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Living With a Spinal Cord Injury - Other Places To Get Help

Online Resources

CareCure Community
Web Address: http://carecure.rutgers.edu/spinewire
 

The CareCure Community is a service provided by the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. It contains information on spinal cord injuries, research on spinal cord injuries, and a wide range of forums.


Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
United States Department of Justice
Web Address: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/
 

This Department of Justice Web site has links to all information about the legal rights of Americans who are in some way disabled. Legal rights to housing, employment, mobility, education, technology use, health care, and recreation are included, as well as the latest legal developments that affect people with disabilities.


disABILITY Information and Resources
Web Address: www.makoa.org
 

disABILITY Information and Resources is a Web site containing an extensive list of links to organizations and commercial sites of interest to the disabled. It includes links relating to clothing, computer accessibility, wheelchairs and other mobility products, legal and advocacy resources, travel and recreation resources, independent living, and more. The site was created and is maintained by a disabled individual.


Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
Web Address: www.spinalcord.uab.edu
 

The Spinal Cord Injury Information Network provides extensive information on spinal cord injuries, including information sheets and extensive links to more information and organizations that deal with spinal cord injuries.


Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center
Web Address: http://www.spinalinjury.net/index.html
 

This Web site was created and is maintained by a young man with a spinal cord injury. It is notable for up-to-date and frequently used bulletin boards on general spinal cord information, relationships and sexuality, research and rehabilitation, and caregiver information.


Organization

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
6701 Democracy Blvd.
Suite 300-9
Bethesda, MD  20817
Phone: 1-800-962-9629 (toll free)
(301) 214-4006 (voicemail)
Fax: (301) 881-9817
E-mail: info@spinalcord.org
Web Address: http://www.spinalcord.org
 

The National Spinal Cord Injury Association provides information and referral to individuals with new and existing spinal cord injuries and to their families. They sponsor chapters nationwide, and their Web site provides an extensive number of links to information and education on spinal cord injuries.


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Last Updated: February 22, 2007
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