Caregiving, whether by a family member or professional, is a complicated subject. Here are some basics of what you need to know about this often necessary relationship.

By Rob Ingraham
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 […]

Parents of children with SCI ask themselves not only when to let their children go, but how, and even whether to let go at all.
By E.M. Treston
Statistics show the average age at which a person sustains a spinal cord injury (SCI) is between 17 and 25, a time in life when the young […]

By Linda A. Cronin
Providing care for a loved one takes a huge emotional toll on a person. Studies reveal caregivers of a parent experience symptoms of depression twice the rate of the general population, according to the Journal of Public Health. For caregivers of a spouse, the rate is six times higher. Caregivers are […]

By Richard L. Bruno
When people talk about caring for someone with a disability, you often hear of caregivers getting burned out. When it comes to caring for polio survivors, it’s the polio survivor who often gets burned—not out, but up.
Many polio survivors get angry when it’s suggested that they ask others for help. […]

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 […]

By William Peace, PhD

In 2005, I wrote a series of columns for this magazine about parenthood and disability. Each column had a specific theme that addressed issues I have encountered as a single father with a disability raising my son. (If you’re interested, you can read them on-line at by clicking on “Parenting” in […]

Giving Care
I’m grateful that you are now including articles on the family caregiver (Giving Care, by Linda R. Cronin, August 2006). Once the invisible partner, family caregivers are now being seen as the backbone of the Caregiving industry. We here in Arizona are working furiously on changing the face of the industry.
Through standardizing the […]

Jonathan Wolpaw, MD, surveyed the state of brain-computer interfaces
in his keynote address to the American Paraplegia Society.

Spinal cord health care professionals make this year’s conference in Las Vegas one to remember, setting the bar high for next year’s meetings in Orlando.

By Rob Ingraham and Chris Pierson

“I never thought I would wax sentimental about the […]

By Linda A. Cronin
An important and frequently overlooked part of the caregiving process is taking care of the caretaker. According to the Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA, www.caregiver.org), 52 million informal and family caregivers provide care to someone aged 20 or more with a disability or who is ill. Family members also continue to be […]