New Injury » Adjusting to a new SCI


  • What will my life be like after SCI?
    A new documentary short, Moving Forward after SCI, was made to help newly injured patients imagine a hopeful future.
  • Yes, You Can! A Guide to Self-Care for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
    This extremely popular guide to self-care for people with spinal cord injury has been updated and expanded. Written by experts, Yes, You Can! is a guide for both the newly injured patient in the SCI unit and the SCI patient who is out of the hospital. This guide will also serve as a useful resource for family members.
  • Family and Survivors's Guide to SCI (PDF)
    A booklet designed for new spinal cord injury survivors and their families in an effort to provide some answers to their many questions.
  • Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury
    InfoSheet #20, Updated April, 2004
    Discusses the grief and problems some individuals have adjusting to SCI. Explains how motivation and rational thinking can lead to personal happiness.

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