna - What do you do for fun socially?
- Minna - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Minna - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Minna - How do you handle anger?
- Minna - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Minna - What about sex and dating?
- Minna - Do you live independently?
- Minna - How did you handle going back to work?
- Minna - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Minna - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Minna - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Minna - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Minna - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Minna - How did family members respond to the news?
- Minna - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Minna - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Minna - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- April - How have your friendships changed?
- April - How did you handle going back to work?
- April - What’s the best way to work with a caregiver?
- April - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- April - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- April - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- April - Where did you get the best financial help?
- April - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- April - How did family members respond to the news?
- April - What was your greatest fear at first?
- James Shepherd - What about sex and dating?
- James Shepherd - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- James Shepherd - What’s gotten harder over time?
- James Shepherd - How do you handle anger?
- James Shepherd - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- James Shepherd - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- James Shepherd - How have your friendships changed?
- James Shepherd - What kind of work do you do?
- James Shepherd - How did you handle going back to work?
- James Shepherd - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- James Shepherd - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- James Shepherd - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- James Shepherd - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- How has assistive technology advanced?
- How important is a healthy diet for people with spinal cord injuries?
- What common problems do people face after rehabilitation?
- What do you say to the doubters who think rehabilitation won’t help them?
- What is the role of the family in rehabilitation?
- What’s the major goal of rehabilitation?
- What is the hardest part of spinal cord injury rehabilitation for most people?
- What’s the best advice you have for someone with a new spinal cord injury?
- What’s the first thing patients need to know about rehabilitation?
- What are the most promising new treatments for spinal cord injuries?
- How do you answer the question “Will I ever walk again?” after a spinal cord injury?
- What social support does peer counseling offer?
- How do you go about finding a peer counselor on your own?
- How effective is peer counseling?
- How can peer counseling continue after someone is discharged?
- What emotional support does peer counseling offer?
- What is a peer-supported education program?
- Why do patients sometimes resist peer counseling?
- When should peer counseling begin?
- How are peer counselors matched with patients?
- How does a peer counselor help a person with a new spinal cord injury?
- What is a peer counselor?
- Pete - How have your friendships changed?
- Pete - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Pete - How have your family relationships changed?
- Pete - What kind of work do you do?
- Pete - How did you handle going back to work?
- Pete - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Pete - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Pete - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Pete - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Pete - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Pete - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Pete - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Pete - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Pete - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Pete - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Pete - How did family members respond to the news?
- Pete - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Pete - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Pete - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Pete - What about sex and dating?
- Pete - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Pete - How did your family and friends react to your marriage?
- Pete - How do you handle anger?
- Pete - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Pete - Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
- Pete - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Pete - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Pete - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Pete - Are you happy?
- James - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- What home modifications are necessary for someone using a wheelchair after a spinal cord injury?
- What is the role of occupational therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- How do social workers help with the transition from hospital to home after a spinal cord injury?
- When should a person with a spinal cord injury return to school?
- In what ways can peer mentors be helpful after a spinal cord injury?
- How effective is group therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What indicates the need for psychotherapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What advice do you offer about sex and dating after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for families to overcome after spinal cord injury?
- How do you deal with patients with a spinal cord injury who don’t want to use a wheelchair?
- How do you help patients with a spinal cord injury overcome resistance to rehabilitation?
- What coping strategies work best for family members after a spinal cord injury?
- What can families do to help patients cope with a spinal cord injury?
- At what point after a spinal cord injury is a psychological evaluation made?
- How do you help families develop an understanding of spinal cord injury?
- How do you help newly injured patients develop an understanding of their spinal cord injury?
- How are family relationships affected by a spinal cord injury?
- What is the single most important factor in making a good adjustment to life in a wheelchair after a spinal cord injury?
- What can family members do to encourage a good adjustment to life in a wheelchair after spinal cord injury?
- What do families need to know about continuing spinal cord injury rehabilitation services after discharge?
- What’s the best way to establish a trusting relationship with a caregiver?
- Can a family member of someone with a spinal cord injury be a paid caregiver?
- What caregiver services do government programs (SSID) cover for spinal cord injury?
- How frequently is a wheelchair tune-up necessary?
- In what ways do occupational therapists educate family members after a spinal cord injury?
- What funding options are available to help pay for assistive technology after a spinal cord injury?
- How do occupational therapists help with eating after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the best advice for finding recreational activities after a spinal cord injury?
- What is important for patients to understand about recreational therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- How does a recreational therapist help with the transition from hospital to home?
- What about sex and dating after a spinal cord injury?
- What recreational and competitive sports programs are available for people with a spinal cord injuries?
- How can people with spinal cord injuries find ways to get back into the world?
- How can adaptations help people with spinal cord injuries enjoy sports and recreation?
- What is the role of a recreational therapist after a spinal cord injury?
- What strategies can help prevent burnout for a caregiver of someone with a spinal cord injury?
- Why do caregivers of someone with a spinal cord injury need to be trained before leaving the hospital?
- How can families of someone with a spinal cord injury evaluate potential caregivers?
- What’s the role of a caregiver after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the most important elements of an accessible home environment for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- What are the elements of a discharge plan for a spinal cord injury patient?
- What factors determine where a spinal cord injury patient goes after leaving the hospital?
- What is a pressure release and why is it important for someone with an SCI?
- What are "power-assist" wheelchair wheels?
- What factors should be considered in making a choice between a power or manual wheelchair for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- When should someone with a spinal cord injury replace their wheelchair?
- What is a contracture and how is it prevented?
- How do physical therapists help people with spinal cord injuries prevent pressure sores?
