The Power of Advocacy
Change is made by the people who speak up. That’s the most important principle of advocacy. People can believe very strongly in a principle or an idea, but unless they express it, those with the power to make that idea…
District Mobilization Challenge – Rolling for United Spinal
In July, United Spinal announced our District Mobilization Challenge – a contest to sign up as many advocates as possible to our Grassroots Advocacy Network. Prizes were awarded to chapters for the state with the most advocates, the congressional district…
Meet Annie: Our New Grassroots Advocacy Manager
My name is Annie Streit, and I reside in Angola, IN. I graduated from Ball State University with a teaching degree in Social Studies Education. In 2015, I began my career as a children’s book author and motivational speaker. I…
There Must Be Equal Wheelchair Access For People With Disabilities
Urge your Representative to sign on the Congressional Letter to Protect Access for People with Disabilities, a bipartisan letter to CMS to ensure people with disabilities who use complex manual wheelchairs are treated the same as those using complex power wheelchairs,
Support Caregivers to Ensure People with Disabilities Remain at Home
As we all struggle to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic as stay-at-home orders continue to be enforced, it is critical that people with disabilities have the resources necessary to remain in their homes and not in nursing homes, where…
President’s Budget Cuts to Disability Programs and Services
The President’s budget proposal, which was released last month, lists various disability programs and services for potential cuts.
Power of Grassroots Advocacy
After years of speaking out about the critical importance of specialized wheelchair components, United Spinal Association and its members celebrated the close of last year’s legislative session with a huge win.
A Separate Medicare Complex Rehabilitation Technology Benefit Is Needed
Complex rehab technology affects all people living with spinal cord injuries and disorders. Although the term may not be familiar to everyone, “complex rehab technology”–or properly configured wheelchairs and other mobility equipment–is critical to our quality of life and independence.…
Air Travel Wins But We Need to Keep the Pressure On
Congratulations to all of you for helping to change air travel for the better for people with disabilities. As of the Fall of 2018, new consumer protections were signed into law by the President to: Increase civil penalties for bodily…
Support the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities
Institutionalization remains a serious problem for people with disabilities. United Spinal supports the Disability Integration Act (S. 117/H.R. 555) which addresses this serious problem by specifying in Federal Statute that people with disabilities have a federally protected right to a…