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• Understanding and managing stress
  It's important to learn how to manage stress following SCI to maintain your emotional health.
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• Increase your energy with food
  Three vitamins you should include in your daily diet as well as foods that keep your energy level up all day.
  
• How to make your kitchen accessible
  We provide you with all the measurements, appliance considerations and tips to make your kitchen wheelchair accessible.
  
• Accessible Recreation
  Here are some websites with information related to accessible recreation/leisure resources
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• Accessible Recreation
  Here are some websites with information related to accessible recreation/leisure resources
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• 7 Nutritional Concerns after SCI
  We outline seven nutritional concerns following a spinal cord injury as well as what you can do to maintain your health.
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• 7 Nutritional Concerns after SCI
  We outline seven nutritional concerns following a spinal cord injury as well as what you can do to maintain your health.
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• Spirituality & Spiritual Care
  Spirituality relates to beliefs, thoughts, feelings and actions concerning how we understand our life and our world, and the meaning we make of it. These questions are often experienced by those who have suffered a traumatic injury and are facing the challenges of rehabilitation.
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• Psychosocial Adjustment - Spinal Cord Injury and Your Family
  A spinal cord injury in one family member has a big impact on all members. The changes your family must make are in many ways as large as the changes that you have to make. Knowing about issues that may arise might decrease your frustration and sense of helplessness as all of you begin adjusting to these changes.
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• Disclosing Your Disability at Work
  The decision to disclose your disability is one that can present itself at various stages in your career, and is an important matter to think about whether you’ve just recently made the decision to look for work or have been in the same job for years and now need to ask for an accommodation.
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• Assistive Technology Service - Toronto Rehab/CPA Ontario
  The Assistive Technology Service (ATS) provides assessment and training for individuals with physical impairments who require the use of specialized devices to meet their writing needs.
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• Anatomy, Physiology, and Research
  Even though the brain controls the activities of the whole body, it only extends down to the top of the neck. Below that, the spinal cord carries messages between the brain and your body. Your face has a direct connection to the brainstem, so it is independent of your spinal cord.
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• Bladder Management
  It is important for everyone to drink an adequate amount of fluids. Now, because of your spinal cord injury, you need to be more aware of when and how much you drink. To stay in good health, and particularly for regulating your bladder and bowel function, you need to drink an adequate amount of fluids. How much you drink depends on how you are managing your bladder.
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• The Road to Recovery: Driving & Transportation
  Changes to a person’s health can make driving difficult or unsafe. Many people value driving as part of their independence. Driving helps them manage daily living more easily, especially if they live far from public transit.
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• Driver Rehabilitation
  Driving is very important in today’s society. Being able to drive following an injury or illness helps many to regain independence and actively participate in the community or work again.   As a result of any change in your physical or mental ability, your driver’s license may...
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