United Spinal Association’s Wounded Warrior Project is our way of reaching out to young soldiers returning from Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots around the world who need medical care. Because of our extensive background advocating for veterans health care benefits, we know how important it is to reach out to these young vets. As […]

As we planned our name change and expanded mission, we realized that we needed to know more about our prospective constituency. In order to inform ourselves about the most common experiences and challenges shared by individuals with spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D), we commissioned Russell Research to conduct a random survey of this population. Last month, […]

TECHNOLOGY EDGE: The Bionic Human Is Coming! | John M. Williams
Remember TV’s Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman? Part human, part machine, these fictional cyborgs performed extraordinary feats. They had incredible strength, vision, speed, hearing, and leaping ability. While today’s cyborg technology may not provide people with disabilities these astonishing abilities, […]

by Jennifer M. Rodriguez and Dulce Aponte
New York City honored Veterans Day on Thursday, November 11 with parades, ceremonies, and an after-parade celebration on the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in Manhattan. Twenty-four United Spinal Association members and staff marched alongside the New York Police and Fire Departments, former POWs, Vietnam and Desert Storm Vets, the […]

by Donna Fredericksen
United Spinal Association held its Second Annual Veterans Leadership Brunch on Sunday, November 7, 2004, in Manhattan. The focus of this year’s event was “veterans helping veterans” and the resources available for soldiers returning from current conflicts around the world and reintegrating into civilian life. Over 75 representatives from the Bronx VA […]

by Jennifer M. Rodriguez
The new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) in New York City opened on Monday, October 18, 2004 with a swinging celebration. The festivities kicked off with a traditional New Orleans-style parade led by Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and consisting of members of the Lincoln […]

by Lori A. Wood
Nancy Becker-Kennedy speaks her mind. This is a good quality if you want to be a truth-telling playwright and actor, like Becker-Kennedy.
“My childhood was messed up,” she confesses. “I was a moody kid. I came from a broken home; my parents divorced when I was 13.”
Hardly the type to […]

by Lori A. Wood
At first glance, pressure ulcers can seem rather insignificant, compared to the other physical challenges that people with spinal cord impairment (SCI) face. In light of actor/activist Christopher Reeve’s recent death, this perception has been exposed as a fallacy. Pressure ulcers can be dangerous, even deadly, but the sad truth remains […]

by Terry Moakley
Since last April, when the Taxis For All Campaign staged a successful “roll-in” in front of Penn Station in New York City to emphasize the lack of wheelchair accessibility to the city’s massive yellow taxi system, significant progress has been made toward our goal of a fully accessible cab system.
Several weeks […]

by Lori A. Wood
This article is intended to provoke thought and discussion. The views expressed in it are not necessarily those of United Spinal Association or its employees. This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the ethics of euthanasia. Your written response to this series […]