Because we’re born moving, we often
take motion for granted as much as we do breathing. The fact that we can
turn our head, lift our finger, scratch an itch on the back of our leg, or
do a myriad of other things doesn’t create much of a stir in our day-to-day
existence. It’s not until something devastating happens to our spine that takes that
movement away before we realize just what we were taking for granted.
When the spinal cord is injured, the flow of
information to the brain can become distorted or even stopped. According to the
Travis Roy Foundation, every 41 minutes another person sustains a Spinal
Cord Injury.
What is a Spinal Cord Injury ?
A Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
is typically defined as damage or trauma to the spinal cord that in turn
results in a loss or impaired function resulting in reduced mobility or
feeling. Typical common causes of damage to the spinal cord, are trauma
(car/motorcycle accident, gunshot, falls, sports injuries, etc), or disease
(Transverse Myelitis, Polio, Spina Bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.).
Our Mission:
Paralinks: Wheelchair
Nation is dedicated to supporting spinal cord injured survivors, their family, friends and
caregivers by providing peer support & free informative resources of
information.
Network With Us:
Networking with us will
give you a great opportunity to meet, interact and share your
experiences with
others coping with a spinal cord injury.
Paralinks: Quad Connection are personal websites by individuals with a
spinal cord injury or related spinal dysfunction. If you want your web site posted here or know someone
that would benefit in telling his or her story here let us know!
Ron Heagy
broke his neck the day before his 18th birthday in a
surfing accident. He is now a quadriplegic,
paralyzed from the neck down. He chose to Never
Give Up. After receiving a masters degree by
typing with a stick in his teeth, he's now a
inspirational speaker, mouth painter, author,
husband, father, and founder of a special needs
camp located in Oregon, which has given freedom
to numerous individuals to explore the wonderful
outdoors.
Top SCI News Articles:
Wednesday,
July 1,
2009
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XenoPort spinal cord injury drug does well in
trial -
The Santa Clara business tested the drug,
XP19986, in a 37-patient Phase II trial at 10 place in the United States and
Canada
San Francisco Business Times:
Wednesday,
July 1,
2009 -
Hope for spinal cord injury patients
- Alysse Einbender,49, of Wyncote, Pennsylvania is learning to stand and
walk again with the help of a device called the ReWalk.
6abc.com
Monday,
June 29,
2009
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Attention aspiring filmmakers! The Campaign for Disability
Employment, a newly-formed collaborative of leading disability
organizations, is sponsoring the What Can YOU Do? online video contest to
promote the talent and skills that people with disabilities bring to
America's workforce and economy. The contest is an opportunity for young -
and young-at-heart - filmmakers to promote positive change by illustrating
that at work, it's what people CAN do that matters.
The Campaign is looking for creative, fun, compelling video
public service announcements, of all genres, that will create positive
images of people with disabilities at work and help viewers re-think their
assumptions about people with disabilities and employment. The deadline for
entry is July 15, 2009. For more information, visit the www.jan.evu.edu/videocontest
Wednesday,
June 24,
2009
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You can be paid
$25.00 for the successful completion of a 20-30 minute online survey. If you
use an intermittent catheter (IC) as your primary method of continence care,
you may be eligible to participate in an online market research study on
continence care for persons with Spinal Cord Injury. If you are interested
in participating, go to the following website to complete the survey:
www.scimarketresearch.com
The Pain Files
Most Spinal Cord
Injured individuals suffer from pain, not all the same kind of pain, but
pain is pain is pain. Maybe and hopefully these sites listed here can help
relieve or get rid of pain: Miracles are welcomed. If you know of a pain
site that should be listed let us know. If you have a pain story of your
own let us know.
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professional before using any techniques discussed.
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updated resources, new features, links & more.
