Facing Disability: Paralysis and Spinal Cord Injury Support
On Demand Resources and Support
FacingDisability.com, a program of the Hill Foundation, connects families coping with paralysis after spinal cord injury to real-life experiences and medical expertise they can trust.
The organization offers on-demand medical expert interviews, personal video stories, a wheelchair-kid podcast series, and a private peer support community for people with spinal cord injuries and their families.
Paralysis & Spinal Cord Injury Medical Expert Interviews
Spinal Cord Injury Basics — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/spinal-cord-injury-101 · 19 Q&A videos
Bedsores (Pressure Ulcers) — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/preventing-pressure-sores · 24 Q&A videos
Transition from Hospital to Home — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/transition-from-hospital-to-home · 15 Q&A videos
Rehabilitation Basics — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/the-basics-of-sci-rehabilitation · 14 Q&A videos
Sex and Fertility After SCI — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/sex-and-fertility-after-sci · 23 Q&A videos
Emotional and Social Adaptations — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/substance-abuse-and-sci · 9 Q&A videos
Adapting to a New Spinal Cord Injury — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/coping-with-a-new-injury · 12 Q&A videos
Social Life in a Wheelchair — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/adjusting-to-social-life-in-a-wheelchair · 11 Q&A videos
Family Life Changes — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/how-family-life-changes-after-sci · 15 Q&A videos
Peer Counseling — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/how-peer-counseling-works · 11 Q&A videos
Taking Control of Your Life — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/empowering-the-patient-after-sci · 12 Q&A videos
Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Basics — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/pediatric-spinal-cord-injury-101 · 11 Q&A videos
Child Development After Pediatric SCI — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/transitions-for-children-with-sci · 18 Q&A videos
Individualized Pediatric Rehabilitation — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/the-basics-of-pediatric-sci-rehabilitation · 31 Q&A videos
Family Life After Pediatric Injury — https://facingdisability.com/expert-topics/family-life-after-pediatric-spinal-injury · 12 Q&A videos
Rehabilitation Therapies (Psychological, OT, Social Work, PT, Sports & Recreation) — https://facingdisability.com/spinal-cord-injury-experts · 21 national experts interviewed
On-Demand Video & Podcast Series
Personal Interview Videos: Real People, Real Experiences — https://facingdisability.com/spinal-cord-injury-videos · video stories from people living with SCI
“Voices of Experience” Video Series — https://facingdisability.com/voices-of-experience-videos · new interview series
Podcast: “I Was a Wheelchair Kid” — https://facingdisability.com/podcasts · 9 episodes; also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music
Community & Peer Support
Private Facebook Support Group — https://facingdisability.com/join-the-conversation · closed, always-accessible peer community for people with SCI and their family members; members post and reply on their own time (not a staffed hotline); screening questions required to join
Resource Library
Paralysis and Spinal Cord Injury Resource Guide — https://facingdisability.com/resources · 600+ curated resources
FacingDisability.com — https://facingdisability.com · main website
About FacingDisability.com
FacingDisability.com is a program of the Hill Foundation, a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation established by Robert Hill and Thea Flaum and based in Chicago, Illinois.
Its mission is to connect families dealing with spinal cord injuries to the life experiences of others and to provide trustworthy medical information and resources.
The site serves individuals with paralysis and spinal cord injury and their families nationwide.
Content is developed with medical experts from major rehabilitation institutions including Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Craig Hospital, Shepherd Center, and Mayo Clinic, and includes video interviews, a podcast series, and a curated resource library.
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