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In this newsletter you will find:

  • Advocacy Update
  • A Good Read
  • Group Information
  • For Sale/Donations
  • GBC YouTube
  • Event Flyers

Upcoming Events: 

  • Virtual Discussion Groups via Zoom! All Meeting Information below. Women's, Kid's, Nutrition & SCI, Significant Other's, Grupo de Apoyo en Español!, Newly Injured, After Dark: Wives & Girlfriends, After Dark: Men with SCI/D, SCI/D Discussion, and Family Social Hour.
  • Thursday, March 4th, During our SCI/D Group: Learn the facts about the COVID-19 vaccines, How to get them, and any updates you need to know!
  • Spinal Source: Paralysis Nutrition, Saturday, March 20th, 2021, 11am-1pm;

     Fatimah Fakhoury, MS RDN CDN is the founder of the Paralysis Nutrition Program and author of The Paralysis Nutrition Cookbook: 101 Recipes to Help You Lose Weight & Improve Bowel Issues. A Registered Dietitian and firm believer in the power of healthy eating, she was inspired by her husband, Ray, who is quadriplegic, to focus on providing services specifically to people living with paralysis and spinal cord injury, who have unique nutritional needs and concerns. An amateur yogi and passionate home cook, Fatimah lives in New York with her husband and two young children. Click Here or see the flyer below for more details!

We do not, and have never, charged for our services. We rely on donations, sponsors and grants to fund our peer programs.

 If we made a difference in your life or that of someone you love, consider a gift to allow us to continue to assist others as we assisted you.

Helpful Websites

United Spinal Association Resources and Webinars

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Resources and Webinars

Informative Webinars: Living with an SCI

Facing Disabilities: for families facing spinal cord injuries

New Mobility Magazine

Spaulding New England Regional SCI Model System

ReUse DME Website: Refurbished Durable Medical Equipment

 Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System Informative Webinars 

AbleThrive: Curated Content Just for You

 

Advocacy Update

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Interested in getting notifications about our advocacy efforts or being an advocate on the state or national level? Click here to receive email alerts from our advocacy representatives!

 

A Good Read

New Approach for Brain-Controlled Wheelchairs Could Achieve 99% Driving Accuracy

“A Portuguese study has shown for the first time that it is possible to achieve a highly reliable and nearly 100% brain computer interface system for use in brain-controlled wheelchairs, without imposing a high mental workload on the user.
A brain computer interface, or BCI, is a direct communication pathway between a wired brain and an external device that makes it possible to send commands through brain signals without requiring muscle activity. These interfaces have many clinical and non-clinical applications, including motorized wheelchairs…”

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Virtual Discussion Groups

Join us for one or more of our virtual support groups that meet your needs as an individual, family member, or significant other affected by a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D). Our many virtual groups offer opportunities for open discussion, support, and resources. Click the button below to access more information and the zoom links!

For Sale/Donation

Are you looking for or do you have Durable Medical Equipment, Assitive Technology, Adapted Vehicles or an Accessible Home for sale? Send us pictures and information about the item(s) to info@sciboston.org and we will post it on our website and social media. *PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT THE SELLER AND DO NOT HAVE POSSESSION OF THE ITEMS. WE PURELY POST ITEMS TO CONNECT SELLERS WITH INTERESTED BUYERS.

Click the button below to see what's currently available!

Our YouTube Channel

We would like to invite you to check out our YouTube channel! We have already uploaded a few videos including some of our Spinal Source Educational Webcasts and History of Portraiture in Art Part I and II taught by our very own Brogan Joe Murphy! If you missed any of those events and would like to check them out, they're available now! Make sure to subscribe to the channel to get updated when new videos are uploaded and it would help us out if you liked and commented on the videos too. Click the button below to watch!

 
 
 
 

 Click on the flyer to join the meeting on March 20th!

 

Greater Boston Chapter of United Spinal Association
2 Rehabilitation Way  | Woburn, Massachusetts 01801
(617) 952-5643 | info@sciboston.org

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