RESEARCH IS BETTER

WHEN PEOPLE WITH SCI HELP DESIGN IT

More professionals need to be open to having an advisory board of people with SCI at their disposal, Bonnie Richardson said, noting most participants are willing to donate their time to improve products and services for their community.

This is where advocacy groups like Unite 2 Fight Paralysis come in.

Its network has directed, trained and supported advocates in multiple states to push for legislation to fund community advisory board-based clinical studies. 

These studies have resulted in more than 40 people with SCI receiving interventions to pursue functional gains.