The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.
One Degree of Separation: Paralysis and Spinal Cord Injury in the United States, a recent study conducted by the Reeve Foundation, showed there are nearly 1 in 50 people living with paralysis; that is approximately 5.6 million people, of whom 1,275,000 are spinal cord injured. That number is nearly 33% higher than previous estimates show.
The Reeve Foundation was started as a community response to a crisis that has quickly grown into a national movement. The early pioneers who started this Foundation began this work at a time when spinal cord research was considered the graveyard of neurobiology.
Christopher Reeve’s injury changed the field forever and it was his vision, his passion, brilliance and creativity that made this one of the most promising fields in research. And while Dana was universally known as the model for care giving, her real legacy is the creation of our Paralysis Resource Center that has reached tens of thousands of those living with paralysis and their families with useful, often life-saving and life-changing information. What inspires us is following through on and achieving in our lifetimes what they so generously and courageously started.
- Location: Short Hills, NJ 07078
- Visit the website: ChristopherReeve.org