Working Strategically for Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury
Our Mission
Unite 2 Fight Paralysis exists to unite and empower the international spinal cord injury community to cure paralysis through advocacy, education, and support for research.
By the Numbers
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Research Funding Passed
$50 Million
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Podcast Listens
133,074
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SCI Individuals Served Annually
22,769
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Symposium Attendees (all time)
3,542
Latest Articles
36 years later that wall is still in the process of coming down. Slowly. With a lot of pushing from individuals and organizations. U2FP is one of those organizations working to fully realize the promise the ADA made 36 years ago. What U2FP does – in case you need the reminder – is...
U2FP’s Ohio Cure Advocacy Network (CAN) recently met with Megan Moynahan to discuss her KeyGrip research project. This was one of seven SCI research projects funded in our 2023 round of grants, thanks to the $3M biennium appropriation that U2FP advocates secured in 2019. That means $1.5M per year is funding functional recovery research in the state.
Well, time has just flown by!! It has been two months since we held our 2nd Annual Gala and Silent Auction at the Bird’s Nest Cafe in Estes Park, Colorado. Planning and executing this auction apparently required a longer recovery time than my...
Centering the SCI Community
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Real Impact
"Anybody can say things need to improve but Unite 2 Fight Paralysis is actively coming up with solutions and accomplishing what they set out to do. U2FP is leading by example and making a huge difference."
Nathan Torgerson
Senior Distinguished Systems Engineer
Neuromodulation at Medtronic
"With U2FP I feel at home, both as a scientist and as the son of someone with an injury. I think that speaks to the power of the organization to unify the different stakeholders and keep us pointed in the right direction."
Murray Blackmore, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Marquette University
