Summary: Welcome to “On the Move”, the 2016 Consumer Conference for People with Spinal Cord Injury. I’m Dana Hawkins-Simons, communications strategist at Kessler Foundation, and our director of multimedia, Jody Banks-Smith, is recording today’s podcasts. Delivering the Welcome & Introductory Remarks to the conference is Jeanne M. Zanca, PhD, MPT, the event organizer. Jeanne is a Senior Research Scientist in Spinal Cord Injury Research at Kessler Foundation. Joining her is Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, M.D., Director of Spinal Cord Injury Research and Outcomes & Assessment Research at Kessler Foundation, a Co-Director of the Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System (NNJ SCIS), and an Associate Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. And we’ll also hear from Scott Chesney, a world traveler, professional life coach, and the President of Scott Chesney, LLC. This presentation was recorded on Friday, September 23rd, 2016, and was hosted by the NNJ SCIS, a collaborative effort of Kessler Foundation, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, and University Hospital. NNJ SCIS is supported by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under grant number 90SI5011. NIDLIRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living, in the Department of Health and Human Services. The ideas expressed during this conference do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, or the Federal Government.