- Why is fitting necessary after a new wheelchair is delivered?
- What are the most important factors to consider when selecting a wheelchair for someone with spinal cord injury?
- What do patients with spinal cord injuries need to know after leaving a rehabilitation center?
- In what ways do physical therapists train family members after a spinal cord injury?
- What do family members need to know about how to assist with a wheelchair transfer after a spinal cord injury?
- What do patients need to know about wheelchair transfers after a spinal cord injury?
- What can families do to help with physical therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the most important thing for a patient to understand about physical therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What is range of motion and why is it important to maintain after a spinal cord injury?
- What are key mobility functions and why are they important?
- What is the role of physical therapy after a spinal cord injury?
- How long should physical therapy for a spinal cord injury continue after leaving a rehabilitation center?
- When should a person with a spinal cord injury return to work?
- What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for patients to overcome after spinal cord injury?
- What’s the best advice you have for spouses or partners after a spinal cord injury?
- What kinds of adaptations are available to help someone resume driving a spinal cord injury?
- How does “voice activation” technology help someone with a spinal cord injury control their environment?
- What adaptations can help someone with a spinal cord injury use a computer and phone?
- What adaptations and equipment help with cooking after a spinal cord injury?
- How does someone with a spinal cord injury cope with the changes to their bladder and bowel?
- What adaptations and equipment help with getting dressed after a spinal cord injury?
- What adaptations and equipment can help with personal hygiene and grooming after a spinal cord injury?
- How do adaptations and equipment help with bathing after a spinal cord injury?
- How should a home be organized for safety and accessibility for a new wheelchair user who has a spinal cord injury?
- How soon after a spinal cord injury should occupational therapy begin?
- What funding programs can supplement the cost of home modifications after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the best advice for family members who are primary caregivers of a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the best advice for parents of teenagers with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the adjustment process for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What makes for a good adjustment to life in a wheelchair for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What's important for parents to remember about a child growing up with a spinal cord injury?
- What is important to look for in a rehab program for children with spinal cord injury?
- What's the best way to set up a continuing rehab program for a child growing up with a spinal cord injury?
- What factors are important in choosing an outside caregiver for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the best way for a parent to develop a trusting relationship with their child's caregiver?
- How can children with spinal cord injury take control over their own caregiving needs?
- What are the elements of a discharge plan for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What factors determine when a child with a spinal cord injury is ready to leave the hospital?
- What are the most difficult caregiving problems for families living with spinal cord injury?
- What advice do you give family members who are primary caregiver for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- Is an outside caregiver preferable to a family member for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- What is the role of a psychologist after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for SCI patients to overcome after injury?
- What are the most important factors in helping someone with spinal cord injury get a proper wheelchair?
- What are the day-to-day concerns when switching from manual to power wheelchair?
- How does assistive technology help people with a spinal cord injury?
- What role do occupational therapists play in the transition from hospital to home after a spinal cord injury?
- How can people with spinal cord injuries find a Driver Rehabilitation program?
- What does occupational therapy help patients with a spinal cord injury to accomplish?
- Why are follow-up visits to an occupational therapist important after a spinal cord injury?
- What should family members understand about independence after a spinal cord injury?
- Why is independence important for someone with a spinal cord injury?
- How do occupational therapists educate family members in the transition from hospital to home?
- Angela - How have your family relationships changed?
- Angela - What was your college experience?
- Angela - What kind of work do you do?
- Angela - How have your friendships changed?
- Angela - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Angela - What do you do for fun socially?
- Angela - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Angela - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Angela - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Angela - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Angela - How do you see your future?
- Angela - What’s your main concern about the future?
- Angela - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Angela - Are you happy?
- Angela - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Angela - How did family members respond to the news?
- Angela - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Angela - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Angela - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Angela - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Angela - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Angela - How did you handle going back to school?
- Angela - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Angela - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Angela - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Nick Scott - Are you happy?
- Nick Scott - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Nick Scott - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Nick Scott - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Nick Scott - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Nick Scott - How do you handle anger?
- Nick Scott - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Nick Scott - What about sex and dating?
- Nick Scott - How have your friendships changed?
- Nick Scott - What kind of work do you do?
- Nick Scott - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Nick Scott - What was your college experience?
- Nick Scott - How did you handle going back to school?
- Nick Scott - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Nick Scott - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Nick Scott - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Nick Scott - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Nick Scott - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Nick Scott - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Nick Scott - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Karen - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Karen - How did you handle going back to school?
- Karen - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Karen - How did family members respond to the news?
- Karen - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Karen - Do you live independently?
- Karen - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Karen - What’s the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Karen - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Karen - How did you handle going back to work?
- What characterizes the most promising spinal cord injury family?
- What characterizes the most promising spinal cord injury patients?
- How can people develop the mental flexibility to shift their dreams?
- What personal characteristics make for a successful spinal cord injury patient?
- What do family members need to focus on during rehabilitation?
- What current research promises the best advances in treating spinal cord injury?
- How do you get people to understand their injury without giving up hope?
- What do you tell families about hopes for the future?
- What do families do about their lost dreams?
- What’s important for families to know and understand?
- How do you empower your patients?
- How do you begin working with a recently injured patient?
- How does the image of a family member change after a spinal cord injury?
- How about feelings of resentment and frustration among non-injured family members?
- How do sibling relationships change after a spinal cord injury?
- What is the effect of a spinal cord injury on the likelihood of divorce?
- What about marriage after a spinal cord injury?
- What is the single best piece of advice you have for creating good family relationships after a spinal cord injury?
- What things get easier over time?
- What family coping strategies work best?
- What are the major pitfalls to avoid after a spinal cord injury?
