YES, YOU CAN! Online

Popular SCI self-care guide now freely available on the web

Washington, DC-YES, YOU CAN!, Paralyzed Veterans of America's (Paralyzed Veterans) popular self-care guide for people with spinal cord injury (SCI), is now accessible online for free.

"Making vital self-help information accessible to millions of people with disabilities, their families and their caregivers is an important part of Paralyzed Veterans' mission," said Randy L. Pleva, Sr, National President of Paralyzed Veterans. "Information is power and Yes, You Can! has helped to empower so many disabled people by giving them the information they need to help themselves. Now this essential resource can be accessed by anyone who has a computer with an Internet connection."

YES, YOU CAN!, A Guide to Self-Care for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury, is written and edited by experts. This third edition includes six new chapters on pain, substance abuse, exercise, alternative medicine, equipment, and staying healthy. It is the most comprehensive self-care guide for people with SCI, including newly injured patients in our nation's SCI units and SCI patients who are out of the hospital. Family members of people with SCI will also find this a useful resource.

With this online version of YES, YOU CAN!, you'll be able to:

•· Download the book for free

•· Email the book to a friend

•· Take an online tutorial on how to use the book

•· Conduct keyword searches

•· Bookmark any page

•· Print any page

•· Instantly click on dozens of website references that are all hot-linked

To access YES, YOU CAN! online and to purchase print copies, please visit http://www.pva.org/.

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