United Spinal, AbleThrive combine resources
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:56 AM CDT, Tue June 1, 2021
KEW GARDENS, N.Y. – The United Spinal Association has acquired AbleThrive to ensure people with spinal cord injuries and disorders have greater access to resources and support. In the coming months, United Spinal and AbleThrive will combine their resources, information and technology on United Spinal’s website, creating an online support network for wheelchair users and other individuals with mobility disabilities and further enhancing outreach to the organization’s growing membership community. “As we emerge from this pandemic, it’s vital that people living with SCI/D get the very best support to pursue greater independence,” said Abby Ross, United Spinal’s COO. “Bringing AbleThrive’s resources under United Spinal will allow us to help more people overcome the hurdles of living with disability.” Since 2014, AbleThrive’s mission has been to leverage technology to connect people with SCI/D and their families to disability specific support resources that were readily accessible online but difficult to find and navigate. It has sourced articles and videos from its partner network of more than 250 organizations and organized more than 1,500 articles on its website by category and level of mobility. AbleThrive has been shared in 15 spinal cord injury rehab centers in four countries and was featured in the documentary “Resolution: Innovative Thinking About Disability.”
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