Manual Wheelchair Skills for Everyone 
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Hall C
Friday 11AM-5PM
Saturday 11AM-5PM
Sunday 11AM-4PM

What is your favorite way to hop a curb?  What tricks do you use to get 
yourself off the ground?  Never sat in a manual wheelchair and have always 
wanted to try a wheelie?  Stop by the Empower SCI table at the expo and we 
will help you brush up on old skills and learn new skills from others. The booth 
will be staffed with both manual wheelchair-users and able-bodied staff to offer 
education and opportunities to learn new wheelchair skills. Skills will 
include curb-hopping, fall recovery, wheelie management, wheelchair maintenance, 
and challenging transfers. Open to both wheelchair-users and able-bodied 
individuals, there will be several wheelchairs present for able-bodied 
individuals to try out these skills. Visit us for a personal "Learn New 
Skills" time where you can spend 15 dedicated minutes getting one-on-one 
assistance with a skill you'd like to master. Based on availability.
​http://www.abilities.com/boston/

Advanced Wheelchair Skills Course for Individuals with Spinal Cord 
Injuries, Therapists and Students

Getting left behind because you can’t get up that curb?  Looking to take your ability to perform or teach wheelchair skills to the next level?

• Everything you want to know about getting around those daily obstacles in your manual wheelchair: stairs, curbs, grass, gravel, ramps  
• Learn basics of wheelchair maintenance and adjustments   

• Take your advanced transfer skills to the next level, too!  Learn how to get on and off the ground and get in and out of a variety of different vehicles

Come to Tufts University for all of this and more!  We will have an AM session (9AM-12PM) for beginner and intermediate level wheelchair-users and a PM session (1pm-4pm). for intermediate to advanced wheelchsir-users.  Sign up right away to secure your space in the desired time-slot before spaces fill up! 

Sign up on: http://www.active.com/medford-ma/clinics/advanced-wheelchair-skills-course-2015
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Empower SCI is currently accepting participant and staff applications for summer 2014 Empower Spinal Cord Injury is proud to announce the dates for its third annual program to be held at Stony Brook University on Long Island from July 13-26, 2014!  

The 2 week program will: 

1. Provide formal one to one physical therapy, occupational therapy and strength/conditioning to provide a participant directed, comprehensive second chance at rehabilitation to the community-dwelling individual with a spinal cord injury.  
2. Emphasize the power of group-work, with classes that allow the participants to work together on common goals and to support and encourage each other.  Group activities will focus on issues that are common among individuals with spinal cord injuries, and will be led by peer mentors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, rehabilitation counselors, and Stony Brook University faculty. 
3. Focus on exposing the participants to opportunities, education, and peer mentoring; all with the same mission to better the lives of those living with a spinal cord injury. The participants will live on campus in accessible housing from Sunday, July 13- Saturday, July 26 away from their homes and personal care attendants. Each day, the participant will be surrounded by clinical professionals, peer mentors and other participants, while sculpting their empowered outlook on life.  Through recreational activities ranging from kayaking to hand-cycling, and group activities led by their peers, each individual will lay the groundwork for a foundation of stability and empowerment that will forever impact the path of their life.

3 hour painting class to support Empower Spinal Cord Injury, Inc. Come and create a 16 X 20 masterpiece. All supplies provided including canvas, brushes, paint, easel, apron, artist instruction, and 2 glasses of vino or beer!

Thursday, March 13th, 2014

6:30-9:30PM

150 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860




Please purchase tickets online at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paint-vino-night-to-benefit-empower-spinal-cord-injury-inc-tickets-9774193877

Please bring printed ticket to the event!

Empower Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Incorporated is holding its third annual silent auction on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at The Four’s Restaurant and Sports Bar in Boston, Massachusetts. The event begins at 8 PM and auction winners will be announced after 10PM.

The Four’s is wheelchair accessible and located near North Station on 166 Canal Street Boston, MA 02114. 

Light appetizers will be served at the beginning of the evening. Further food and drink will be available for purchase at the bar all night long.

Items will be auctioned to raise funds for Empower SCI’s 2014 season. 

Please join us for this fun event to promote the organization and support our mission of empowering those individuals with spinal cord injuries to develop the skills needed to reach their highest potential for an independent life. Please share this event with your friends and family. Can't wait to see you on February 2nd! 


If you have any questions or an item to donate, please message us on Facebook or email Jessica Goodine at jgoodine@empowersci.org


Information about the Four's can be found at www.thefours.com/