- How do relationships change in a marriage after a spinal cord injury?
- How do family relationships change after an older person is injured?
- How do family relationships change when people in their 30’s-50’s are injured?
- How do family relationships change after a young person is injured?
- How do families usually develop an understanding of a spinal cord injury and what it means?
- What’s the first thing families dealing with a new spinal cord injury need to understand?
- Mary - How do you handle anger?
- Mark - How did family members respond to the news?
- Mark - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Mark - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Mark - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Mark - How did you handle going back to work?
- Mark - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Mark - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Dorian - What’s gotten harder over time?
- Dorian - Are you happy?
- Dorian - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Dorian - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Dorian - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Dorian - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Dorian - How did family members respond to the news?
- Dorian - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Dorian - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Dorian - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Dorian - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Dorian - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Dorian - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Dorian - How did you handle going back to school?
- Dorian - How have your family relationships changed?
- Dorian - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Dorian - How have your friendships changed?
- Dorian - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Dorian - What’s the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Dorian - How do you handle anger?
- Dorian - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Patrick - What do you do for fun socially?
- Patrick - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Patrick - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Patrick - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Patrick - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Patrick - How did you handle going back to school?
- Patrick - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Patrick - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Patrick - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Patricia - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Patricia - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Patricia - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Patricia - How have your family relationships changed?
- Patricia - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Patricia - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Patricia - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Patricia - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Gregory - Are you happy?
- Gregory - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Gregory - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Joe - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Joe - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Joe - Do you have children?
- Joe - How have your family relationships changed?
- Joe - What kind of work do you do?
- Joe - How did you handle going back to school?
- Joe - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Bernadette - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Bernadette - What’s your main concern about the future?
- Bernadette - What’s the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Bernadette - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Bernadette - How did you handle going back to school?
- Bernadette - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Bernadette - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Bernadette - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Marie - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Marie - What’s your main concern about the future?
- Marie - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Marie - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Marie - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Marie - What do you do for fun socially?
- Marie - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Marie - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Marie - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Marie - How do you handle anger?
- Marie - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Marie - Do you have children?
- Marie - How long have you been married or together?
- Marie - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Marie - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Marie - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Marie - How have your friendships changed?
- Marie - How have your family relationships changed?
- Marie - What’s the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Marie - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Marie - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Marie - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Marie - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Marie - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Marie - How did family members respond to the news?
- Marie - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Marie - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Marie - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Audrey - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Audrey - What’s your main concern about the future?
- Audrey - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Audrey - How do you handle anger?
- Audrey - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Audrey - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Audrey - How have your friendships changed?
- Audrey - How have your family relationships changed?
- Audrey - How did you handle going back to work?
- Audrey - What was your college experience?
- Audrey - How did you handle going back to school?
- Audrey - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Audrey - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Audrey - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Audrey - How did family members respond to the news?
- Audrey - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Mary - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Mary - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Mary - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Mary - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Mary - How have your friendships changed?
- Mary - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Mary - How have your family relationships changed?
- Mary - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Mary - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Mary - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Mary - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Mary - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Mary - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Eileen - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Eileen - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Eileen - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Eileen - Do you live independently?
- Eileen - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Eileen - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Eileen - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Barry - How do you see your future?
- Barry - What do you do for fun socially?
- Barry - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Barry - How have your friendships changed?
- Barry - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Barry - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Barry - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Barry - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Barry - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Barry - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Andre - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Andre - What do you do for fun socially?
- Andre - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Andre - How have your family relationships changed?
- Andre - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Andre - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Andre - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Rose - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Rose - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Rose - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Rose - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Rose - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Rose - How have your friendships changed?
- Rose - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Rose - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Rose - Are you happy?
- Rose - What’s your main concern about the future?
- Rose - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Rose - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Rose - What’s gotten harder over time?
- Rose - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Rose - What do you do for fun socially?
- Rose - What’s the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Rose - Do you have children?
- Rose - How did your family and friends react to your marriage?
- Rose - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Molly - What’s important for parents to understand?
- Molly - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Molly - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Molly - How do you see your future?
- Molly - What’s your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Molly - What’s gotten harder over time?
- Molly - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Molly - Are you happy?
- Molly - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Molly - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Molly - What do you do for fun socially?
- Molly - How have your friendships changed?
- Molly - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Molly - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Molly - What was your college experience?
- Molly - How did you handle going back to school?
- Molly - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Molly - What’s the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Molly - How have your family relationships changed?
- Molly - Do you live independently?
- Molly - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Molly - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Molly - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Molly - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Molly - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Molly - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Molly - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Molly - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Elizabeth - What’s been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Elizabeth - What’s the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Elizabeth - What’s important for family and friends to understand?
- Elizabeth - How do you handle anger?
- Elizabeth - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- How do spinal cord injuries to children age 0-5 affect their development?
- What's the most important thing to do to prevent pressure sores?
- What is cellulitis, and how is it treated?
- Can a pressure sore recur?
- Why do some pressure sores take so long to heal?
- How long is the typical healing time for a pressure sore?
- Darren - How did you handle going back to work?
- Marilyn - How have your family relationships changed?
- Tricia - What’s the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Tricia - How do you see your future?
- Tricia - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Tricia - What’s gotten easier over time?
- Tricia - What do you do for fun socially?
- Tricia - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Tricia - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Tricia - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Tricia - How have your friendships changed?
- Tricia - How have your family relationships changed?
- Tricia - How did you handle going back to work?
- Tricia - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Tricia - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Tricia - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Tricia - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Tricia - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Tricia - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Tricia - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Tricia - How did family members respond to the news?
