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3 men and a woman in wheelchairs at a baseball game.

About Us

Service to the spinal cord injury community is what motivates our mission.

Casting Call

Casting Call for FADE by OPEN DOORS Reality Poets.

Funding for Artists

Funding available to get your big idea off the launching pad.

May Podcast

Have you tuned in to the monthly United Spinal podcast yet? Each month Chapter leaders moderate a panel discussion on topics of interest and they […]

Young man in a wheelchair plays adaptive video game while young man standing behind him watches.

E-Sports

E-Sports, competitive video gaming, has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Global companies and traditional professional sports leagues like ESPN, Disney and the NBA getting in […]

Photo of Dr. Wise Young a quote from him: "we have embarked on one of the most ambitious jouneys in human history: to achieve something that was deemed impossible."

Stem Cell Clinical Trial

The W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University-New Brunswick announced on March 6, 2019, that the FDA has approved the first US […]

Illustration of exoskeleton device helping a man crawl.

Exoskeleton Innovation

Exoskeletons have proven to be amazing tools in the recovery process for people with spinal cord injuries, allowing many of us to stand and walk […]

Group of wheelchair users smiling in front of the US Capitol.

Advocacy Task Force

The NYC Spinal Advocacy Task Force has been set-up to ensure that the voices of people with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities are heard […]

group of smiling young people surrounding a young woman laying on a surfboard.

Empowering Gabrielle

Empower SCI is like summer camp meets a second round of inpatient rehab meets college life.