Resilience Redefined: Young Adults with Spinal Cord Injury on Disability and Community

What does resilience look like after spinal cord injury? Join us for a conversation with two young adults who have attended the True Grit SCI residential program at Rutgers for the past two years and are now navigating college life. Together, they’ll share how connection, mentorship, and community shaped (and continues to shape) their journey into adulthood and what inclusion and independence mean to them today.

The panel is hosted by Keara McNair, OTR/L, lecturer in the Rutgers School of Health Professions, Department of Rehab and Movement Sciences and co-lead of the True Grit SCI program, and Kassandra Boyd, OTD, OTR/L, co-lead of True Grit SCI, Children’s Specialized Hospital.

Panel members include two prior participants in the True Grit SCI program and Rutgers alumnus Corrine Calvanico (exercise science and occupational therapy doctorate) who has supported the program over the last two years.

Free and open to all.

Accessibility Services

• Microphones used to amplify sound
• Accessible seating available

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Keara McNair at 917-578-0598 or email kmm732@shp.rutgers.edu in advance of your participation.