REALIZING A DREAM FOR IMPROVED REHAB ACCESS
Natalie Barnhard, honored with the United Spinal Association’s 2021 Finn Bullers Advocate of the Year Award, is celebrating the September opening of her dream project: The Natalie Barnhard Center for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and Recovery in Buffalo, New York.
Barnhard is a community activist, speaker, entrepreneur, advocate for people with disabilities, and the Founder and President of the Motion Project Foundation.
Based in
Buffalo, she founded and serves as a member of the Western New York Chapter of
United Spinal Association.
Barnhard’s tireless advocacy includes creating a nonprofit to participating in several United Spinal Roll on Capital Hill legislative advocacy events.
The roll on
Capitol Hill addresses issues that impact the independence and quality of life
of individuals living with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D).
“In a whirlwind year, being named Advocate of the Year has been amazing.
It’s great to receive peer recognition and it provides a forum to share what we’re doing with the rehab center,” she said.
“Before our soft opening, leading up to the grand gala opening, the closest
place for rehab for folks with SCI was about 300 miles away.”
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