Several conferences related to spinal cord injury (SCI) are coming up. Here are a few key details about these exciting events:The 56th Annual International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS) Annual Scientific Meeting will be happening in Dublin, Ireland this year on October 24-26, 2017. There are two weeks left to submit an abstract: http://www.iscos.org.uk/2017-annual-scientific-meetingThe 2017 Paralyzed Veterans of [...]
The Canadian Access & Inclusion Project is interested in your opinions, comments and recommendations to make Canada a more accessible and inclusive country. The project is led by Spinal Cord Injury Canada and includes 28 different disability organizations including the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. To participate in the online survey please click here - http://include-me.ca and look [...]
The popularity of yoga for persons with disabilities and other chronic illnesses is growing. Researchers at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and York University (Toronto, Ontario) have done some preliminary work evaluating the feasiblity and efficacy of Yoga in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) [study abstract], which has led to a recently completed clinical [...]
AccreditedOnlineColleges.org recently published the 2016 College Resources for Students with Disabilities. Since the Americans with Disabilities Act enacted in the late 90's, many social barriers have been removed or reduced, yet there is still a ways to go. In the course of their research, it was found that most student with disabilities were not fully aware [...]
At the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation website, there is some interesting research being highlighted on Epidural stimulation research for people with complete motor spinal cord injuries (SCI). This work is being led by Drs. Susan J. Harkema and Claudia Angeli, and their subjects have made some incredible improvements. See the video below: To learn more, go to: [...]
The Parapan Am Games will launch on August 7th in Toronto. The Games will feature 1,608 athletes from 28 countries competing in 15 sports.Dr. Gaétan Tardif , President, Canadian Paralympic Committee, and Program Medical Director, Toronto Rehab, talks about what it means for Canadian athletes to compete in Toronto. He encourages everyone to experience some [...]
The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation funded Spinal Cord Injury Ontario to develop and release a consumer guide for people with Spinal Cord Injury on preventing and treating pressure sores. This new guide is based on the 2013 Canadian Best Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers in People with Spinal Cord Injury. The guide contains valuable [...]
Dr. Luc Noreau and colleagues have recently published findings from a national survey describing the lives of Canadians with spinal cord injury (Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2014) The aims of this study were to determine the extent of met and unmet needs of people living with SCI and to describe the quality of [...]
The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation has posted an interesting tidbit about efforts to improve the care of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) Spinal Cord Injury: A Manifesto for Change is an unprecedented call to action and a plea for Canadian health-care providers and stakeholders to work in coordination to improve care and the health of people [...]