- Tricia - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Tricia - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Tricia - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Steve - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Steve - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Steve - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Steve - How have your friendships changed?
- Steve - How have your family relationships changed?
- Steve - Do you live independently?
- Steve - How did you handle going back to work?
- Steve - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Steve - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Steve - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Steve - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Steve - How did family members respond to the news?
- James - Are you happy?
- James - What’s gotten harder over time?
- James - What's gotten easier over time?
- James - What do you do for fun socially?
- James - Did you ever consider suicide?
- James - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- James - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- James - How have your family relationships changed?
- James - How did you handle going back to work?
- James - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- James - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- James - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- James - How did family members respond to the news?
- James - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Darwin - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Darwin - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Darwin - What kind of work do you do?
- Darwin - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Darwin - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Darwin - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Darwin - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Darwin - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Darwin - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Darwin - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Darwin - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Darwin - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Darwin - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Darwin - How did family members respond to the news?
- Darwin - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Vic - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Vic - What's your main concern about the future?
- Vic - How do you see your future?
- Vic - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Vic - What do you do for fun socially?
- Vic - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Vic - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Vic - How do you handle anger?
- Vic - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Vic - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Vic - How have your family relationships changed?
- Vic - What kind of work do you do?
- Vic - How did you handle going back to work?
- Vic - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Vic - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Vic - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Vic - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Vic - How did family members respond to the news?
- Vic - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Vic - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Vic - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Tom - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Tom - What's your main concern about the future?
- Tom - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Tom - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Tom - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Tom - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Tom - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Tom - How did you handle going back to work?
- Tom - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Tom - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Tom - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Tom - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Tom - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Tom - How did family members respond to the news?
- Tom - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Kelly - What do you do for fun socially?
- Kelly - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Kelly - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Kelly - How have your friendships changed?
- Kelly - What kind of work do you do?
- Kelly - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Saalim - What about sex and dating?
- Saalim - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Saalim - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Saalim - How have your friendships changed?
- Saalim - What kind of work do you do?
- Saalim - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Saalim - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Johnathan - What do you do for fun socially?
- Johnathan - What about sex and dating?
- Johnathan - What's important for parents to understand?
- Johnathan - How have your friendships changed?
- Johnathan - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Johnathan - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Johnathan - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Johnathan - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Chase - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Chase - How do you see your future?
- Chase - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Chase - What's gotten easier over time?
- Chase - What do you do for fun socially?
- Chase - What about sex and dating?
- Chase - What's important for parents to understand?
- Chase - How have your friendships changed?
- Chase - Do you live independently?
- Chase - How did you handle going back to school?
- Chase - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Chase - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Chase - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Marzet - Are you happy?
- Marzet - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Marzet - How do you see your future?
- Marzet - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Marzet - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Marzet - Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
- Marzet - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Marzet - How have your friendships changed?
- Marzet - What kind of work do you do?
- Marzet - How did you handle going back to school?
- Marzet - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Marzet - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Marzet - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Marzet - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Stephanie - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Stephanie - What's gotten harder over time?
- Stephanie - What's gotten easier over time?
- Stephanie - What do you do for fun socially?
- Stephanie - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Stephanie - What about sex and dating?
- Stephanie - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Stephanie - How have your friendships changed?
- Stephanie - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Stephanie - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Pat - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Pat - What's your main concern about the future?
- Pat - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Pat - How have your friendships changed?
- Pat - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Pat - How did you handle going back to work?
- Pat - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Pat - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Pat - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Pat - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Pat - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Jenn - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Jenn - What's your main concern about the future?
- Jenn - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Jenn - What's gotten easier over time?
- Jenn - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Jenn - How do you handle anger?
- Jenn - What's the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Jenn - What's important for parents to understand?
- Jenn - How have your family relationships changed?
- Jenn - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Jenn - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Megan - Are you happy?
- Megan - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Megan - How do you see your future?
- Megan - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Megan - What's gotten harder over time?
- Megan - What's gotten easier over time?
- Megan - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Megan - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Megan - Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
- Megan - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Megan - How do you handle anger?
- Megan - How long have you been married or together?
- Megan - What about sex and dating?
- Megan - What's important for parents to understand?
- Megan - How have your friendships changed?
- Megan - How have your family relationships changed?
- Megan - Do you live independently?
- Megan - What kind of work do you do?
- Megan - What was your college experience?
- Megan - How did you handle going back to school?
- Megan - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Megan - How did family members respond to the news?
- Megan - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Megan - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Athena - Are you happy?
- Athena - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Athena - What's your main concern about the future?
- Athena - How do you see your future?
- Athena - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Athena - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Athena - How do you handle anger?
- Athena - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Athena - What's the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Athena - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Athena - How have your friendships changed?
- Athena - How have your family relationships changed?
- Athena - How did you handle going back to work?
- Athena - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Athena - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Athena - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Athena - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Athena - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Athena - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Athena - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Athena - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Athena - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Jim - Are you happy?
- Jim - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Jim - What's gotten harder over time?
- Jim - What's gotten easier over time?
- Jim - What do you do for fun socially?
- Jim - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Jim - How do you handle anger?
- Jim - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Jim - How long have you been married or together?
- Jim - How have your friendships changed?
- Jim - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Jim - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Jim - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Jim - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Jim - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Jim - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Jim - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Destiny - How have your friendships changed?
- Michele - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Michele - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Michele - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Michele - How have your friendships changed?
- Michele - What kind of work do you do?
- Michele - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Michele - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Michele - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Don - Are you happy?
- Don - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Don - What's your main concern about the future?
- Don - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Don - How do you handle anger?
