Spinal Cord Injury

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The mission of the association is:

(a) to promote and establish standards of excellence for all aspects of health care of individuals with spinal cord injury from onset throughout life.
(b) to educate members, other healthcare professionals, patients and their families as well as the public on all aspects of spinal cord injury and its consequences in order to prevent injury, improve care, increase availability of services and maximize the injured individual's potential for full participation in all areas of community life.
(c) to foster research which aims at preventing spinal cord injury, improving care, reducing consequent disability, and finding a cure for both acute and chronic SCI.
(d) to facilitate communication between members and other physicians, other health care professionals, researchers and consumers.

Foundation for Spinal Care Injury Prevention, Care and Cure

The Foundation is a non-profit educational group dedicated to the prevention, care and cure of spinal cord injuries through public awareness, education and funding research. The site provides or links to many resources on SCI.

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

"[Members] work with local and national officials and agencies to develop better programs and services and act as community advocates for improved access, housing, transportation, employment, and leisure time activities for disabled people. Peer support and other services are also provided. These are fundamental aspects of living that 500,000 people with spinal cord injuries or diseases must cope with after they have been rehabilitated and have returned to community life."

SCI Support Network

"The Spinal Cord Injury Support Network is an volunteer organization of people living with a spinal cord injury. Our purpose is to help others with a SCI toward independent lives through the sharing of information. Our goals are: to create programs that help newly injured individuals re-integrate into their communities, to maintain an information network that will provide answers to practical questions, as well as advocacy on issues of common concern. Our Philosophy is based on an independent living, self help model. While our primary focus is to help people with a spinal cord injury, we will never loose our recognition that we are a part of a larger community of people with disabilities."

Spinal Cord Injury Information Network

"The Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (RRTC) conducts research and training in the prevention and treatment of secondary conditions of spinal cord injury."

Resource Centers

Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center: "Welcome to The Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center. A vast amount of information helping to explain basic anatomy, physiology, and the complications resulting from a spinal cord injury. Including sections on recent research news, tips on finding a rehabilitation center, a chat room, and much more."
The Circle of Friends: "...an online community for spinal cord injuries..."

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