A free, dedicated resource for individuals with spinal cord injury and their families. Navigators work one-on-one from hospital to home, offering guidance on healthcare transitions, home accessibility, benefits, and community resources.
Inner Strength is a monthly virtual gathering for people with spinal cord injury and their loved ones. This welcoming space offers connection, shared experience, and meaningful conversation focused on emotional and social well‑being.
MSKTC provides plain-language SCI factsheets, videos, and research-based information helpful for understanding health, recovery, and long-term living with SCI.
A key entry point for disability-related information in New Jersey. Helpful for locating state programs, publications, and referral support across NJ.
Centers for Independent Living are advocacy organizations run by and for people with disabilities in local communities. CILs provide peer support, independent living skills training, information and referrals.
Offers factsheets, support options, multilingual resources, and help from information specialists.
SCIRE translates SCI research into accessible information for the community. Useful for people who want evidence-based guidance without reading technical journal articles.
Connects people with SCI and wheelchair users to practical resources, peer-informed information, and advocacy support.
Additional Resources
- Administration for Community Living. Services and supports provided primarily by networks of community-based organizations, and with investments in research, education, and innovation.
- Easterseals. Provides support services for children and adults, including vocational training, transportation assistance, day services, and early intervention.
- Facing Disability. Shares real-life videos and stories from people and families adjusting to SCI. Particularly helpful for newly injured individuals and caregivers.
- New Mobility. A long-running publication covering wheelchair life, accessibility, travel, gear, and disability culture from lived experience.
- North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium. Supports community engagement and collaboration across the SCI field, with resources intended to improve quality of life and access to information.
- SCI Info Pages. A broad collection of SCI-related information gathered for consumers, including health, equipment, and daily living topics.
- Summer Heat Safety Tips. Learn the signs of heat illness to stay cool and safe this summer.
- Tri-State Advocacy Project. Helps with practical issues such as home care, legal advocacy, transportation, and service navigation.
Supports family members and hired caregivers with hands-on skills training, video resources, and peer support. The free program offers in-home training for New Jersey residents and online education and support across the U.S.
Quick guide for individuals with developmental disabilities to quality services and support within New Jersey communities in English and Spanish.
PASP provides routine non-medical personal assistance for eligible adults with permanent physical disabilities who are working, volunteering, or attending school.
PPP allows eligible NJ FamilyCare or Medicaid members to direct their own personal care services and remain active in the community.
Additional Resources
- Centers for Independent Living. Consumer-driven community organizations that offer peer support, advocacy, skills training, and referral services.
- Disability Rights New Jersey. Provides disability rights advocacy, legal information, and systems-level support in New Jersey.
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Supports employment planning and services for eligible New Jersey residents with disabilities.
- Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving (JACC). A New Jersey program that may help some residents remain in the community with support services in English and Spanish.
- Managed Long Term Services and Supports. Helps eligible New Jersey residents access long-term supports, including community-based services that may reduce the need for institutional care.
- Register Ready: New Jersey Special Needs Registry. An emergency preparedness registry that can help first responders identify people with disabilities who may need assistance during disasters.
- SpinalCord.com. Provides a directory of spinal cord injury support groups in New Jersey.
The primary federal source for Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance.
A program that allows many working people with disabilities to keep Medicaid coverage even when earnings or assets could make them ineligible.
Offers detailed information about seeking employment after traumatic brain injury and guidance on workplace accommodations that can help employees with TBI succeed.
Lists state vocational rehabilitation agencies that may help with employment goals, training, and work-related supports.
Provides tools and information on employment, health coverage, and benefits for New Jersey residents and 12 other states.
Tax-advantaged savings accounts that allow people with disabilities (SSI and SSDI) to save money without affecting eligibility for federal benefit programs.
Additional Resources
- Be Perfect Foundation. Offers support that may help offset some costs associated with paralysis-related needs, including scholarships and assistance programs.
- Help Hope Live. A medical fundraising platform that helps people raise funds for approved expenses.
- Honda Customer Mobility Assistance. Provides reimbursement support for eligible vehicle modifications on qualifying Honda vehicles.
- SCI Cost Calculator. An SCI-focused tool from Praxis Spinal Cord Institute that estimates healthcare and lifetime costs related to SCI.
- Ticket to Work. Explains employment support for SSI and SSDI beneficiaries, including work incentives and employment network options.
- Trial Work Period. Explains how SSDI beneficiaries may test work without immediately losing benefits.
Paratransit service for eligible New Jersey riders who cannot use regular fixed-route transit because of disability.
A New Jersey transportation resource that may include wheelchair-accessible options depending on service and location.
County-based accessible transportation programs can fill gaps not covered by other transit options, though eligibility and services vary by county.
