Dear Community. The year 2023 is now drawing to a close, But the end is not in sight, it continues now... What remains are memories that are ultimately for the future, The treasure of darkness. Whether magical moments or moments of doubt, Shou...

Hello dear friends of the Community, today we are talking about the rights that a disabled person enjoys in Switzerland. It can happen quickly from one second to the next or even from one day to the next, whether due to an accident or an illness, li...

Hi there, I wanted to share a TED talk with you which I watched a while ago and which I find excellent. I myself am a bit of a complex case, and when doctors get in touch with my case, there is always a lot of insecurity and unknown. Doctors' reacti...

Dear community friends, today we are talking about catheterization and drinking protocol. Who doesn't know this: When you have a checkup for your bladder, such as a urodynamic examination, the doctors often want you to keep a log for at least 3 day...

Hello dear community Lately, fake news, spam and fraudulent attempts with emails and fake profiles on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Co. are increasing. As a former systems analyst and computer scientist, I've also fought cyberc...

Hello my dear community friends.  As promised, I'm trying news tips and tricks that can also be helpful for one or the other. Today we talk about sleepless nights Sleepless nights are the "order of the night", whether due to spasms or other p...

Hello everyone After much research and countless alleged special backpacks for wheelchair users, I have always come to the conclusion that they: A: Are expensive and the only advantage is that you can easily attach them to the wheelchair, but in th...

Dear community - Following the earthquake, the number of newly injured people requiring wheelchairs and crutches has multiplied in Turkey and Syria. GADRA (global alliance for disaster resource acceleration) collaborates with other disaster recovery...

Dear Community Users, As announced in this blog post, the migration to the new community interface is happening shortly. Therefore the Community will be on “stand-by” mode for a few days starting tomorrow, June 25th – i.e. you can continue to acc...

Why and what? The olden people are still lived age upto hundred years now the age was limited upto sixty to fifty years in past there or least disease now there are many disease "why and what" will be the reason Because, I'm asking for the future g...

Dear Community "The results, published in Nature and Nature Neuroscience today, are dramatic. All three patients recovered some degree of walking ability, and their progress in physical-therapy sessions has translated to improved mobility in t...

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Hello everyone! I met a person with SCI who works in Geneva for a few months. She speaks perfectly English and Spanish and would like to meet someone to go handbiking together in the Geneva area. Would you like some company for your handbike rides...

Hi everyone, I am currently conducting an online survey to collect data for my master thesis. The thesis deals with a digital device called inContAlert and its influence on quality of life. inContAlert measures the bladder filling level continuously...

Ladies and gentleman We are currently writing our final thesis. We decided to focus on the topic "Autnonomy in the wheelchair". To get more information we have decided to create a survey for wheelchair useres. We are both very interested in the auto...

The Community Team wishes you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year full of love and happiness! Thank you for making this Community such a wonderful place! Best wishes and happy holidays, Julia on behalf of the Community Team ...

Hi there, it's not always easy to explain what it's like to live with a chronic disability. A while ago, I found two analogies which find a way of explaining and which I'd like to share with you. The "Gorilla in your house" analogy The ...

Dear all I recently came across a stair climbing electric wheelchair. http://www.scewo.ch In their videos and advertisement the product looks awesome. Did anyboy here allready test the Scewo or see it at an exebition?? Or does anybody here have expe...

Hi,my name is Marco and I have a C4-C5 SCI.On the 20th of April I received an operation in St. Gallen to remove some of the scar tissue of injury to reduce the spasmi, the doctors told me i would feel a change in perception within the first months, b...

Hi,I'm now going on to 5 months post my SCI. Maybe I'm just impatient but I need to get some advise. Here comes my story... December I had a motocross injury and fractured my spine in 2 places, T6 & T8.I was discharged beginning February. Just b...