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We have a wealth of knowledge to share with you about living with a spinal cord injury (SCI), and have pulled this together in this section to help you access the information you need, when you need it.

Peer Support Education Series: Pain Management

Pain after spinal injury can leave you tired, irritable, depressed and unable to do even the most basic of tasks...

Bone Mineral Status in Paraplegic Patients Who Do or Do Not Perform Standing

Bone mineral density was assessed at the lumbar spine, the proximal femur and the femoral shaft.

Indications for a Home Standing Program for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

Additional analyses were conducted on a recently published survey of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) who used standing mobility...

Disability, Dating, Sex, and Relationships Roundtable

A roundtable discussion about disability and sex. Hosted by Hannah Witton.

The Spinal Cord – Dr. Mike Todorovic

In this video, Dr Mike explains topics such as anatomy of the spinal cord, sensory matter and motor matter

Disability After Dark Podcast – Andrew Gurza

The Disability After Dark Podcast was launched in September 2016, completely independently by Andrew Gurza.

A summary of key statistics for spinal cord injury, estimate information on how many people have a spinal cord injury in Australia and information on the economic cost of spinal cord injury.

A 2020 report commissioned by Spinal Cure Australia and icare, and prepared by AlphaBeta Australia titled Spinal Cord Injury in Australia reported that approximately 20,800 Australians lived with a spinal cord injury (SCI) at the time of publication.

Also from the report, the most common cause of spinal cord injury in Australia is traumatic causes. 81% of SCIs in people under 65 results from traumatic causes, such as falls, road accidents, and sports injuries. In those over 65, non-traumatic causes are the leading cause, such as tumours and degenerative disorders.

Spinal cord injury statistics - Economic costs of SCIs

Economic cost of SCI

According to the report, spinal cord injuries cost the Australian economy $74.5bn in personal and health care, lost productivity and reduced well-being of the 20,800 Australians living with SCI – approx. $3.7bn per year.

These spinal cord injury statistics come from the report mentioned above titled Spinal Cord Injury in Australia . Also see SCIA’s factsheet which contains information from the annual AIHW report Spinal Cord Injury, Australia.