- Don - What's the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Don - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Don - How have your family relationships changed?
- Don - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Don - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Don - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Don - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Nova - Are you happy?
- Nova - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Nova - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Nova - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Nova - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Nova - How have your friendships changed?
- Nova - How have your family relationships changed?
- Nova - How did you handle going back to work?
- Nova - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Nova - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Nova - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Nova - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Nova - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Nova - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Sean - What's the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Jennifer - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Jennifer - What's your main concern about the future?
- Jennifer - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Jennifer - What's gotten easier over time?
- Jennifer - What do you do for fun socially?
- Jennifer - What's the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Jennifer - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Jennifer - How have your friendships changed?
- Jennifer - How have your family relationships changed?
- Jennifer - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Jennifer - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Jennifer - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Jennifer - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Jennifer - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Ginger - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Ginger - What's gotten harder over time?
- Ginger - What's gotten easier over time?
- Ginger - What do you do for fun socially?
- Ginger - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Ginger - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Ginger - What about sex and dating?
- Ginger - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Ginger - How have your friendships changed?
- Ginger - What kind of work do you do?
- Ginger - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Ginger - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Ginger - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Ginger - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Ginger - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Ginger - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Ginger - How did family members respond to the news?
- Greg - What do you do for fun socially?
- Greg - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Greg - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Richard - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Richard - What's gotten easier over time?
- Richard - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Christopher - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Christopher - What do you do for fun socially?
- Christopher - Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
- Christopher - Do you live independently?
- Christopher - What was your college experience?
- Christopher - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Christopher - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Christopher - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Christopher - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Christopher - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Christopher - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Mike - How do you see your future?
- Mike - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Mike - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Mike - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Mike - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Mike - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Mike - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Mike - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Mike - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Mike - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Carrie - How do you see your future?
- Carrie - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Carrie - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Carrie - What's gotten harder over time?
- Carrie - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Carrie - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Carrie - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Carrie - What was your college experience?
- Carrie - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Carrie - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Carrie - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Carrie - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Carrie - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Pamela - What's your main concern about the future?
- Pamela - What's gotten easier over time?
- Pamela - How did you handle going back to school?
- Pamela - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Pamela - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Pamela - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Stephanie - How do you see your future?
- Stephanie - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Stephanie - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Stephanie - Do you have children?
- Stephanie - How have your family relationships changed?
- Stephanie - What kind of work do you do?
- Stephanie - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Stephanie - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Stephanie - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Stephanie - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Stephanie - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Stephanie - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Missi - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Missi - What's your main concern about the future?
- Missi - How do you see your future?
- Missi - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Missi - What do you do for fun socially?
- Missi - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Missi - How have your friendships changed?
- Missi - How have your family relationships changed?
- Missi - How did you handle going back to work?
- Missi - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Missi - How did you handle going back to school?
- Missi - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Missi - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Missi - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Missi - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Missi - How did family members respond to the news?
- Missi - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Joel - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Joel - How do you see your future?
- Joel - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Joel - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Joel - What about sex and dating?
- Joel - How have your friendships changed?
- Joel - How have your family relationships changed?
- Joel - What kind of work do you do?
- Joel - What was your college experience?
- Joel - How did you handle going back to school?
- Joel - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Joel - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Joel - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Joel - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Joel - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Joel - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Joel - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Tony - Are you happy?
- Tony - What's gotten easier over time?
- Tony - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Tony - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Tony - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Tony - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Tony - What kind of work do you do?
- Tony - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Tony - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Tony - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Michelle - Are you happy?
- Michelle - How do you see your future?
- Michelle - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Michelle - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Michelle - What's gotten easier over time?
- Michelle - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Michelle - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Michelle - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Michelle - What about sex and dating?
- Michelle - How have your friendships changed?
- Michelle - Do you live independently?
- Michelle - What kind of work do you do?
- Michelle - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Michelle - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Michelle - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Michelle - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Michelle - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Michelle - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Michelle - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Michelle - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Sandra - What's your main concern about the future?
- Sandra - What's gotten harder over time?
- Sandra - How do you handle anger?
- Sandra - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Sandra - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Sandra - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Sandra - How did family members respond to the news?
- Sandra - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Sandra - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Eric - How do you handle anger?
- Eric - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Eric - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Eric - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Eric - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Eunice - What's your main concern about the future?
- Eunice - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Eunice - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Patricio - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Patricio - What's gotten harder over time?
- Patricio - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Patricio - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Patricio - How have your friendships changed?
- Patricio - How have your family relationships changed?
- Patricio - What kind of work do you do?
- Patricio - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Patricio - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Suzzi - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Suzzi - How did your family and friends react to your marriage?
- Suzzi - How long have you been married or together?
- Nick - Are you happy?
- Nick - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Nick - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Nick - What's gotten easier over time?
- Nick - How long have you been married or together?
- Nick - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Nick - What's important for parents to understand?
- Nick - How have your friendships changed?
- Nick - What kind of work do you do?
- Nick - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Nick - What was your college experience?
- Nick - How did you handle going back to school?
- Nick - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Nick - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Nick - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Nick - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Nick - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Jose - How have your friendships changed?
- Jose - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Mary Ellen - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Mary Ellen - What's your main concern about the future?
- Mary Ellen - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Mary Ellen - What's gotten easier over time?
- Mary Ellen - How do you handle anger?
- Mary Ellen - How has your relationship with your spouse or partner changed?
- Mary Ellen - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Mary Ellen - How have your family relationships changed?
- Mary Ellen - How did you handle going back to work?
- Mary Ellen - How did you handle going back to school?
