Spinal Cord Injury Update
Winter 2008: Volume 17, Number 1
- Building a Life after Teenage SCI
Spinal cord injured in a car accident at age 17, Tammy Wilber went on to finish high school and build a busy life of college, work, friendship, fun and service to others.
- Reader Survey Results
Our readers tell us what they think of our newsletter, SCI Update.
- Experimental treatment for SCI: Watch out!
How can you decide whether an experimental treatment or a research study is safe and worthwhile? Guidelines from the International Campaign for Cures of Spinal Cord Injury Paralysis (ICCP) can help you determine the risks and benefits for yourself.
- Have you heard from our research staff lately?
We would like to reconnect with people who have been past participants in our long-term study of individuals with SCI, but who have not been contacted for a follow-up interview in the last five years.
- SCI Forums
- Universal Fitness
Cathy Warms, PhD, ARNP, CRRN, at the UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, explains what you can do to increase your fitness, regardless of your injury level. - Watch SCI Forum videos online
Eight of our SCI Forum presentations are now available for viewing on your computer as streaming video. - SCI Forum reports
Read reports of SCI Forums on a wide variety of topics related to living with SCI.
- Download a printer-friendly version of this newsletter ( 646kb PDF).