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American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)

American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)

Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

During the decade of the 1960s, physicians and other medical professionals engaged in the treatment of spinal cord injury sought to align themselves as a group, in an effort to exchange ideas and work together toward the establishment of a model for care delivery to this patient population. The early 1970s brought support for the concept of a model of care from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (under the then Department of Health, Education and Welfare) which created the "model spinal cord injury systems" program. The program is now supported by the Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. It was out of this group the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) was created in 1973.

Mission:
To advance care, education and research to improve the lives of persons affected by spinal cord injury.

Vision:
ASIA will be a multi-faceted, forward-thinking and influential organization in the field of spinal cord injury that creates, promotes, and disseminates standards for practice, education and research, and proactively translates these to improve the lives of people affected by SCI.
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