SHE CONSIDERED SUICIDE BUT FOUND US — AND HOPE – INSTEAD

OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT TEAM RALLIED AROUND A PERSON

AT WIT’S END – LITERALLY SAVING HER LIFE

Working with an acclaimed disability rights and inclusion advocate who now had a disability and was running out of options resonated with Matt.

“Our team works hard to break down barriers.

But we also have an empathetic ear.

I gave Sarah my cell number. 

She called at 9 p.m. sometimes.

I don’t want someone to feel that isolation and disconnection that I felt post-injury,” says Matt, a C6 quadriplegic.

Steve, who has been instrumental in expanding United Spinal’s grassroots network of member-advocates in virtually every Congressional district, knew Sarah from her days as a fierce advocate.

They had lost contact for a couple of years, and then he found his brilliant and resourceful friend contemplating a path toward exiting from life.