Spinal Cord Injury Personal Experience Interviews
Who knows the most about coping with spinal cord injury? It’s the people who live with it every day. We interviewed more than 100 people with paraplegia and quadriplegia and their mothers, fathers, children spouses and siblings. We asked questions about their early days in the hospital, transitioning to home, rehabilitation, employment and education. We asked them about changing relationships with family and friends, their fears and feelings, their plans for the future and the best advice they have for others in their situation. They are the voices of experience.
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AmandaPartner or spouse injured in 2010 at age 27, quadriplegic
AndreInjured in 2007 at age 22, quadriplegic
AngelaInjured in 1996 at age 15, quadriplegic
AnnieInjured in 1998 at age 12, paraplegic
AntonioInjured in 1994 at age 19, quadriplegic
AprilInjured in 2014 at age 31, quadriplegic
AricInjured in 1983 at age 14, paraplegic
AthenaPartner or spouse injured in 1996 at age 31, quadriplegic
AudreySon injured in 2009 at age 15, quadriplegic
BarryPartner or spouse injured in 2001 at age 56, paraplegic
BernadetteSon injured in 2006 at age 21, quadriplegic
BillInjured in 1970 at age 8 months, paraplegic
BillySon injured in 2004 at age 18, quadriplegic
BrittanyInjured in 2014 at age 21, paraplegic
Carol AnnSon injured in 1993 at age 20, quadriplegic
CarrieInjured in 2003 at age 20, quadriplegic
ChaseInjured in 2007 at age 17, paraplegic
ChristopherInjured in 1980 at age 16, quadriplegic
ClarissaSon injured in 1974 at age 19, quadriplegic
ClintonInjured in 2005 at age 35, paraplegic
DarrenInjured in 1993 at age 20, quadriplegic
DarwinInjured in 2008 at age 33, paraplegic
DestinyInjured in 2003 at age 10, paraplegic
DonPartner or spouse injured in 2008 at age 62, paraplegic
DorianSon injured in 2007 at age 17, paraplegic
DrewInjured in 2006 at age 44, quadriplegic
EileenSon injured in 2010 at age 20, paraplegic
ElizabethFather injured in 1974 at age 26, paraplegic
EricInjured in 1986 at age 26, paraplegic
EuniceSister injured in 1993 at age 7, quadriplegic
FredaDaughter injured in 2011 at age 17, quadriplegic
GailPartner or spouse injured in 1974 at age 26, paraplegic
GingerInjured in 1984 at age 44, quadriplegic
GregBrother injured in 1980 at age 16, quadriplegic
GregorySon injured in 2011 at age 27, paraplegic
HarryInjured in 1974 at age 19, quadriplegic
HectorInjured in 1979 at age 19, paraplegic
HenrySon injured in 1974 at age 19, quadriplegic
JabreeInjured in 2015 at age 42, paraplegic
JackInjured in 1974 at age 26, paraplegic
JamesInjured in 1976 at age 27, quadriplegic
James ShepherdInjured in 1973 at age 24, quadriplegic
JamieInjured in 1993 at age 17, paraplegic
JanetInjured in 2015 at age 45, paraplegic
Javier Jr.Sister injured in 1993 at age 7, quadriplegic
JeffreyInjured in 2013 at age 29, paraplegic
JennBrother injured in 1999 at age 23, paraplegic
JenniferMother injured in 1984 at age 44, quadriplegic
JeremyInjured in 2002 at age 23, paraplegic
JerryInjured in 2002 at age 50, paraplegic
JimInjured in 1996 at age 31, quadriplegic
JoanSon injured in 1985 at age 22, quadriplegic
JoeInjured in 1982 at age 25, paraplegic
JoelInjured in 1998 at age 17, paraplegic
JoeyInjured in 2005 at age 13, quadriplegic
JohnSon injured in 1985 at age 22, quadriplegic
JohnathanInjured in 2006 at age 19, paraplegic
JorgeInjured in 1978 at age 11, paraplegic
JoseInjured in 2008 at age 23, quadriplegic
JoshInjured in 2010 at age 27, quadriplegic
KarenSon injured in 2010 at age 25, paraplegic
KellyInjured in 2007 at age 42, paraplegic
KenInjured in 2013 at age 55, paraplegic
KennyInjured in 2014 at age 20, quadriplegic
MaggieInjured in 2011 at age 17, quadriplegic
MarieInjured in 1998 at age 22, quadriplegic
MarilynSon injured in 1980 at age 16, quadriplegic
MarkInjured in 1981 at age 19, quadriplegic
MarkInjured in 1996 at age 28, paraplegic
MaryDaughter injured in 1988 at age 22, quadriplegic
Mary EllenDaughter injured in 2005 at age 15, quadriplegic
MarzetInjured in 1996 at age 15, paraplegic
MauriceInjured in 1997 at age 24, quadriplegic
MeganInjured in 1995 at age 18, paraplegic
MicheleInjured in 2003 at age 21, quadriplegic
MichelleInjured in 2002 at age 21, quadriplegic
MikeInjured in 2004 at age 41, paraplegic
MinnaInjured in 1999 at age 35, paraplegic
MissiSon injured in 2001 at age 8 months, paraplegic
MollyInjured in 2005 at age 15, quadriplegic
MonseratInjured in 2008 at age 16, paraplegic
NickInjured in 1995 at age 17, quadriplegic
Nick ScottInjured in 1998 at age 16, paraplegic
NovaInjured in 2008 at age 62, paraplegic
PamelaDaughter injured in 2003 at age 20, quadriplegic
PatDaughter injured in 2003 at age 21, quadriplegic
PatriciaSon injured in 2011 at age 27, paraplegic
PatricioInjured in 1998 at age 24, quadriplegic
PatrickInjured in 2006 at age 21, quadriplegic
PattySon injured in 2010 at age 32, quadriplegic
PeteInjured in 2004 at age 33, paraplegic
RamonInjured in 1999 at age 25, paraplegic
RichardSon injured in 1980 at age 16, quadriplegic
RiveriaSon injured in 1997 at age 24, quadriplegic
RobInjured in 36 at age 36, paraplegic
RosePartner or spouse injured in 2007 at age 22, paraplegic
RyanInjured in 2015 at age 25, quadriplegic
SaalimInjured in 1998 at age 19, paraplegic
SandraDaughter injured in 2002 at age 21, quadriplegic
SarahPartner or spouse injured in 2015 at age 25, quadriplegic
SeanMother injured in 2008 at age 62, paraplegic
SirInjured in 1999 at age 16, paraplegic
StefanyInjured in 1993 at age 7, quadriplegic
StephanieInjured in 1994 at age 26, paraplegic
StephaniePartner or spouse injured in 2004 at age 41, paraplegic
SteveInjured in 2006 at age 23, paraplegic
SueSon injured in 2004 at age 10, quadriplegic
SuzziPartner or spouse injured in 1995 at age 17, quadriplegic
TalbotInjured in 2004 at age 18, quadriplegic
TomInjured in 2004 at age 36, quadriplegic
TonyInjured in 1990 at age 27, quadriplegic
TriciaPartner or spouse injured in 2007 at age 42, paraplegic
VicInjured in 1996 at age 41, paraplegic
ZacInjured in 2011 at age 19, quadriplegic |