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Our peer events are helping people with SCI and their families make new connections and enjoy active lifestyles in communities throughout our province.
1,965 people with spinal cord injuries or related disabilities, and their family and friends, attended at least one of the 103 peer events held throughout BC. 115 new people with SCI or a related disability registered with the Peer Support Program.
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Kim loved her job at an after-school program for kids. But after her van broke down one too many times, she couldn’t risk driving to work. Then, she called our InfoLine. With the helped of our InfoLine Specialist, Heather, Kim was able to get a new adapted van within her price range — a vehicle she could finally count on to get her to the kids that were counting on her.
"The UBC Pharmacy program is academically rigorous and challenging. After acquiring a spinal cord injury halfway through the program, I experienced the added emotional, physical and financial stress of being away from school, work and my friends. Spinal Cord Injury BC’s (SCI BC) peer support and the generous scholarship I received from the BC Paraplegic Foundation helped me maintain both my motivation and my education so that I could concentrate on my classes and exams. I’m now a pharmacy graduate and am looking forward to beginning an exciting career as a pharmacist, and to supporting my patients and peers."
He broke his neck, he broke his back, he had broken ribs, he had so many internal injuries it was ridiculous.It was a long haul. He was in the hospital for almost three months and went to rehab at a spinal cord injury rehab station in Australia. He can walk now, but we saw some of the things that they did at the rehab centre for people and the things we saw really impressed us. How much research and how much effort was put into people to bring them back so they don’t feel that their life is over. So, because of our son and how lucky we are that he’s ok, we all feel — my husband, my son and I — that it’s just so important to make sure that people who didn’t recover like he did still feel that their lives aren’t over. To let them know they’re worth it. It’s just such an important cause that we want to do whatever we can to help out.