| HISTORY OF THE JSCF |
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| 1996 July |
The start of a group to discuss promotion of the research into regeneration of damaged spinal cords and improvement of the quality of life (QOL) of spinal cord- injured persons. |
| 19October | First preliminary meeting for the establishment
of the Japan Spinal Cord Foundation (JSCF) |
| 1999 February |
Lecture by Mr Michael Winter (Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy at the US Federal Transit) in Tokyo |
| June | Inaugural general meeting of JSCF Medical
Science Lecture No 1 "Sexuality of Spinal
Cord Injured Persons" Participation in the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Medical Society of Paraplegia held in Denmark by a JSCF executive Visit to the USA by two JSCF executives for cooperation with the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation and the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) |
| October | Launch event "Stand Up 21" (supported
by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW),
the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Edogawa
Ward) Medical Science Lecture No 2 "Nerve
Reconstruction of Spinal Cords Aiming at the Liberation from Wheelchairsby Professor Saburo Kawaguchi, Kyoto University NPO status recognised by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| 2000 March |
Publication and distribution of A Collection of Research on Spinal Cord Injury in the USA (Japanese translation), Liberation from Wheelchairs Stand Up 21 Reports and Sexuality of Spinal Cord Injured Persons Reports from the Medical Science Lecture No 1 (10,000 copies each, provided free of charge) |
| April |
Launch of the service providing medical science
papers (Journal of the Japan Medical Society
of Paraplegia) |
| July |
Fact-finding research into the care situation
for persons with high-cervical injuries at
home (with US$ 30,000 funded by the Welfare
and Medial Service, an auxiliary body of
MOHW) |
| August | Research into the admission status of the
spinal cord injured persons at hospitals
across Japan (with US$ 15,000 funded by the
Japan Philanthropic Association) |
| September |
Launch of the telephone help line SCI Hotline
"Sekison 110" (with US$ 8,000 funded
by The Nippon Foundation) |
| November |
Publication of Survival Mail of a Breathing
Machine (Respirator) User (with US$ 15,000
funded by the Marubeni Foundation) |
| 2001 April |
Publication and distribution of the Research Report on the Care Situation for Persons with High-cervical Injuries at Home, and Research Report on the Admission Status of Spinal Cord Injured Persons at Hospitals Across Japan (10,000 copies each, provided free of charge) |
| June |
Lecture by Mr Walt Lawrence (a breathing
machine user from Canada) at forums in Kyoto
and Tokyo: Towards the Self-support of Breathing
Machine Users |
| July | Forums in Tokyo and Fukuoka with Professor
Stanley Ducharme from the School of Medicine,
Boston University, as speaker: Sexuality
of the Disabled (with US$ 15,000 funded by
the Pfizer Health Research Foundation) |