Working Strategically for Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

 

Our Mission
Unite 2 Fight Paralysis exists to unite and empower the international spinal cord injury community to cure paralysis through advocacy, education, and support for research.
 

By the Numbers

  • Research Funding Passed

    $50 Million

  • Podcast Listens

    133,074

  • SCI Individuals Served Annually

    22,769

  • Symposium Attendees (all time)

    3,542

Latest Articles

In case you missed it, we've been offering new monthly donors a chance at winning a 5-night stay in this fully accessible, coastal vacation home in New Port Richey, Florida! The deadline was supposed to be today, August 31. However, in honor of summer, we're extending it through labor day weekend (Monday, September 7). Which means you have one week from today to start giving monthly and be entered to win this beautiful, accessible vacation home! Here's a...

Today's episode features Dr. Jill Wecht from the Bronx VA and Devon Colbert, a retired firefighter and Navy Veteran who lives with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) and is an advocate for and participant in SCI research. A while back, Devon proposed the idea for a clinical trial using psilocybin to Dr. Wecht and her colleague Dr. Noam Harel at the Bronx VA. When we heard that they were moving forward with what we believe to be the first psilocybin trial in spinal cord injury (a safety trial), we reached out to...

“Why is U2FP always asking for money?” I often imagine this silent response from our followers whenever we send out any sort of donation appeal. Maybe you feel this way; maybe you don’t notice; or maybe you don’t care. But I feel it is our responsibility to you, our supporters, to be as transparent as possible about the context of our financial situation. U2FP has always operated on a shoestring budget while attempting to accomplish audacious goals (several of our founders came very close to mortgaging their homes to fund the first symposium). That's because...

Centering the SCI Community

  • Real Impact

    "Anybody can say things need to improve but Unite 2 Fight Paralysis is actively coming up with solutions and accomplishing what they set out to do. U2FP is leading by example and making a huge difference."

    Nathan Torgerson
    Senior Distinguished Systems Engineer
    Neuromodulation at Medtronic

"With U2FP I feel at home, both as a scientist and as the son of someone with an injury. I think that speaks to the power of the organization to unify the different stakeholders and keep us pointed in the right direction."


Murray Blackmore, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Marquette University