The work of these scientists will benefit many people in various ways. Avenues of research are not limited only to the achievment of the ability to walk. Other benefits include pain management, spasticity control, muscle tone which will improve balance or reduce risk of pressure sores, sexual function and fathering children, and will shed light on othe central nervous system conditions such as multiple sclerosis.

Please keep in mind that while such research is meaningful, life with a disability need not be without meaning or fullness. People with disabilities are not "broken". Support of spinal cord research should not preclude the kind of political and social advocacy which is just as important - if not more - for people with varying disabilities.

In April, 1999 the American Paralysis Association and the Christopher Reeve Foundation merged to form the CRPF. This group combines resources to continue to APA's longstanding efforts to fund significant central nervous system science and promote fundraising for the work.

The Canadian Spinal Research Organization

International Spinal Cord Regeneration Center

This is the site of a physician in Mexico who claims to have a cure based on "Embryonic Cell Transplant Therapy." Their work is not endorsed by the Life On Wheels site, but is included here in the interest of your access to full information. Please fully investigate any such claims before agreeing to submit to treatment of any kind.

Kent Waldrep Paralysis Foundation

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

Spinal Cord Society

The Spinal Cord Research Centre

...at the University of Manitoba

The Mike Utley Foundation