- Mary Ellen - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Mary Ellen - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Mary Ellen - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Mary Ellen - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Mary Ellen - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Mary Ellen - How did family members respond to the news?
- Mary Ellen - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Mary Ellen - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Carol Ann - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Carol Ann - What's your main concern about the future?
- Carol Ann - What's gotten harder over time?
- Carol Ann - What's gotten easier over time?
- Carol Ann - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Carol Ann - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Carol Ann - How do you handle anger?
- Carol Ann - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Carol Ann - What kind of work do you do?
- Carol Ann - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Carol Ann - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Carol Ann - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- Carol Ann - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Carol Ann - How did family members respond to the news?
- Carol Ann - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Carol Ann - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Antonio - Are you happy?
- Antonio - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Antonio - What's gotten harder over time?
- Antonio - What's gotten easier over time?
- Antonio - What kind of work do you do?
- Antonio - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Antonio - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Antonio - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Antonio - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Antonio - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Antonio - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Antonio - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Antonio - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Henry - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Henry - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Henry - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Henry - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Clarissa - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Clarissa - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Harry - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Harry - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Harry - Do you have children?
- Harry - What about sex and dating?
- Jack - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Jack - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Jack - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Jack - How long have you been married or together?
- Jack - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Jack - What about sex and dating?
- Jack - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Jack - What kind of work do you do?
- Jack - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Jack - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Jack - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Gail - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Gail - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Gail - What's gotten harder over time?
- Gail - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Gail - How did your family and friends react to your marriage?
- Gail - How long have you been married or together?
- Gail - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Gail - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- John - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- John - What's your main concern about the future?
- John - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- John - What do you do for fun socially?
- John - Do you ever feel guilty?
- John - What's important for parents to understand?
- John - What was your college experience?
- John - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- John - What personal support was most helpful to you?
- John - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- John - How did family members respond to the news?
- John - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Joan - What's your main concern about the future?
- Joan - What's gotten harder over time?
- Joan - What's gotten easier over time?
- Joan - What's the hardest part about having a disabled family member?
- Joan - How have your family relationships changed?
- Riveria - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Riveria - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Maurice - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Maurice - What do you do for fun socially?
- Maurice - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Maurice - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Ramon - Are you happy?
- Ramon - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Ramon - What's gotten harder over time?
- Ramon - What's gotten easier over time?
- Ramon - What do you do for fun socially?
- Ramon - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Ramon - What's important for parents to understand?
- Ramon - How have your family relationships changed?
- Ramon - What kind of work do you do?
- Ramon - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Ramon - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Ramon - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Stefany - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Stefany - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Stefany - What kind of work do you do?
- Javier Jr. - What's your main concern about the future?
- Hector - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Hector - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Hector - Did you ever consider suicide?
- Hector - Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
- Hector - What about sex and dating?
- Hector - What's important for family and friends to understand?
- Hector - How have your friendships changed?
- Hector - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Hector - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Hector - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Darren - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Darren - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Darren - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Darren - What's gotten easier over time?
- Darren - What's been the most unexpected change in your life?
- Darren - Do you ever feel guilty?
- Darren - How do you handle anger?
- Darren - How long have you been married or together?
- Darren - How have your friendships changed?
- Darren - What kind of work do you do?
- Darren - What was your college experience?
- Darren - How did you handle going back to school?
- Darren - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Darren - How did you deal with the transition from hospital to home?
- Darren - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Darren - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Darren - How did family members respond to the news?
- Darren - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Darren - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Bill - Are you happy?
- Bill - What's the best advice you have for others in your situation?
- Bill - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Bill - What's gotten harder over time?
- Bill - What's gotten easier over time?
- Bill - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Bill - What about sex and dating?
- Bill - What's important for parents to understand?
- Bill - What kind of work do you do?
- Bill - What role has adaptive sports played in your life?
- Bill - What adaptive sports interest you?
- Bill - How did you handle going back to school?
- Bill - Who does the primary caregiving?
- Bill - What are your continuing financial concerns?
- Bill - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Monserat - Are you happy?
- Monserat - What do you do for fun socially?
- Monserat - What about sex and dating?
- Joey - Are you happy?
- Joey - How do you see your future?
- Joey - What's your number-one day-to-day living problem?
- Joey - How have your friendships changed?
- Joey - What was your greatest fear at first?
- Joey - What was the hardest part of the first days in the hospital?
- Sue - What's gotten harder over time?
- Sue - How has your relationship with your son or daughter changed?
- Sue - How have your family relationships changed?
- Sue - How did you handle going back to school?
- Sue - What was the hardest part about coming home?
- Sue - Where did you get the best financial help?
- Sue - How did you deal with stress at first?
- Sue - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Sue - How did you develop an understanding of the injury?
- Jorge - Are you happy?
- Jorge - What do you wish you had known at the beginning?
- Jorge - What's gotten easier over time?
- Jorge - How has the injury affected your parenting?
- Jorge - What sex advice and information was most helpful?
- Jorge - What's important for parents to understand?
- Jorge - What kind of work do you do?
- Jorge - What's the best way to work with a caregiver?
- Jorge - What was the hardest part of rehabilitation?
- Jorge - What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
- Jorge - What was your greatest fear at first?
- When is surgical repair of a pressure sore required?
- What are the six stages of a pressure sore and how are they treated?
- What role does diet and hydration play in preventing pressure sores among people with spinal cord injuries?
- What do family members and caregivers need to do to prevent pressure sores?
- What do family members and caregivers need to know about pressure sores?
- What are the most important things for someone with a spinal cord injury to do to prevent pressure sores?
- What is “skin tolerance” and how can it be increased?
- What’s important to know about positioning in bed to prevent pressure sores?
