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The Spinal Cord Injury Association of Nigeria (SCIAN) Osun State Chapter CAC/IT/7388 is dedicated to supporting individuals affected by spinal cord injuries.
Established with a mission to enhance the lives of those with spinal cord injuries 👨🏾🦼👨🏾🦽
16/09/2026
💚 DAY 16 — SEPTEMBER 16
♿ Theme: Mental & Psychosocial Wellbeing
💚 MENTAL WELLBEING MATTERS
👉 Spinal cord injury can involve major adjustments. Emotional and psychosocial support should therefore be part of comprehensive rehabilitation.
👉 Listen without judgment. Offer support. Encourage professional help when needed.
✅ Healing is not only physical.
Understand spinal Cord
🧠 DAY 15 — SEPTEMBER 15
🧑🦽 Theme: Bladder & Bowel Management
🧠 BLADDER AND BOWEL HEALTH IN SCI
♿ Spinal cord injury can affect bladder and bowel function. Proper management is an important part of maintaining health, comfort, dignity and independence.
👉 Management should be individualized with guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.
✅ Good SCI care includes the whole person.
❤️ DAY 14 — SEPTEMBER 14
🩻Theme: Pressure Injury Prevention
❤️♿ SKIN HEALTH MATTERS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY
🧑🦽 Some people with SCI have reduced sensation and may be at increased risk of pressure injuries.
👉 Regular skin checks, appropriate positioning, pressure management, good nutrition and professional advice can help reduce risk.
👉 If a concerning skin change appears, seek medical advice promptly.
➡️ Prevention starts with daily attention and proper support.
13/09/2026
🚻 DAY 13 — SEPTEMBER 13
🧑🦽Theme: Accessible Toilets
🚻♿ ACCESSIBLE TOILETS PROTECT DIGNITY
👉 An accessible toilet can determine whether a person with spinal cord injury can independently and safely participate in public life.
👉 Every public facility should consider accessibility, space, safety and dignity.
➡️ No one should have to choose between participation and dignity.
12/09/2026
🏢 DAY 12 — SEPTEMBER 12
🧑🦼Theme: Accessible Buildings
🏢♿ BUILDINGS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE
👉 Government offices, hospitals, schools, worship centres, banks, hotels, markets and other public spaces should be designed and maintained with accessibility in mind.
👉 Ramps, accessible entrances, lifts, appropriate pathways and accessible toilets are not unnecessary additions.
✅ Accessibility is about equal participation.
11/09/2026
🚌 DAY 11 — SEPTEMBER 11
🛺 Theme: Accessible Transportation
♿ TRANSPORTATION SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER
👉 People with spinal cord injury need transportation systems that are safe, affordable and accessible.
👉Accessible buses, appropriate loading facilities, safe terminals and respectful transportation services can open doors to education, healthcare, employment and social participation.
✅ Mobility creates opportunity.
♿ DAY 10 — SEPTEMBER 10
Theme:
🧑🦼ASSISTIVE DEVICES
🦽 INDEPENDENCE STARTS WITH ACCESS
👉 A wheelchair is more than a mobility device, it can be a key to education, employment, healthcare, community participation, and independence.
👉 For people with spinal cord injury, the right assistive device can restore opportunities, strengthen confidence, and make everyday activities more manageable.
👉 But access alone is not enough. People need proper assessment, correct fitting, user training, maintenance, repairs, and affordable replacement parts.
🚫 Assistive technology is NOT a luxury.
✅ It is a pathway to independence.
✅ It supports dignity.
✅ It promotes inclusion.
➡️ Let us build a society where the right assistive device is accessible to everyone who needs it.
09/09/2026
🧑🦽 DAY 9 — SEPTEMBER 9
Theme: Physiotherapy
🏃♂️ THE ROLE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SCI
♿ Physiotherapy can support mobility, strength, flexibility, positioning, transfers and functional independence according to each person's condition and rehabilitation goals.
👉 Access to qualified rehabilitation professionals should not be a privilege reserved for a few.
✅ Rehabilitation should be accessible, affordable and continuous.
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