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Funding your care (grants, fundraising, resources)

This is the place to connect to a discussion about financial resources. Share stories about getting the help you need to maximize your health and well-being. Discuss options for getting grants, raising funds in the local community.

Project Walk - Is there any funding for this

By Vickie_Gowing · New reply March 24, 2008
5 replies
I want to know if there are any resourses available for funding this type of aggressive therapy..I need this therapy as I know it would help me to walk again.. I have children to care for an walking again ...

Grants?

By christybabyy89 · New reply March 13, 2008
1 reply
Hi. I was wondering if anyone knows of any grants available for exercise equipment ...

Cookbooks For Sale

By LCrowe · Posted March 10, 2008
0 replies
Hello, I hope everyone is doing okay this morning. Can you believe spring is just around the corner? I will be glad when warmer weather arrives. I have to stay wrapped up in a blanket all of the time ...

applying for a grant

By horsestail · New reply March 8, 2008
15 replies
I am new to this community as my accident was July 2004 when my horse's tail (cauda equina & L4/5 L5/S1) was damaged leaving me partially paralyzed. I was wondering if anyone has applied for a grant to ...

Fundraising Question

By ladybyrd043 · New reply March 5, 2008
13 replies
We recently held a fundraiser in Missouri for my 20 year old son who has no insurance, except Medicaid. The question is "Do we have to pay taxes on the money we've raised? Really, how do we avoid having ...

How to get help???

By JAKAL · New reply March 3, 2008
4 replies
I am living in a 3rd world country and its very frustrating for me and to those who have the same condition as I am here in Philippines to see and feel that our government is not doing something for their ...

QUADS &PROPERTY TAXES

By cking131 · New reply January 19, 2008
2 replies
Can anyone provide me with more information about quads and their property taxes getting waived? I own a home in Southern California and I am getting in more jeopardy of losing it if I cannot come up ...

Assistance for caregiver?

By goldnucs · New reply January 17, 2008
16 replies
My girlfriend has been taking care of me for years. I've heard that some people, acting in the capacity as a caregiver, even family members, receive payment from some government source. Does Anybody have ...

Medicaid in St. Louis

By ladybyrd043 · New reply January 1, 2008
3 replies
My son, Troy, will be going to rehab at the Rehab Institute of St. Louis this week. I have been talking to Karen Reeve about his stay there and because he is on medicaid he only gets 30 days at their ...

Compensation for personal injuries claim

By sippyber · New reply November 17, 2007
2 replies
Hi. I'd like to know, from Australian people in particular but also from people living in the other corners of the earth, how much time does it take to get a compensation after a personal injuries claim ...

Funding for a new home

By ericsgirl · New reply November 9, 2007
9 replies
During mine and my fiance's senior year in high school, we had a car accident which left him paralized. He broke his neck at C5 and C6, and is considered a quadripligic. Two weeks after we graduated I ...

SCI Information

By ladybyrd043 · New reply November 5, 2007
1 reply
Hey, does anyone know where I'd get free brochures about SCI and other related material for a "Health Fair" type event that we are planning to hold in our town? Thanks, Debby, Troy's mom ...

cookbook fundraiser

By LCrowe · New reply October 18, 2007
13 replies
I am not really certain what "topic" this would fall in. My daughter is a senior in high school and part of her graduation requirement is a "Senior Project". Because of my sci seven years ago, she has ...

Quads pay no Property Taxes in some States

By Norm · Posted October 3, 2007
0 replies
Exemption for Totally and Permanently Disabled Persons 1.Real estate used and owned as a homestead by a quadriplegic, less any portion used for commercial purposes, is exempt from taxation. http://www.myflorida.com/dor/property/ex ...

Mother newly paralized

By jen0714 · New reply September 19, 2007
11 replies
My mother was recently involved in an automobile accident which has left her paralized from the waist down, so I am very new to this. Of course there is lots to absorb. She was just recently discharged ...

California living for a Quadriplegic

By websurffer · New reply August 28, 2007
1 reply
Hi, I would like to know what it is like living in California for a quadriplegic? I have posted a question before asking about living in the south and now I would to know about California. I am paralyzed ...

Help in modifying our home

By bucklestwins · New reply August 27, 2007
3 replies
Our 3 year old daughter Erin had a stroke to her spinal cord when she was just 4 months old (T3-T7). We are at the point where we need to modify our home to make it accessible for her, but we don't have ...

Would like to live on my own

By websurffer · New reply August 5, 2007
6 replies
Hello everyone, my name is Stephen. This is a great website community. A much needed one for many people. Anyways, I am 27 years old and a c2-c3 quadriplegic on a ventilator 24/7. I broke my neck in 1995 ...

health insurance

By desertrat825 · New reply June 28, 2007
9 replies
Hi! I'm a SCI quad (C5-6) from way back (1980). I've been without health insurance for 10+ years. My income is too much to allow me to qualify for assistance but not enough to support myself. So state ...

Health Insurance and Pre existing conditions

By saninja · New reply April 26, 2007
2 replies
Hi all, Those of you who wanted to know what a pre existing condition is before joining a medical aid or health insurance as it is known in the states. It is a condition you have prior to joining such ...