Events

Your Medicaid Matters: Fighting Against Efforts to Reduce Funding, Benefits and Eligibility

Medicaid is a lifeline for 9 million Americans with disabilities. Although only 15 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries are people with disabilities, they consume 43 percent of overall Medicaid spending.

For these individuals, Medicaid is the primary public source of funding for long-term services and supports, whether provided in nursing or intermediate care facilities, as [...]

United Spinal Teams Up With Cornell To Host Free ADA Training Webinars

Our Accessibility Services program teams up with Cornell University to host free ADA training webinars for architects, ADA coordinators, and building owners. [...]

Able to Travel Hosts Accessible Travel Workshop at Abilities Expo

Able to Travel hosts workshop for travelers with disabilities at Abilities Expo-Atlanta. Able to Travel will be presenting at all the remaining Abilities Expo this year! [...]

‘From Within’ Conference Planning Underway

For the past two years, United Spinal has hosted a unique conference in New York to empower women living with disabilities. Planning for 2012 is underway and we are pleased to announce Ginny Thornburgh will be our keynote speaker. [...]

Celebrating Active Living

There will be plenty to explore at this year’s Independence Expo-Orlando, from cutting-edge wheelchair technology to planning the accessible vacation of your dreams. [...]

Spectacular Kids, Spectacular Sports

It was a fun-filled day for kids with disabilities and their families at this year’s Kids Sports Spectacular in Philadelphia. [...]

Inspiration in Motion

People of all ages gathered for the 3rd annual Independence Expo sponsored by United Spinal Association, to learn about the newest technologies, services and accessories to benefit wheelchair users and other individuals with disabilities. [...]

Summit Empowers People with Disabilities to Pursue Rewarding Careers

On April 21st, United Spinal hosted its Disability Leadership and Policy Summit at Temple University’s Student Center in Philadelphia, PA to address employment issues facing people with disabilities, including students, veterans, and wheelchair users. [...]

A Child’s Dreams are Ours Too

Every kid dreams big as they discover the world around them. For kids who use wheelchairs, those big dreams can get lost. United Spinal believes that by helping make a child’s dreams a reality, it will lead them down the path to a productive and meaningful adulthood. [...]

Young Wheelchair User Promotes Safe Driving Among Florida Teens

Katie Mathews, Jr. Miss Wheelchair Florida 2010, is on a mission to raise awareness among Florida’s teen drivers about the dangers of being distracted by cell phones while driving.

In 2006, at the age of 16, Katie was paralyzed from the chest down when the driver of the vehicle she was riding in was listening to directions on a cell phone and lost control. [...]

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