Planning is underway for United Spinal Association’s 2013 Roll on Capitol Hill (ROCH) legislative and advocacy conference in Washington, D.C., June 16-19. For the second year in a row, members of National Spinal Cord Injury Association, United Spinal Association’s Public … [Read more...]
Chapters
Florida: A Family Affair
Despite being home to key United Spinal and NSCIA events and having a large population of people with SCI/D, Florida until recently did not have an NSCIA chapter. Hector Del Valle, a longtime quad, and his wife, Jo Bennett-Del Valle, realized this at last year’s Independence … [Read more...]
Connecting Rhode Island
Dr. Gary Witman gets excited when he starts talking about the multitude of spinal cord injury-related ongoings in Rhode Island. There’s groundbreaking research, fun social opportunities and unique events that Rhode Island residents, with and without SCI, should be proud … [Read more...]
Sandy’s Silver Lining
The day Superstorm Sandy made landfall in October, Teresa Tisdell, the director of the Oklahoma chapter of NSCIA, had been scheduled for her weekly standing call with Nick LiBassi, United Spinal’s director of special projects. When the storm knocked out power to United … [Read more...]
New Chapter Is A Peach
Paul and Jeannie Pickard opened Project Walk Atlanta this April, less than a year after their son Chris was paralyzed in a car accident. After the accident, Chris had rehabbed at Shepherd Center in Atlanta and then at Project Walk in Carlsbad, Calif. Each step had seemed like … [Read more...]
The Cool Place to be in Milwaukee
If it’s summer in Milwaukee, chances are it is hot and sticky outside — far from ideal conditions for many people with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities. If it’s summer in Milwaukee, the chances are also good that there is some kind of exciting event taking place … [Read more...]
Fast Track Membership Growth in Houston
At the age of 12, Michael Johnson had already won numerous racing championships when an on-track motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. He stopped by TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital on July 14 at an event cosponsored by the Houston chapter of NSCIA to let … [Read more...]
Roll on Capitol Hill: Disability Activists Demand Federal Health Care Policy Inclusion
NSCIA and United Spinal Association mobilized over 60 disability activists from its national network of member chapters and support groups for Roll on Capitol Hill––an advocacy event in Washington, D.C. on June 25-26 that directly expressed to legislators the need for greater … [Read more...]
Greater New York City Chapter Raises $35,000
The Greater New York City Chapter of NSCIA raised $35,000 for a variety of SCI-related causes at its 8th annual “Mardi Gras” February 21 at New York City’s SLATE nightclub. With DJs, dancing and comedy, the evening of entertainment was a huge hit. “This was our … [Read more...]
Northeast Ohio Chapter Educates Med Students
Northeast Ohio Chapter members Jeff Schiemann and Herb Werner were two of the four volunteer participants in a February 7 panel hosted by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to educate second-year medical students about interacting with people with disabilities. … [Read more...]