- What's the best way to select a wheelchair seat cushion?
- Why is pressure relief so important when sitting in a wheelchair?
- What's the best way to do daily skin inspections?
- What parts of the body are most likely to develop pressure sores?
- Why are people with paralysis especially prone to pressure sores?
- How common are pressure sores in people with spinal cord injuries?
- What is "sepsis," and why is it dangerous?
- Why are pressure sores so serious?
- Is it true that a pressure sore can develop in a few hours?
- What are the causes of pressure sores in people with spinal cord injuries?
- What is a pressure sore?
- How frequently should discharged patients return for a rehab "tune-up"?
- Should a family member become a caregiver?
- What's important to know about traveling with a disability?
- How does "assistive technology" help with everyday activities?
- How do "adaptive devices" help with everyday activities?
- What are some options for making transfers at home?
- What adaptations increase home security for wheelchair users?
- What are some "low tech" devices that can make homes more accessible?
- What are the most important safety issues in the bathroom?
- What home modifications are necessary for someone using a wheelchair?
- What should families expect when a person with a spinal cord injury comes home?
- What's your best advice for patients and families after a spinal cord injury?
- When should a child transfer to an adult rehabilitation program?
- Why should parents advocate for their child with a disability?
- Why does a child need a specialized rehabilitation program?
- How do spinal cord injuries to children affect their physical development?
- Do children with spinal cord injuries grow up to marry and raise families?
- How can parents help their child with a spinal cord injury make the transition to adulthood?
- How can parents help their young child with a spinal cord injury get play experience?
- How can parents help children with spinal cord injuries participate in social activities?
- When should a child with a spinal cord injury return to school?
- What can do parents to ease the transition from hospital to home?
- What can parents do to encourage their child’s rehabilitation progress?
- Why is it important for children with spinal cord injuries to set their own rehabilitation goals?
- How do rehabilitation programs change as a child grows older?
- What's important to consider in choosing a rehabilitation program for a child?
- What's the most important thing for parents to do after a child is diagnosed with a spinal cord injury?
- What's the most important thing for parents of children with spinal cord injuries to know?
- How do spinal cord injuries to teenagers affect their physical development?
- How are children's spinal cord injuries different from adults'?
- What about psychotherapy after a spinal cord injury?
- What are psychological aspects of spinal cord injury?
- How do spinal cord injuries affect quality of life?
- How is the rehabilitation process affected by substance abuse?
- What is the relationship between alcohol use and spinal cord injuries?
- What factors influence the ability to cope with a spinal cord injury?
- What are the typical stages of adjustment after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the most important thing for families to know right away?
- What's the best way to avoid "caregiver burnout"?
- How do relationships change after a spinal cord injury?
- Can you expect feelings of depression and anxiety to get better as time goes on?
- What basic lifestyle needs of their own do caregivers often ignore?
- What should caregivers do when they feel overwhelmed?
- What problem-solving strategies are effective after a new spinal cord injury?
- What coping mechanism is most helpful immediately after a spinal cord injury?
- What emotions do family members commonly experience after a spinal cord injury?
- What emotions are common in patients with new spinal cord injuries?
- What are family members going through after a spinal cord injury?
- What factors make adjustment to a spinal cord injury so difficult at first?
- When can we expect stem-cell treatments to become available for spinal cord injuries?
- What does stem-cell research on animals tell us?
- How would stem-cell therapies work in the treatment of spinal cord injuries?
- How promising are stem-cell treatments in countries outside the US ?
- What is the status of stem-cell research?
- What is "Braingate" research?
- What are the latest developments in the use of electrical stimulation for spinal cord injuries?
- Why are high-dose steroids often used right after an injury?
- What is the "Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems" program?
- What factors are important in choosing a rehabilitation facility after a spinal cord injury?
- What is a "physiatrist"?
- Is it common to experience neuropathic pain after a spinal cord injury?
- How soon after a spinal cord injury should surgery be performed?
- What kind of surgery is common after a spinal cord injury?
- How long does it usually take for feeling and movement to return after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the chances of regaining feeling and mobility after a spinal cord injury?
- What is meant by a "complete" spinal cord injury?
- What is meant by an incomplete spinal cord injury?
- Why is the level of a spinal cord injury important?
- What role does "compression" play in a spinal cord injury?
- What is a spinal cord injury?
- How does the spinal cord work?
- How can people with spinal cord injuries help themselves stay positive?
- What are the initial fears about going out in public in a wheelchair?
- What's important for family and friends to understand after a spinal cord injury?
- Why is it important to be sensitive about words after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the hardest part about adjusting to life in a wheelchair?
- What attitudes stand in the way of making a good adjustment?
- What attitude helps people with spinal cord injuries make the best adjustments?
- Does accepting the wheelchair mean giving up hope for a "cure?"
- What role does denial play right after a spinal cord injury?
- How do you answer the question: "Will I ever walk again?"
- How can parents promote the emotional well-being of a child with a spinal cord injury?
- What is "autonomic dysreflexia?"
- What kind of adaptive equipment do children with spinal cord injuries need?
- What are the problems in diagnosing a "complete" and "incomplete" pediatric spinal cord injury?
- What do the terms "complete" and "incomplete" spinal cord injury mean?
- What surgical interventions are available for scoliosis?
- Can scoliosis be slowed or prevented?
- How do spinal cord injuries before puberty affect physical growth and development?
- What is SCIWORA?
- Why is physical therapy important after a spinal cord injury?
- When should physical therapy begin after a spinal cord injury?
- How can people with spinal cord injuries find a good physical therapy program?
