Policy Spotlight:
We advocate for public policies that ensure equal rights and opportunities for people living with spinal cord injury or disease and wheelchair users.
United Spinal Association’s policy priorities focus resources and expertise on advancing opportunities, social equity, and disability rights for all people living with a spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) and all wheelchair users.
Accessible Parking
United Spinal Association is addressing the nationwide shortage of accessible parking through education and advocacy. We offer resources like a comprehensive parking guide and law enforcement kits while calling for updated ADA standards to better accommodate the growing disability community.
Air Travel
United Spinal launched a critical advocacy effort to improve air travel for people with SCI/D and all wheelchair users. Learn how you can support safe air travel for passengers with disabilities and read our guide Navigating the Friendly Skies for tips and tricks when traveling by air.
Ground Transportation
Thirty-three years after the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals with disabilities continue to face systemic discrimination and a lack of accessible transportation options. Transportation is a core component of independent living.
Improved Care Support
The disability community lacks the adequate support needed to live their lives independently in their homes and in their communities. Necessary and life-saving changes need to happen in the home and community care support landscape.
Medicaid For Disabled Workers
United Spinal Association is launching a multi-state campaign to implement or enhance Medicaid programs for disabled workers. These programs are an optional state Medicaid benefit group for workers with disabilities who have earnings in excess of traditional Medicaid rules.
Roll on Capitol Hill
Roll on Capitol Hill is our annual signature policy event that supports key advocacy priorities for the disability community, including veterans, to ensure that legislators include wheelchair users and all people with disabilities in policy debates on Capitol Hill.
Wheelchairs
Our community knows how important the right wheelchair is to our independence. We face daily challenges to getting the right wheelchair, battling our insurance policies and experiencing delays in obtaining the equipment we need.