Thriving in community

Welcome to Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection (OSCI), your trusted guide after a spinal cord injury. We understand that navigating life post-injury can be challenging, and you don’t have to do it alone. At OSCI, we’re dedicated to empowering individuals, fostering resilience, and building meaningful connections. We provide vital resources, peer support, and advocacy, helping you reclaim your independence and thrive within a vibrant community. Explore our site to discover how we can support your journey, help you connect to community with others who understand, and help you live life to the fullest.

Newly injured or need to find answers?

We can help you to find resources, ask the right questions, and connect to community.

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Support after a spinal cord injury

After a traumatic SCI, social support is critically important. Trauma can leave lasting marks on a person’s mind, heart and body that can result in an inability to trust easily. A community health worker (CHW) is someone with similar lived-experience of spinal cord injury trauma and can offer guidance and emotional support in the form of empathy, empowerment, trust, and care. A CHW will help individuals connect to community so they can thrive.

Our Mission

Our mission is to ensure everyone who sustains a spinal cord injury has the care, community, and resources they need to thrive.

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Equity Statement

Our team and our work are committed to creating attitudinal and systemic changes that remove ableism, racism, and other forms of oppression against the disability community, including those who live at the intersection of multiple marginalizing identities with disability.