• The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

  • The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

  • The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

  • The online Community for people with spinal cord injury, their relatives and friends

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In “About the Community” you will find information about this Community: FAQs, legal guidelines, and tips to find your way around the Community. You can also ask questions and contribute your own ideas.

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Getting up happens in your head No matter if you roll or walk – life is what you make of your opportunities. You can make your own decisions....
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Welcome to our Community! Here, you’ll find open ears, discussions, advice from people like you: people with spinal cord injury as well as their...
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Welcome on the new Community!
Dear Community users, Welcome on the new Community! We are thrilled to welcome you back 😊 As mentioned before in this blog post, here you’ll...
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Crip Camp on Netflix: relive the disability...
Looking for a new Netflix show to watch? Check out "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution", a new documentary about Camp Jened: a summer camp for...
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Globi, robots and Swiss Paraplegic Centre: a new...
Globi is on an adventure again! This time the popular Swiss cartoon character makes his first visit to Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPC) in Nottwil. He...
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The world’s first MSc program in disability,...
Disability innovation is more than just a good idea. We’ve heard enough stories how disability innovations can go wrong with unrealistic...
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Handbiking together in the Geneva area?
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Reminder: Migrating to the new Community interface
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Julia
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Merry Christmas
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Johannes
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Spinal-cord stimulation allows three paralyzed men to walk with assistance
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odyssita
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Explaining what life with a chronic disability is like
Hi cAro, all the best for your research! I am very curious to hear about the results once they are being published. Thank you for researching this...
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Wheelie
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Scewo
Good news for all who would like to try out the Scewo by themselves: according the Scewo constructors, the feedback on their invention was so...
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Life after operation
Dear Marco!   If the raising headaches are new and lasting for days despite of the medication you have been taken for months after operation...
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Dear Neil!   There are many reasons that are influencing the choice of a Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre. I have seen many of them...
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Wheelchair covers that spark conversations and connections
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lorenzo.deluigi 2020-06-29 In Travel & Leisure
Accessible summer activities in Romandie
Looking for outdoor activities in Western Switzerland? There are plenty of opportunities!
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kitwan
kitwan 2020-07-02 In Society
Wheelchair users’ game of thorns
The fight for personal space, safety and independence
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Anatomy and physiology of respiration
Breathing is the most normal thing in the world for us. We hardly think about it, even though we breathe in and out about 20,000 times per day. We breathe more when we are active and exerting ourselves, and we breathe less when we are...
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Social skills increase quality of life
Today strawberry yogurt is on Anna’s* grocery list. In front of the dairy section she notices that she cannot reach the yogurt sitting in a wheelchair. Many stressed people are rushing through the crowded store during rush hour and she does not...
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Mobilisation / Transferring
What do I need to consider with regard to the shoulders? The shoulder is the most heavily-strained joint with regard to mobilisation – that applies to sitting up and transferring. It is therefore important to protect the shoulders whenever it is...
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2020-05-12 In Latest
Crip Camp on Netflix: relive the disability revolution in the 70s
Looking for a new Netflix show to watch? Check out "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution", a new documentary about Camp Jened: a summer camp for youngsters with disabilities back in the early...
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2020-05-19 In Latest
Globi, robots and Swiss Paraplegic Centre: a new book!
Globi is on an adventure again! This time the popular Swiss cartoon character makes his first visit to Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPC) in Nottwil. He visits his friend Nik who rehabilitates at SPC...
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2020-06-08 In Latest
The world’s first MSc program in disability, design and innovation
Disability innovation is more than just a good idea. We’ve heard enough stories how disability innovations can go wrong with unrealistic expectations and insufficient market research. This needs to...
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