Support Groups

Peer support is a critical component for both people living with a spinal cord injury as well as those who care for them. Whether you are newly injured and looking for help and guidance, or you are a caregiver looking for support, a support group can provide a network of people who have been where you are and can help you navigate through your new journey.

AUSTIN

St. David’s Spinal Cord Injury Peer Support Group
St. David’s Rehabilitation Day Program Room
919 E 32nd St
Austin, TX 78705
Contact: Pam Fletcher at pam.fletcher@stdavids.com

EL PASO

Highlands Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
1395 George Dieter
El Paso, Texas, 79936
Contact: Sukie Armendariz or Ron Prieto 915-298-7241

DALLAS

Support Challenge Inspire
Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation
909 N. Washington Ave
Dallas, Texas, 75246
Contact: Lea Goad, CTRS 214-820-9578 or lgoad@bir-rehab.com

AIM: Ability in Motion
Parkland Hospital
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75390-8853
Contact: Tish Gist, OTR  214-590-8139

FORUMS

Forums provide a wealth of information, from coping with a disability to advice on managing activities of daily living, travel, driving and more. Forums provide you with an environment to ask questions and get answers and advice from people living with similar challenges.

CareCure Community  A forum where people with spinal cord injury and related conditions can get together and discuss care, cure, and life and obtain the best and up-to-date information on these and related subjects. 

Facing Disability  These forums offer support to not only people afflicted with spinal cord injuries, but their peers, parents, family members and others who  may need to communicate with others for support, ideas information and to share experiences. 

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Actor and activist Christopher Reeve was paralysed in an equestrian competition in 1995 and because of this, he eventually became chairman of the board of the Christopher Reeve Foundation; an organization that supports research into developing treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury. Their online Paralysis Resource Center provides a wealth of information for families and peers, along with advice articles, and local resource lists.

Spinal Cord Peer Support Group USA (Facebook) Group formed to inspire, empower, support one another and educate through life's experiences. Limited to people with an SCI, a caregiver or family member of a person with a SCI, or a professional or student in the SCI field.