- What treatments are available to decrease spasticity after a spinal cord injury?
- When does spasticity usually begin after a spinal cord injury?
- Does the level of a spinal cord injury affect the amount of spasticity?
- Why does spasticity occur after a spinal cord injury?
- Can spasticity after a spinal cord injury be confused with voluntary movement?
- What is "spasticity"?
- How important is attitude in recovering the ability to walk?
- How much Lokomat therapy is needed to achieve results?
- Can the Lokomat be used with pediatric spinal cord injuries?
- How can people find a rehab facility that offers Lokomat therapy?
- Does medical insurance pay for Lokomat therapy?
- What benefits can people expect from Lokomat therapy?
- How does the Lokomat help a person with a spinal cord injury re-learn to walk?
- What makes a patient a good candidate for the Lokomat?
- What is the Lokomat®?
- What does a patient with a spinal cord injury need to learn first?
- How soon should people return to school or work after a spinal cord injury?
- Why are adaptive sports so helpful after a spinal cord injury?
- What's the most difficult obstacle to overcome in rehabilitation?
- What's important to look for in a rehabilitation program?
- What's the most common misconception about life after a spinal cord injury?
- What's important to know about sex and intimacy after a spinal cord injury?
- How do most patients learn the nature of their spinal cord injury and what it means?
- What are the main concerns of the family after a spinal cord injury?
- What are the main concerns of the patient after a spinal cord jury?
- Is depression more common among children with spinal cord injuries?
- Is there a tendency for parents to be overprotective?
- What are the signs of depression that parents should know?
- Why are sports important for children with spinal cord injuries?
- What happens when parents focus on the hope that their child will walk again?
- What is the Shriners Hospital approach to pediatric rehabilitation?
- What are the common struggles parents face after a child's spinal cord injury?
- What are the "developmental milestones" for teenagers 13-18?
- What are the "developmental milestones" for school-age children 6-12?
- What are the "developmental milestones" for young children 0-5?
- What is the definition of "developmental milestones"?
- How does adaptive equipment help the development of children 0-5 with spinal cord injuries?
- What role do car seats play in pediatric spinal cord injuries?
- Do children with spinal cord injuries frequently go to college?
- What are the best ways to prevent depression?
- How can parents find wheelchair sports activities?
- How do parents find the right adaptive equipment for a child with a spinal cord injury?
- Why is it important for children with spinal cord injuries to set their own rehabilitation goals?
- How can parents find "early intervention" programs for children 0-5 with spinal cord injuries?
- How can a parent find a facility that specializes in pediatric spinal-cord injury rehabilitation?
- How do spinal cord injuries to children 6-12 affect their development?
- What is the major cause of spinal cord injuries to children?
- How does caregiving for your partner often affect romantic relationships?
- How does a spinal cord injury affect male fertility?
- What about oral sex after a spinal cord injury?
- What about orgasms and sensation during sex after a spinal cord injury?
- How should people deal with spasticity during sex?
- What about positions and foreplay after a spinal cord injury?
- What's important for men with spinal cord injuries to know about using oral medications for erectile dysfunction?
- What are the common treatments for erectile dysfunction in men with spinal cord injuries?
- How do the physical changes of pregnancy affect a woman with a spinal cord injury?
- How is the delivery of a child affected by the mother's spinal cord injury?
- Can autonomic dysreflexia be mistaken for preeclampsia during pregnancy?
- Can women still get pregnant after a spinal cord injury?
- What do people do with a catheter during sex?
- How do women deal with menstruation after a spinal cord injury?
- What are common psychological obstacles to sex that women face after a spinal cord injury?
- What helps people change their expectations of sex after a spinal cord injury?
- What are common psychological obstacles to sex that men face after a spinal cord injury?
- How should expectations about sex change after a spinal cord injury ?
- Where can people get information on sex and fertility after a spinal cord injury?
- What is the first thing to know about having sex after a spinal cord injury?
- How is sexual function in women affected by a spinal cord injury?
- How is sexual function in men affected by a spinal cord injury?
- Can men and women still have sex after a spinal cord injury?
Topics
- Expert Topics
- Adult Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injury Basics
- Preventing Bedsores (Pressure Ulcers)
- Transition from Hospital to Home
- Adapting to a New Spinal Cord Injury
- Sex and Fertility After Spinal Cord Injury
- How Family Life Changes After Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Basics
- Adjusting to Social Life in a Wheelchair
- Physical Therapy After Spinal Cord Injury
- Taking Control of Your Life After Spinal Cord Injury
- Mental Health After Spinal Cord Injury
- Peer Counseling After a Spinal Cord Injury
- Pediatric Injuries
- Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Basics
- Pediatric Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury
- Guidelines for Child Development After a Spinal Cord Injury
- Family Life After a Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
- Rehabilitation Therapies
- Psychological Adjustments to a Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Basics
- Occupational Therapy after Spinal Cord Injury
- Social Worker Assistance After Spinal Cord Injury
- Physical Therapy after Spinal Cord Injury
- Sports and Recreation After Spinal Cord Injury
- Question
- Quality of Life After Spinal Cord Injury
- Hospitalization After Spinal Cord Injury
- Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury
- Going Home After Spinal Cord Injury
- Caregiving After Spinal Cord Injury
- Family Life and Friendships After Spinal Cord Injury
- Adaptive Sports After Spinal Cord Injury
- Sex and Social Life After Spinal Cord Injury
- Marriage and Children After Spinal Cord Injury
- Anger, Guilt and Depression After Spinal Cord Injury
- Education After Spinal Cord Injury
- Employment and Returning to Work After Spinal Cord Injury
- Financial Stress After Spinal Cord Injury