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.

Combining Dr. Alpert’s clinical experience with patients’ own stories, this guide is for individuals and their families who must climb back from injury. It provides sound advice for the young couple, both quadriplegic, who wish to conceive and raise a child; for the paraplegic dad who wants to teach his daughter to drive; for the couple wondering how they can regain the sexual spark in their relationship.

This A-Z guide for all you need to know about every aspect of living with mobility impairment. This unique book offers an initial road map to the lifelong, complex, and fascinating road of the disability experience. The book is full of practical advice, from wheelchair selection to intimacy, personal hygiene and accessibility issues.

This overview of spinal cord injury and its treatment is an essential reading for all patients desiring a better quality of life and for family members and caregivers who need a better understanding of this condition and its effects. This informative book explains the anatomy of the spine, the results of injury and the treatment and management issues encountered during rehabilitation.