Today I attended the 4th Annual Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day at the State House. SCI Awareness Day is a collaboration of Massachusetts rehabilitation facilities, consumer organizations, legislators, policy makers and advocates, working towards a common goal to increase funding available for spinal cord injury research in Massachusetts.
This year's program included Massachusetts State Representatives and representatives from the Office of Governor Deval Patrick, the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center at Boston Medical Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the Department of Public Health, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, the Paralyzed Veterans Association, the Travis Roy Foundation, and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
The well-attended symposium was enlightening, invigorating, and offered lots of information relevant to people living with SCI. It was organized by Massachusetts Walks Again.
