Spinal Cord Injury

The Foundation works with consumers, researchers, practitioners and decision-makers to create not only a research agenda but also on creating the necessary changes to reduce and/or eliminate devastating injuries to the spinal cord and brain.  It also provides services and programs which help to improve the quality of life for those Ontarians living with a neurotrauma injury.

The purpose of this website is to help people, who have sustained a spinal cord injury, become more fully autonomous and productive members of their communities. This resource is for individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury and for their caregivers. Featured on the website are the latest clinical spinal cord research studies that require participants, home care services and various events in the Toronto area.

Spinal Cord Injury Canada (formerly the Canadian Paraplegic Association) has been helping Canadians with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities, and their families to adapt and achieve independence, self -reliance and full community participation.

It can be hard to learn to manage your health when you have an SCI, especially if you can’t find simple and clear explanations of what you can do to look after yourself. This guide is trying to increase access to research and education by describing the experts’ recommendations in everyday language, and using pictures to explain important points of preventing bedsores and dealing with them.