Yes, You Can! Online

New Interactive Web Edition of Popular SCI Self-Care Guide

Washington, DC — Paralyzed Veterans of America’s (Paralyzed Veterans) Yes, You Can!, A Guide to Self-Care for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury is now available online in an expanded, updated, and interactive fourth edition. Click here to view.

“Information is power, and making vital self-help information available to millions of people with disabilities, their families and their caregivers is a core part of our mission,” said Randy L. Pleva, Sr., National President of Paralyzed Veterans. “Yes, You Can! helps people with disabilities help themselves. Now this essential resource can be accessed by anyone who has a computer with an Internet connection.”
 
The first few months after a spinal cord injury (SCI) are a stressful and uncertain time. Yes, You Can! is written expressly for the newly injured and is also an invaluable lifelong reference for all people with disabilities, helping them gain knowledge and confidence to address the important issues related to living with SCI.

With the new online version of Yes, You Can! you’ll be able to:

• Download the book for free
• Email the book to a friend
• Conduct keyword searches
• Bookmark any page
• Print any page
• Instantly click on dozens of website references that are all hot-linked
• Take an online tutorial on how to use the book

For over two decades, Yes, You Can! has been compiled and edited by Stephen P. Burns, MD, and Margaret C. Hammond, MD, and more than 40 experts from the Seattle VA Health Care System. Having answers is central to personal care and independence for people who have SCI and the new fourth edition contains the most up-to-date information available. The popular publication is organized into four main topic areas:

• How SCI Affects Your Body
• Maximizing Your Function
• Coping and Living with SCI
• Staying Healthy after SCI

Each section covers several subtopics and concludes with a list of print, online or community resources for obtaining additional information. Yes, You Can! equips people with disabilities with essential information on how they can lead healthy, productive lives and reintegrate fully into the community. 

To order a print version of the new fourth edition of Yes, You Can! click here or call toll-free 888-860-7244. Price: $20 plus shipping and handling; Paralyzed Veterans members $6 plus shipping and handling.