Disability Awareness Initiative

Some indicative data from the UK that gives context to life and death

What I "signed up" for... Help us continue Dana’s work and legacy by making a donation today. Keep the hope alive and the millions of individuals living with paralysis.

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Adaptive Clothing Shakes Up the World

Everything Doesn't Happen For A Reason I emerge from this conversation dumbfounded. I've seen this a million times before, but it still gets me every time.  I’m listening to a man tell a story. A woman he knows was in a devastating car accident; her life shattered in an instant. She now lives in a state of near-permanent pain; a parapleg…

October is Spina Bifida awareness month....

Spina Bifida FAQ's: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About SB (updated 10/23/14) October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. For those that don't know, Spina Bifida is the #1 permanently disabling birth defect in the United States. More people are affected by it than muscular dyst...

‘Wheelchair Barbie’ Goes to the Gynecologist Asexual? No! OB-GYN visits can be replete with embarrassment for women with disabilities.

23 Things That People In Wheelchairs Have To Cope With Other people make it so difficult, don't they?

Assisted Su***de: Is It Really Su***de? The California State Assembly and Senate just passed, and forwarded to Governor Brown for his signature, a bill that that would make physician-assisted su***de legal in a state that apparently wants to keep up with its neighbors Oregon and Washington and three other states. Inclusion of this most populous state on the back of the "death with dignity" bandwagon, when or if it happens, assures that in time it will eventually be accepted as the law of the land in even more states. That will be a sad day in this supposed land of opportunity and equality.

Well done Chaeli!

No Limits — First Quadriplegic Woman Summits Kilimanjaro The morning air was bitter cold, the kind of chill that bites into your bones, and Chaeli Mycroft hadn’t slept a bit. She was exhausted. Her mind was spinning and she was nearly ready to give up on this challenge. It was a battle to convince herself to move forward.

Signs and Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy Signs and Symptoms of Cerebral Palsy There are some signs that may indicate a child has cerebral palsy. Not all signs are visible at birth and may become more obvious as babies develop. Babies Low ...

What happens to the spinal cord when it is injured? The American Spinal Injury Association provides a scale which indicates the level and severity of spinal cord injury. This is a method following the progress of individuals with spinal cord injury and of communication between professionals.