Our mission is to provide active-lifestyle information, peer support and advocacy that empowers people living with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D) to achieve their highest potential.
Free Employment Webinar: How is the Government Helping You?
United Spinal Association's Public Policy department is hosting the final webinar in a three-part series in preparation for its advocacy event in Washington, DC, June 25-26, called Roll on Capitol Hill, which brings toge[...]
Resources for People Living with Spasticity
A growing collection of resources is available for people living with spasticity, and their caregivers, through Spinal Cord Central. We’ve recently added links to an interactive web resource, and two new brochures. [...]
Take Action to Protect Our Access to Public Pools
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is under attack, so are the civil rights of wheelchair users and people with disabilities across the country. It’s time we speak out and let our Representatives know t[...]
Backpack Program Making a Difference
National Spinal Cord Injury Association, United Spinal’s membership services division, launched its New Beginning initiative in September to help individuals with spinal cord injuries and disorders overcome a wide rang[...]
Separate Benefit Category for Complex Rehab Urgently Needed
As part of our upcoming Roll on Capitol Hill event in Washington, DC on June 25-26, United Spinal Association and NSCIA are urging policymakers to support a separate benefit category for complex rehab technology proposed[...]
United Spinal Joins Liu in Rejecting New York City's "Taxi of Tomorrow"
United Spinal Association's president Paul J. Tobin and general counsel Jim Weisman participated in a press conference on May 2 hosted by New York City Comptroller John C. Liu calling on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to modify[...]
United Spinal's President Calls For Wheelchair Consumers to Demand Access to Technology Critical to Independence
United Spinal Association’s president and CEO Paul J. Tobin gave an impassioned keynote speech during the 2012 CELA Conference in Arlington, Virginia on April 17-19––a gathering of wheelchair consumers, suppliers, [...]
Maryland Member AJ Nanayakkara:Thinking — and Acting — Globally
Maryland member AJ Nanayakkara, 38, was shocked when he returned to his childhood home of Sri Lanka years after sustaining a spinal cord injury. The resources that he had relied on to get his life back on track in the Un[...]
