National Spinal Cord Injury Association
a program of United Spinal Association
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A mixed bag of posts from NSCIA and United Spinal insiders.
Lex Frieden, United Spinal Association's Chairman of the Board, is one of America’s pre-eminent disability activists and leaders of the Independent Living Movement. He is currently the Professor of Health Informatics and of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the … [Read more...]
For the past two years, United Spinal Association has teamed up with Independence Care System to host a unique conference in New York titled “From Within” that promotes self-esteem, self-awareness, and self-empowerment for women living with disabilities. Although still … [Read more...]
With great anticipation every year and months of riding practice under my belt I again join the ranks of handcyclists at the start of the wheelchair division of the Marine Corps Marathon in our Nation’s capital--now entering its 37th year. I remember well my first race as I … [Read more...]
On November 3, the New York City Taxis For All Campaign, which United Spinal Association helped to organize back in 1996, held a small demonstration at the “Taxi of Tomorrow” exhibit near Madison Square Park in Manhattan. Assembling directly in front of the exhibit, we 20 … [Read more...]
It’s inexcusable that New York City is still without an accessible taxi fleet. But there is a glimmer of hope. The voices of reason may slowly be creeping into the thick heads of some of our politicians. The Justice Department recently sided with four disability-rights … [Read more...]
As the editor of Life in Action, I think it’s weird that three months ago the publication didn’t physically exist. Now our first issue is sitting in 30,000+ living rooms around the country, we have a growing community on Facebook, and our second issue is being … [Read more...]
Since 1998, United Spinal Association’s Disability Etiquette booklet has been distributed across the country to thousands of businesses, schools, and organizations to erase some of the misconceptions about people living with different types of disabilities. The booklet … [Read more...]
It looks like some of our Spinal Cord Central folks have been busy creating new content for our Resource Center Knowledge Books. If you're not familiar with our Knowledge Books, they are a set/series/collection/whatever of online information arranged by topic into books, … [Read more...]
Why not take a break and unwind with this wheelchair crossword puzzle? It's not that tough, and anyway you can cheat if you must. I did! Pour yourself a mug of fresh java, make sure the boss or spouse (both the same anyway) are not around, and go for it. Let us know how you … [Read more...]
