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Authors: Gary Karp

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spinal cord injuries
SCI Life
,
300
Scissor locks,
211
SCNT (somatic cell nuclear transfer),
316
Scoliosis,
59
,
66
,
76–79
,
80
,
107
Scooters,
199
,
215
Screen doors,
364
,
389
Seat dump,
224
Seats and backs,
204–205
,
220–228
Secondary injuries,
4
,
302
Section
44
,
419
Section
190
,
419
Section 501,
425
Section 503,
425
Section 504,
418
,
425
,
449
Section 8 vouchers,
348
Segue™,
200
Selfesteem.
See also
identity
culture and,
247
family and,
158–159
female,
43
male,
253–254
sexuality and,
246
,
249–250
,
263
substance abuse and,
167
Semen,
288–291
Seminars,
409–410
,
420
,
422
,
427
Sensation, lack of,
31
,
53–54
,
60
,
70
,
75
Sensenbrenner, F. James,
450
Service Corps of Retired Executives,
423
Sexual Adjustment
(Gregory),
136
Sexual Health Network,
246
Sexuality.
See also
childbirth and labor; parenthood; pregnancy; relationships
ablebodied partners,
263–266
autonomic dysreflexia and,
56
birth control,
284–285
body images and,
254–256
bowel and bladder issues,
279–280
casual,
246–247
couples and,
256–259
drugs and,
69
,
82
emotional issues,
250–251
erections,
280–284
existing couples and,
256–259
expectations and,
243–245
experiences of,
270
4-AP and,
320–321
honesty and,
270–271
identity and,
42–43
,
130
,
245–246
,
247–250
macho personalities and,
253–254
masturbation,
268–269
nudity,
271–272
options,
275–279
orgasms and,
247
,
252–253
,
269
,
270
partners, finding,
259–266
physiology of,
272–275
pornography and,
269–270
prostitutes/surrogates,
268
resources about,
443
,
448
signals,
262–263
tragedy and,
136
two-disability couples,
266–267
,
266–268
UTIs and,
86
,
87
Shame,
48
,
256
Shapiro, Joseph,
148
,
418
Shark cells,
317
Sheepskins,
76
Shepherd Center (Atlanta),
10–11
,
13
,
45
Shock absorbers,
233
Shoulders
aging and,
113
exercise and,
102
home modification and,
353
pain in,
64
risks,
65
,
70
,
239
,
397
,
428
seats and,
221
,
227
sores,
75
stress and,
84
Showers,
378–381
,
388
Sickness,
53
Sidewalks,
241
Sigmedics (IL),
328
Silicone,
93
,
96–97
,
280
,
283
Simulation units,
8–9
,
30–31
Sinks,
381
,
382–383
Sipski, Marca,
245
,
252
Sitting,
61
,
62
,
63
,
67
,
71
.
See also
cushions; scoliosis
60 Minutes
,
323
Skiing,
431–432
Skin.
See also
pressure sores; rashes
AD and,
55
,
56
aging and,
112
,
113
nerves and,
301
pain,
325
pregnancy and,
293
risks and management,
220
,
234
,
237
ventilators and,
74–75
Sleep,
69
Sliding doors,
361–362
Sloping floors,
366
Slumping,
221
Small Business Administration (SBA),
423
Smart Home USA,
374
Smoke alarms,
374–375
Smoking,
58
,
60
,
68
Snider, William,
313
Social issues,
4
,
140
,
341
,
382
,
416
,
426
.
See also
employment; family; friends; help; identity; misconceptions; perceptions of disability
Social Security,
85
,
165
,
419
,
420
Social work department,
15–17
Society for Neuroscience,
306
Software,
410–411
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT),
316
Space heaters,
371
,
381
Spanish, information in,
421
Spasms (spasticity)
advantages of,
80–81
,
305
bladder and,
92
,
94
gait training and,
28
infection and,
74
overview,
79
pain and,
63
,
67
risks and management,
60
,
61
,
66
,
79–84
,
327
Special ed,
415
Speech,
19
,
36
,
412
Speed,
214–215
,
238
Spending limits,
12
Sperm,
288–291
,
292
Sphincterotomy,
97
Spina bifida,
10–11
,
438
Spinal cord injuries (SCI).
See also
spinal cord research
anatomy of,
300–305
associations,
438
bowels and,
98
breathing and,
34
complications,
55–60
deaths and,
66
drugs and,
67
incomplete,
27
,
59
,
275
,
298
,
303
,
318
,
320
insurance and,
13
pain and,
62–70
rehab and,
2
,
32
,
60–62
resources,
448
scoliosis and,
76
spasms and,
79
,
81
stability of,
53
surgery and,
69–70
,
79
UTIs and,
86
wheelchairs and,
27
Spinal cord research.
See also
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation; clinical trials; Reeve, Christopher; research
animals and,
319
,
333–334
collateral beneficiaries,
325–326
commercialization and,
321–322
,
332
cures and,
298–299
,
329
current status,
297–298
,
324–325
4-aminopyridine and,
320
funding,
319
,
322–324
,
330–331
history to present,
306
,
453
hypothermia and,
319
methylprednisolone,
318
motivation for,
332–333
muscles and,
313–314
nerve regeneration,
306–313
neurotechnology,
326–330
organizations,
45–46
Reeve’s impact,
32
,
299–301
reproducible,
319
researchers,
330–333
stem cells and,
314–318
Spinal Cord Society,
323
Spinal cysts (syringomyelia),
63–64
,
80
Spinal Network
(Maddox),
288
Spinergy wheels,
207
Spines,
4
,
25
,
76
,
224
,
235
,
236
.
See also
scoliosis
Spokes,
207
Sponges (birth control),
285
Sports,
26
,
33
,
34
,
102–103
,
394–395
,
426–435
,
444–445
,
446
.
See also
recreational therapy
Sports ‘N Spokes
,
435
Spouses,
22
,
49
,
118
Sprouts, nerve,
324
Squamous metaplasia,
58
Squeeze,
224
Stability,
212–214
,
216
,
220–221
,
224
,
226
,
235
Staff,
5–6
,
7
Stamina,
352
Standing,
27
,
28
,
60–62
,
327
,
329
Stanford Hospital (CA),
12
,
14
Stem cells,
314–318
,
324
Stensaas, L.J.,
325
Steps,
239
Stereotypes,
169
.
See also
misconceptions; perceptions of disability
Sterility,
289
Sterilization,
285
Steroids,
318
Stomach.
See
abdomen

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