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Disability resource directory of disabled aids support products services advice 
Specific Disabilities Spinal Injury
Spinal cord injury SCI
Spinal cord injury information and advice. Every year, over 1,000 people sustain a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), and there are thought to be 40,000 people living with SCI in the UK alone.Spinal cord injury can occur from many causes.The degree of paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury depends on which part of the spinal cord is injured. Spinal injury higher up (closer to the head) cause more paralysis than those lower down the spinal cord. Find quadriplegic, tetraplegic and paraplegic rehabilitation details and programmes plus information on conditions, injury levels and related facts.
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Clampdown on disability bullying
May 14, 2008
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Boy receives artificial ears
May 4, 2008
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Gene therapy 'aids youth's sight'
Apr 28, 2008
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Disabled woman wins Tesco tyre pump case
Apr 25, 2008
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Lands End to John O'Groats by wheelchair
Apr 7, 2008
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Set up in 1974 in order to support people with spinal cord injury SCI.
Link Details | Report Broken LinkA national voluntary organisation concerned with new and long-term spinal cord injured people, their relatives and friends. Includes a brief description of the spine, SIS history details and related news.
Link Details | Report Broken LinkPersonal account of life as a tetraplegic. Contains community message boards, interactive chat and support as well as informative facts on dogs for the disabled.
Link Details | Report Broken LinkHoused at the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital in Aylesbury, provides patient centred multidisciplinary rehabilitation programmes and expertise to help patients return to maximum independence following illness or spinal injury.
Link Details | Report Broken LinkQuadriplegic facts and personal spinal injury stories from Penn a 38 yrs old Brixham UK wheelchair user.
Link Details | Report Broken LinkA UK charity helping those paralysed by a spinal cord injury and supporting the development of curative treatments. Includes an image gallery, events details and how to help.
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