North Carolina high school senior Amanda Crowe is gathering recipes for a unique new cookbook as part of a graduation project and she needs your help.
Amanda’s cookbook will be a compilation of recipes solicited exclusively from individuals with spinal cord injuries, family members, caregivers, therapists, or anyone involved with SCI. All proceeds from the sale […]

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EXECUTIVE MESSAGES: October 2007
Orlando Blooms
Knowledge Sharing

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: October 2007
An Artist Writes
MS Veterans
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Need for Knowledge
NEWSROOM: October 2007
Updated Human Rights Law in NY
Features

Conference 2007 Highlights
Here’s a small sample of what professionals and consumers learned at this year’s North American Spinal Cord Injury Conference and Disability Expo in […]

Orlando Blooms
We can all be very proud of United Spinal Association’s partnership with the three associations whose members gathered in Orlando in late August for the North American Spinal Cord Injury Conference and Disability Expo. Our partnership with spinal cord injury (SCI) doctors, nurses, psychologists, therapists, and social workers is strengthened by decades of […]

An Artist Writes
What a wonderful surprise! When I saw the June Action in the mailbox, I quickly went to the table of contents. I was overjoyed to see my work (‘A United Spinal Gallery’). I want to thank you for this opportunity to show off my best.
I am receiving great feedback from family […]

Last month we put a notice in Action for a DVD called Self-Care Independence that United Spinal Association made in association with the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx.The hour-long introduction to basic activities of daily living post-SCI has proven, beyond our expectations, to be a popular item . […]

Updated Human Rights Law in NY
United Spinal Association was pleased that New York Governor Elliot Spitzer signed into law a bill that significantly expands the rights of persons with disabilities. This new legislation will bring New York State’s Human Rights Law up-to-date to reflect the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) pertaining […]

Here’s a small sample of what professionals and consumers learned at this year’s North American Spinal Cord Injury Conference and Disability Expo in Orlando.
By Rob Ingraham and Tom Scott
Experimental Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury: What You Should Know
As the Internet’s explosive growth has expanded access to thousands, if not millions, of information […]

By Rob Ingraham and Tom Scott
Caregivers 101
With about 44 million people in America acting as caregivers for relatives, spouses, or friends with disabilities––and the looming retirement of over 75 million “baby boomers”––the issue of obtaining and sustaining competent caregivers is rapidly becoming a major question for families across the country.
To provide a basic overview […]

A researcher explains why he is optimistic about medical research—and why he thinks you should be too.
By William Bauman, MD
Have you ever appreciated medical care you received? If so, you know that medicine can make the difference between a good outcome and a bad one, and in the most dramatic instance, between life […]

Part 1 of a 3-part series on understanding and coping with spasticity.

By Rob Ingraham
Spasticity, the sudden, involuntary muscle contractions characteristic of many people with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI), is a complex secondary condition that, paradoxically, is a debilitating, painful burden for some, but an unexpected advantage for negotiating activities of daily living […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and time to remember that even women with spinal cord injuries are at risk.
By EM Treston

I try to follow guidelines set up by the medical community so when I turned 40, it was time for a mammogram. The only time I saw a mammogram machine was on […]

By Scott Chesney

• How do I stay motivated living with paralysis?

• Why would a company want to hire a person with a disability?

• What steps do I need to take in planning an accessible vacation?

• Can I still be sexual with SCI? How?

• How am I going to be an effective parent now that […]

By Tamar Adsedo Sherman

Once you’ve got a basic résumé in order (see July 2007 Working World), you might be tempted to send it out, as is, to every conceivable job listing you find in the newspaper or on the Internet. It’s so easy these days just to click that button on careerbuilder.com or monster.com and […]

By Rosemarie Rossetti, PhD

I remember coming into my kitchen in my wheelchair for the first time after my spinal cord injury nine years ago. I was wearing a neck collar and body brace to stabilize my spine after surgery. I went to the kitchen sink to get a glass of water. The glasses were stored […]

By Kathleen M. Muldoon

Yvette Silver www.yvettesilver.com

Happy Halloween! Now, I’m sure that most of you reading this column think you’re past the “kid stuff” of Halloween—the costumes, the trick or treating— all that’s for little kids, right? Well, yes, maybe that part of it. But I’ll bet few of you know that for us “older […]

Subway Series at Shea: United Spinal Mets bat against the United Spinal Yankees in the 2007 Major League Wheelchair Softball Tournament in New York City in September.

Wheelchair Softball Hits Homerun at Shea
The rainy weather wasn’t going to dampen the spirits of the fans who came out to watch the final game of the […]