Written by: Dan Nwosu When the unexpected happens and life as one knows it is thrown for a loop, what do we do? Who do we become? What is left of our old self? Those are some of the thoughts that have run through the minds of many that have sustained spinal cord injuries. However,...Continue Reading

Written by: Dr. Kim Anderson As part of the MetroHealth Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model Systems program, we are participating in a multi-center collaborative study being led by the Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center in Los Angeles, California.  This study is about bowel function, which we know is very important to many people living with...Continue Reading

My spinal cord injury (SCI) happened in September 2015.  I was a passenger in a truck that went through a stop sign at a T in the road.  We hit a telephone pole going 60 mph, and the guy in the backseat was not wearing a seatbelt and flew forward into the back of me. ...Continue Reading

In our Summer 2022 Connections Newsletter, we introduced a brand new column, titled Roundtable Discussion.   In this column, we are interviewing people living with spinal cord injuries, asking about their tips, tricks, and learning experiences.  We want to elevate the conversation from resilience to relevant.  For this second article, we asked a few people, “How...Continue Reading

Megan Hammond, Chapter President I have already been hard at work in 2023.  The Chapter had many generous donations in 2022, and have started giving them away!  I have already placed a power wheelchair, portable ramp, bed rail, closed system catheters, and manual wheelchair with new owners.  We still have another manual wheelchair, 6 different...Continue Reading