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Not all rehabilitation is the same. What is needed for a new spinal cord injury? What are the clinical guidelines for rehab? What to do once the insurance runs out? This webinar will introduce you to the key elements of rehabilitation therapy, the rehab guidelines for people with SCI, and resources to stay healthy and/or extend rehab once you go home.
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Learn how you can have convenient and cost-effective 24/7 access to board certified doctors by web, phone or mobile app to address non-emergency, routine medical issues. When you can’t reach your primary care physician, skip the urgent aid office or the emergency room and talk to a Teladoc physician. If medically necessary, a prescription can be sent to your pharmacy. Teladoc offers both individual and family plans, each with two different pricing options to fit your budget. Teladoc’s service is not designed to treat complex, advanced, or chronic conditions associated with spinal cord injuries or disorders.
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Save for today’s needs or invest for tomorrow in a simple, affordable and tax-advantaged account that won’t impact certain disability benefits. ABLEnow accounts are made possible by the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, which authorized states to establish tax-advantaged ABLE savings programs. Join us to learn about ABLE accounts, the benefits of the ABLEnow program, and how to open your own ABLE account. If you’re interested in how you can achieve more independence, greater financial security and a better quality of life, you won’t want to miss this webinar. One of the fastest-growing ABLE programs in the country, ABLEnow is sponsored by the Commonwealth of Virginia and open to eligible individuals in all 50 states.
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Find out the latest on important policies that impact wheelchairs users and other people with disabilities as well as logistics related to United Spinal Association’s 7th annual Roll on Capitol Hill legislative advocacy event in Washington, DC. During this webinar our experienced policy and advocacy team will provide tips on completing a successful Capitol Hill visit with your representatives, other Members of Congress and your fellow advocates. We will also show you how to become a forceful voice for change in your own state as a grassroots advocate. Register now and join our Rolling Revolution to fight for disability rights!
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This webinar will focus on comprehensive rehabilitation after spinal cord injury and highlight required care guidelines provided by a spinal cord injury medical center. It will also cover critical questions such as how long a person with a new spinal cord injury should be in inpatient rehabilitation and what minimum essential equipment should individuals have when transitioning back into communities.
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United Spinal continues to hear of terrible experiences wheelchair users have with air travel. This webinar will highlight some solutions to problems wheelchair users have encountered at the airport so they can be better equipped to avoid future travel woes. Attendees will learn about important new bills in both the House and Senate that will amend The Air Carrier Access Act, which became law in 1986, and prohibits commercial airlines from discriminating against passengers with disabilities. Attendees will hear from Congressional staff handling these bills. Learn how to take back your air travel rights and about advocacy opportunities throughout the year, including Roll on Capitol Hill 2018, that will empower you to become a stronger self-advocate.
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Dr. Marcalee Alexander is known internationally in the field of Sexuality and Spinal Cord Injury. In this presentation she will provide a simple recipe for you to consider your own sexuality after SCI, what your potential is, how our unique backgrounds affect us and how our medical care may be impacting our ability for sexual satisfaction. She will also discuss issues of aging and how this impacts on all of our sexual lives.
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H.R. 620 would badly weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a critical source of rights for people with disabilities to architectural access in public accommodations—that is, businesses such as stores, restaurants, hotels. This webinar will explain the problems with H.R. 620 and suggest routes for advocacy. We need you—so learn about this bill, and fight it! Help save the ADA!
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This webinar will highlight a range of topics pertaining to adaptive automotive equipment for personal use and information for allied health care practitioners and other stakeholders in understanding and advocating for individuals seeking automotive vehicle modification solutions. In addition, it will educate consumers and caregivers about the unique process involved in evaluating and purchasing appropriate automotive options to fit specific accessibility needs. The webinar will also provide a high-level summary of available products and solutions from the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association’s Quality Assurance Program for people with disabilities who want to drive or be transported safely.
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A roundtable discussion with United Spinal wheelchair-using staff members on an issue that impacts many people with disabilities–poor air travel experiences!
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A Pooled Special Needs Trust (PSNT) is a cost effective and convenient way to set aside and preserve funds for individuals with special needs. Establishing a PSNT protects eligibility for Medicaid and SSI and can be a way to manage funds for people who may not be able to manage on their own. You’ll learn about PSNT types, how they work, how the funds in the trust can be used, and how to set one up. Minimum funding requirements are as low as $5,000 and administration and investment fees are lower than you might think. Join us for this informative webinar to learn more.
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This webinar provides resources to learn about Osteoporosis, a brittle bone disease that is highly prevalent among people living with long-term spinal cord injury or paralysis. It also highlights how to combat this common disease and what to do to keep your bones healthy as you age with SCI.
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Management strategies to ensure people with spinal cord injuries and disorders receive optimal care as they transition from hospitals and rehab facilities to home care setting. The webinar provides tips on improving patient care, customer service and cost outcomes, as well as insight on decreasing hospital re-admissions and health complications. Therapeutic and specialty beds, surfaces, and electric lifts customized to a person’s needs not diagnosis also highlighted. The webinar also offers resources and guidance for providing custom consultations, clinical documentation, patient advocacy, and insurance support.
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Details about the Disability Integration Act, a bill that, if passed, would create an absolute right for all people with disabilities to live in the community instead of being forced into institutional settings, such as nursing homes. Participants learn the specifics of the bill, and how this law would benefit people with spinal cord disabilities by ensuring services and supports needed are provided in a person’s home.
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This interview-style webinar discusses policies related to the provision of customized wheelchairs and related critical components. We cover effective ways that wheelchair users can work with their clinician team to submit the best documentation to meet their mobility needs. Also highlighted are tilt and recline and seat elevation features, in the home use and the clinical justification to achieve funding for medically necessary equipment and related components.
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This webinar introduces the first nutrition book ever created specifically for spinal cord injury (SCI) as well providing nutrition information such as nutrient deficiencies that people living with SCI are at risk of, why it is important to supplement, etc. Addressed are two specific secondary health issues: weight gain and pressure sores and case studies for each of these issues. Each topic includes specific foods to have and avoid, amounts/servings to consume, supplements and other dietary recommendations that will help improve your health and quality of life.
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Job interviews can be very intimidating when you’re living with a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D). What do you do if the interviewer offers a hand to shake your hand and you have limited arm movement? How do you convey your skills and qualifications to an interviewer who is not accustomed to working with people with disabilities? How do you answer questions the interviewer is not supposed to ask? This webinar provides strategies for answering these and other questions that emerge from job interviews for people with SCI/D.
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This webinar explores various work incentive programs available to help you return to work. This is the second in a series of webinars about returning to work or entering the workforce for the first time for people with spinal cord injuries.
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This webinar is the first in a series about returning to work or entering the workforce for the first time for people with spinal cord injuries. United Spinal Association is developing some programs to support return to work for its members. In this installment we will explore the role of work in peoples’ lives.
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Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
