Recommended Books

The Electronic Directory for People with Spinal Cord Injury

"Because no one should cope with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) alone"

Fully updated and revised, the second edition of Spinal Cord Injury is the definitive guide for people with SCI and their families. Combining first-person accounts with up-to-date medical information, the book addresses all aspects of spinal cord injury—recovery and coping, sex and family matters, transportation and housing, employment and leisure—and reviews the challenges encountered by people with spinal cord injury throughout their lives. Johns Hopkins University

Sara Palmer, Ph.D., Kay Harris Kriegsman, Ph.D., and Jeffrey B. Palmer, M.D.
with contributions by John W. McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., and Cristina L. Sadowsky, M.D.

Hannah from Loam Hill Struck by personal tragedy at seventeen, young Hannah Mills seems doomed to a lonely life in a wheelchair, but she fights to build a life for herself, finding true love in the face of great challenges.

by Marjorie R. Smith

Nothing Is Impossible - Christopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In Nothing is Impossible he shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships.

Walking This Walk - How hard places force us to determine who we are and what we really believe. Brad Erlandson shares his own struggles in the face of calamity, having been struck by a drunk driver in 2002, resulting in the spinal cord injury which left him in a wheelchair.

by Brad Erlandson

From Where I Sit, From Where You Stand: A Roll Through Life - by Marshall Wall - In 1955, while attending Berea College, Marshall sustained paralysis in his lower extremities, confining him to a wheelchair. In the hospital, he met his wife-to-be LeVon, a student nurse. The book is inspirational, informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining.

by Marshall Wall

Sexuality After Spinal Cord Injury : Answers to Your Questions - This book is an important basic resource for people with SCI and the people who love them. While the material is heavily slanted to male sexuality issues after SCI, some female issues are also addressed.

by Stanley H., Ph.D. Ducharme, Kathleen M., Ph.D. Gill

Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Living - Before the middle of the 20th century, most people with a spinal cord injury (SCI) died within a few years of the injury. Today, with advances in emergency medicine, the initial survival rate is much higher.

by Sara Palmer, Kay Harris Kriegsman, Jeffrey B. Palmer

Living with Spinal Cord Injury - This is the definitive guide to dealing with the major challenges faced by those with spinal cord injuries, as related to health, finances, and their social support system.

By Adrian Cristian, MD

letters from the edge - "On December 12th 1993 , I died. Within one second, I was given a second life, a journey as a quadriplegic. Thus began my travels in a wheelchair, through totally new terrain. I wrote a few letters along the way." - Michael Kanouff

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