Provides wheelchair-accessible vehicle sales, rentals, service, and mobility equipment.
Additional Resources
- Access-A-Ride (MTA). Paratransit service for eligible riders in the MTA region who cannot use accessible public transportation.
- Drive Master Mobility. Offers van rentals and other mobility transportation services.
- Fun Truck 'N Mobility. A New Jersey-based mobility transportation provider with adapted vehicle options.
- Modivcare. (aka LogistiCare) Provides non-emergency medical transportation services for some Medicaid members and health plans.
- U.S. Department of Transportation Air Travel Consumer Information. Useful for understanding rights and options related to accessible air travel.
- Wheelchair Getaways. Offers wheelchair-accessible van rentals for travel and daily use.
This course was designed by Kessler Foundation to help the training of personal care assistants who work with clients with SCI. The goal is to increase knowledge about SCI, improve communication, and enhance quality of care.
Supports family members and hired caregivers with hands-on skills training, video resources, and peer support. The program offers in-home training for New Jersey residents and online education and support across the U.S.
Connect to an experienced SCI caregiver who can listen and provide support. Communicate with your mentor by phone, email, or text. Mentors are trained through the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's Peer & Family Support Program.
ASIA helps consumers find SCI-specific healthcare guidance and resources.
NCHPAD offers health promotion and physical activity resources for people with disabilities, including practical wellness tools.
Provides personalized wheelchairs, seating systems, and adaptive equipment intended to support independence and mobility.
Offers refurbished and sanitized durable medical equipment at lower cost, with a New Jersey location highlighted in the source materials.
Additional Resources
- AARP Caregiving Resources. Consumer-friendly caregiving information on planning, support, and aging-related issues.
- Caregiver Action Network. Offers practical help for family caregivers, including planning tools, guidance, and education.
- Eldercare Locator. A national service that helps older adults and caregivers locate local supports.
- Inner Strength. Monthly virtual gathering offers connection, shared experience, and meaningful conversation for people with spinal cord injury and their loved ones.
- Meals on Wheels America. Connects users with community-based meal programs that may support nutrition and independent living.
- National Alliance for Caregiving. Provides caregiving information, advocacy, and policy-focused resources relevant to families and support partners.
Provides support for adaptive sports participation, including equipment funding, training, and community events.
Covers adaptive sports, recreation, lifestyle, and community news for people living with SCI and other disabilities.
Includes adaptive exercise and activity resources, with virtual options highlighted in the source materials.
Offers flight training scholarships for people with disabilities, supporting confidence, skill building, and self-reliance.
Provides adaptive boating and sailing opportunities for children and adults with disabilities in an inclusive way.
Provides outdoor recreation for individuals with limited mobility including paraplegia, quadriplegia, limb loss, and stroke. Experiences are hosted in Ellenville, NY, and throughout the Northeast.
Provides home modification services for New Jersey families seeking improved accessibility and safety in residential spaces.
Additional resources
- Move United (formerly Disabled Sports USA). Connects people with adaptive sports and recreation programs across the United States.
- Paralympics. Useful for exploring adaptive sports pathways, athlete stories, and sport-specific information.
- Project Airtime. Offers free paragliding opportunities for people with disabilities.
- Stride Adaptive Sports. Provides adaptive sports opportunities and community programming.
Provides health care and related services for eligible veterans, including specialty care available through the VA system.
A leading source of advocacy, care-related information, and SCI publications for veterans and the wider SCI community.
Offers clinical practice guidelines plus consumer publications and educational materials on living well with SCI. Especially useful for veterans, but valuable to the broader SCI community.
Provides veterans with opportunities for health and healing through adaptive sports and therapeutic art programs.
Explore open research opportunities and see if joining feels right for you. When you participate, you help advance science and improve rehabilitative care. Your involvement is completely your choice.
Highlights SCI research programs and scientific work aimed at improving function, health, and quality of life.
Helps consumers search for SCI-related studies and learn more about research opportunities.
Explains what consumers should know about experimental SCI treatments and how to evaluate claims carefully.
Additional Resources
- American Spinal Injury Association. Provides educational resources for doctors caring for patients with spinal cord injuries as well as information and support resources for SCI caregivers.
- National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability. Explore free health, wellness, and physical activity resources designed to support people with disabilities and promote inclusive communities.
- SCIRE Professional Resources. Provides broader evidence summaries and professional resources related to SCI rehabilitation and health.
- Spinal Cord Injury Project at Rutgers. A New Jersey research resource with information about SCI-related scientific work and programs.
- United Spinal Work Readiness Resources. Supports employment readiness and work-related planning for wheelchair users and people with disabilities.
