A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month"

National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month designates September 2026 to raise awareness about spinal cord injuries and to support research, clinical trials, and the organizations that help people living with paralysis. It cites about 311,560 people living with spinal cord injuries in the United States, roughly 18,482 new injuries each year, more than 42,000 veterans affected, and notes motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause while calling for new neuroprotection, pharmacological, and regeneration treatments to reduce and reverse paralysis.