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SCI Forum

SCI Forum

Written by: Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
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 The Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS) is a regional center of spinal cord injury care, research and education in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. Programs and services are provided at both the University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center. The mission of the NWRSCIS is to improve the lives of people with SCI through excellent patient care, research and education. We provide specialized care to persons with SCI, conduct clinically relevant research and disseminate the most useful, evidence-based information to people with SCI, their families and professionals.All rights reserved Hygiene & Healthy Living
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  • Ableism After Acquired Disability: A Panel Discussion

    Ableism After Acquired Disability: A Panel Discussion
    Oct 17 2025
    Support the Northwest Regional SCI System by donating at www.acceleratemed.org/SCI. After listening, give us your feedback using this quick survey: redcap.link/sciforumpod Presented at the SCI Forum on March 26, 2025 After a spinal cord injury, people must adapt to changes in their physical abilities while also navigating structural ableism—a system of policies, institutions, and societal norms that disadvantage disabled individuals. How does ableism shape their interactions and self-perception? And how does ableism intersect with sexism? This forum will feature a panel of women sharing their experiences with ableism after acquired disability, discussing its personal and professional effects, and exploring how it appears and is addressed in different settings. Please join us to share your thoughts, perspectives, and questions on navigating ableism after spinal cord injury. The discussion will be moderated by Whitney Morean, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in rehabilitation psychology at UW.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Perspectives from SCI Therapists: Amy, Rehabilitation Psychology

    Perspectives from SCI Therapists: Amy, Rehabilitation Psychology
    Jun 16 2025
    Support the Northwest Regional SCI System by donating at www.acceleratemed.org/SCI. After listening, give us your feedback using this quick survey: redcap.link/sciforumpod After spinal cord injury, individuals often work with many different rehabilitation therapists and providers across both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation as they recover and as function changes over time. We had the chance to talk to several different kinds of rehabilitation therapists and providers about their work including: What is involved in becoming a therapist? What are the main things that each discipline works on with their SCI patients? Why does someone choose to be a therapist and work in rehabilitation?. In this episode, we talk with Amy Starosta, PhD about her work as a rehabilitation psychologist at Harborview Medical Center and learn about the role of “rehab psychology” in rehabilitation after SCI. We discuss how rehab psychology can help with adjustment and changes from the initial injury and throughout one’s lifetime.
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    32 mins
  • Research Spotlight: Feasibility of Sprint Interval Training During Inpatient Rehabilitation

    Research Spotlight: Feasibility of Sprint Interval Training During Inpatient Rehabilitation
    Dec 6 2023
    Support the Northwest Regional SCI System by donating at http://www.acceleratemed.org/SCI. We are joined by Deborah Crane MD, a spinal cord injury physician, to hear about her study looking at the feasibility of short, but high intensity exercise program for people with new SCI. This 2-year study will be conducted on the inpatient unit at Harborview Medical Center.
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    16 mins
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