Living Situations: Moving In With A Friend

Moving into your own apartment is an exciting experience. Finding a roommate that you really connect with only enhances that experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wntr1Aqd4c Karen and Sharon live in an apartment building with the assistance of Achieve Australia. At first, the two…

Nutrition And Weight Post SCI

Weight management is important after sustaining a spinal cord injury. The Shepherd Center provides the following tips for maintaining a healthy weight post-injury. Poor Appetite And Weight Gain “Initially after a spinal cord injury, you may experience a decrease in…

Nutrition After Spinal Cord Injury

Proper nutrition can help maintain many aspects of your health, especially for those with spinal cord injuries. Those aspects include bowel regularity, skin integrity, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease. It is important to consume nutrition from all…

Nutrition For Healthy Bowel Post SCI

Bowel health is extremely important after sustaining a spinal cord injury. Post SCI, your bowels may not function like they used to and nutrition becomes vital to help maintain bowel regularity. The Shepherd Center provides information about nutrition as a…

5 Life Hacks For Wheelchair Users

Life hacks are things that a person comes across that has the potential of making their life a little easier. Tiffiny Carlson, a quadriplegic and writer for SpinalCord.com, shares five life hacks for those newly injured with an SCI. Touch Lamps…

Advice About Living Life Post Spinal Cord Injury

Adapting to a new lifestyle after sustaining a spinal cord injury can be challenging. The Alan T. Foundation (ATFB) gathered advice from different community members about living life post-injury .“Most people who sustain spinal cord injury achieve successful adjustment and…

Five Life Lessons Learned From Using A Wheelchair

“Being a person with a disability is certainly an experience. There are good days, and there are a large number of struggles. That’s just the reality of it,” says Jenn Leisey, who has Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. She continues by saying…