The Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with spinal cord injuries. We also offer support and education to family members, professionals, and community members.

On this site, you can learn about the Association as well as about spinal cord injury. We encourage you to get involved by attending any of the educational, social, or recreational events that we, and our partners, offer.

You can also search our database to find information about community resources as well as books and videos that are available through our library.

Please contact us if you have any questions or we can be of assistance.

Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association
5025 E Washington St #110, Phoenix, AZ 85034 (Administrative Offices)
602-507-4209 (office)
602-507-4214 (fax)
888-889-2185 (toll-free)

A Chapter of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation tools and services:

Be Counted - Add yourself to our Campaign to Cure Paralysis world map.

Campaign to Cure Paralysis – We are bringing forward thinking people like you together with the Reeve Foundation to raise the financial resources and provide the dogged determination to CURE PARALYSIS. Join us!

Join our online community - Connect with others in the Paralysis Community.

The Daily Dose - Keep up to date with happenings in the Paralysis Community by reading the our blog.

Paralysis Resource Center - Find more information on living with paralysis. 

Paralysis Facts and Figures - There are nearly 1 in 50 people living with paralysis in the United States -- approximately 6 million people. That number is nearly 33% higher than previous estimates showed. Almost 1.3 million of those are spinal cord injured. Learn more!

Newly Paralyzed? - If you or someone you know is newly paralyzed, start here.

Join Team Reeve! - Run a race, bike a trail, swim the tides ... turn your passion for sports into a mission to help others.

Quality of Life grants - Awards to non-profit organizations that provide services to individuals with paralysis.

Research - Learn more about our research programs which are developing and delivering treatments and cures for spinal cord injury.

Watch our videos!


© Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association 2009

Online Annual Evaluation and Website Feedback
The Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association would like to request that you spend a few minutes answering questions about the overall evaluation of the Association and also the Web Site and it's accessibility.

On the Main Menu, click on the Feedback Section tab. The Program Evaluation consists of 23 questions and will take approximately 15 minutes. The Website Feedback consists of 16 questions and will take 10 minutes to complete.

The deadline to receive your response is Friday, April 30, 2010.

Thank you.

Art Show & Bake Sale
Fundraiser featuring artists with disabilities.

The Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association is hosting this special event to help raise funds for the Peer Mentoring Program and
the Women's Conference.

Please join us for good fun, good food, and a good cause!

*We will have live entertainment and prize giveaways*

Courtyard and Conference Room 1
Disability Empowerment Center
5025 East Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Call for Artists: If you would like to display and sell your artwork, please send an e-mail to Ashleigh@azspinal.org or call 602-507-4209.

Date: 3/30/2010
Time: 10:00AM-2:00PM & 5:00PM-8:00PM

Charting the Course for Consumers: Empowerment Training for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
The emphasis of the SCI Empowerment Course is to promote the health and well-being of individuals with spinal cord injuries. These interactive sessions provide knowledge and understanding of life after injury and explore quality of life concerns. Persons with a spinal cord injury, their families and caregivers and health care professionals are encouraged to attend these sessions.

Starting February 2, 2010 for 13 weeks on Tuesdays, 4:30PM - 7:30PM, including late dinner. Classes will be held at the Disability Empowerment Center (DEC), 5025 E Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 in the Nina Mason Pulliam Conference Center, Main Floor.

Listed below are the dates and topics:

2/2 Empowerment
2/9 Activities of Daily Living
2/16 Medical Conditions
2/23 Secondary Conditions
3/2 Health and Fitness
3/9 Psychosocial
3/16 Therapist is IN
3/23 Sexuality
3/30 Mobility and Recreation Health Fair
4/6 Accessibility and ADA
4/13 Aging with SCI - Legal with Jill
4/20 Aging with SCI - Health with Panel
4/27 Social Night - Possibly "Cody: The First Step" Movie

Please call the Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association (AZSCIA) to RSVP at 602-507-4209. If you need transportation, please confirm when RSVPing for the classes.

Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association is now a Chapter of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
We would like to formally announce that the Arizona Spinal Cord Injury Association is now a Chapter of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Peter Wilderotter, CEO & President of CDRF, has very high regards of the Association and would like us to be a role model for the rest of the chapters in their foundation.
Click here for more info

March 2010
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