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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.

Wheelchair Skills – Pushing Up A Ramp

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Strength in Resilience

For Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week 2024 #SCIAW we discussed strength and what it means. One of those is Strength...

Wheelchair Skills – Wheeling Across Grass

Jason from our Peer and Family Support team is here to teach you how to wheel across grass with your...

Celebrating Strength in Community: Recognising the community of carers, friends and families after an SCI

Two-thirds of people with spinal cord injury agree that ‘the role of family in terms of emotional, physical and financial...

Pets in Crisis – Services and Supports

Service animals are of huge importance to our community and keeping your animal safe during an emergency is paramount. Here...

I’m a person with disability and experiencing domestic violence

NSW Department of Communities and Justice has put together information for people with physical, intellectual, psychiatric and sensory who are...

We’re introducing Have The Nerve Shorts – the short episodes between the long ones – where we talk about things From The Internet, you can Get To Know Your Body and there might be even Something To Think About.

In this episode of Have The Nerve, Forrest Campbell is back to talk about his experiences finding work after he sustained his spinal cord injury in 2015 and why the role of being inclusive shouldn’t be down to the applicant with the disability, it should be the employers themselves.

Information in this episode:

EmployAbility: https://employability.org.au/

EmployAbility’s Building Employer Confidence Program: https://employability.org.au/employers/building-employer-confidence-program/

Don’t have a streaming player? You can watch it on our Youtube channel under Podcasts!

Credits: Susan Wood has written, produced and edited this episode. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.

Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is a for-purpose organisation that supports people with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions.