Many people with spinal cord injuries want to work but worry about how they will be able to resume a normal life. People with spinal cord injuries can experience a loss of function around the entire body. This loss of function can be temporary or permanent. However, some people do make a full recovery.
Spinal cord injuries can cause secondary conditions, such as pressure sores and blood clots. People with secondary conditions such as these will need long-term care.
In this podcast, Emma Hasselbecker, explains the different options and benefits available to individuals with permanent disabilities so you can understand the process of getting back to work while maintaining coverage and coming out financially ahead.
Links from the show notes:
https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Spinal-Cord-Injury
https://www.christopherreeve.org/living-with-paralysis/health/causes-of-paralysis/spinal-cord-injury
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/acute-spinal-cord-injury
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/HWRX90
https://www.neurosurgery.columbia.edu/patient-care/conditions/spinal-cord-injury
