Peer Support

Join Us

For individuals with spinal cord injury or related disability & their families/caregivers, seeking opportunities to connect with and meet others who are going through the same/similar experiences are invited to check out our peer groups and membership meetings!

Connect with others for social, education and resources information exchange. Join your peers to discuss topics relating to your injury, share information and resources, and partake in various recreation and social activities that will help you better adjust to life with a spinal cord injury or related disability and become more independent.

LOCAL: GREATER KANSAS CITY SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

Meeting Months:

January
March
May
July
August 10 – Mid-West Ability Summit
September- Spinal Cord Injury Awareness
November

For more information contact Erin Brown at kcscia@gmail.com

MidAmerica Rehabilitation Hospital Peer Support Group

Dates: 4th Tuesday of the month – April, September & December

Time: 5:30-7:00 PM

Location:

5701 W. 110th St. Overland Park, KS 66211

For more information contact Ali Daugherty
ali.daugherty@encompasshealth.com

United Spinal Peer Support Virtual

Advocacy Live
Rolling into Parenthood
Rolling with Pride
Resource Center Live
TechTalks
Tech Access Initiative
United Spinal Social Hour (Day & Night)

https://unitedspinal.org/virtual-support-groups/

Find a Mentor / Be a Mentor

Peer mentoring takes place between a peer mentor who has adjusted and progressed in spite of a spinal cord injury or disease and a peer mentee who is newly spinal cord injured or diagnosed with a spinal disease. Peer mentors can help peer mentees adjust to life with a spinal cord injury as well as with health, social and lifestyle issues that the peer is experiencing. When someone becomes part of a peer mentoring program, they greatly benefit and dramatically shorten the time it takes to reach their new goals. Contact us to learn more about peer mentoring.