We’re always talking about the need for collaboration here at U2FP. Indeed, it’s how we approach our work everyday. We constantly ask ourselves: who can we add to help enhance this difficult SCI conversation? How can we connect this young, creative advocate with the right scientists for her documentary? How can we arrange for this device entrepreneur to meet the smart post-doc we know who might speed his prototype out of beta testing? How do we articulate the frustrations of this journey while still remaining hopeful? What are the best practices for separating out the real science from the hype - and how can we help others in the SCI Community do the same?

We have another video uploaded and ready to view from last fall’s Working 2 Walk Symposium. Wolfram Tetzlaff’s presentation at Working 2 Walk in Vancouver elicited a broad range of responses from our attendees. His talk — Locomotor Recovery Following Moderate or Severe Contusive SCI Does Not Require Oligodendrocyte Remyelination — calls into question “the interpretation/validity of rodent models used in support of clinical trials of transplantation of oligodendrocytes precursor cells” ...

There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t catch myself daydreaming of being able-bodied again, always dancing in my head. Not one day that I don’t miss TOUCH the way it used to be, and that I don’t long for that feeling. Not one day that I don’t wish that this would all just go away, and I could have my body back ...

We’ve added another marathon this year! We’re looking for WHEELERS and RUNNERS to join Team U2FP in both our Chicago race and Twin Cities races (new this year!) right now. Registration for the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is open through March 31 ...