A spinal cord injury is a life-changing event. Faced with the severity of this stroke of fate, those who are affected must be guided back to an independent way of life. Counsellors and ParaWork employees help paraplegics to resume their social, educational and professional activities.
Project details
ParaWork service offering
ParaWork offers professional and career counselling to paraplegics. ParaWork works closely with paraplegics, developing custom solutions that are based on the patients’ former job profiles. Paraplegics are given the hope and confidence they need to rebuild their lives, right from the start of the rehabilitation process. Even after completing their rehabilitation, patients continue to be supervised and assisted with all issues relating to their professional reintegration.
School lessons and the maintenance of student status
A personal story:
Dario Christen chooses a profession.
Dario Christen (18) war im 2. Lehrjahr als Schreiner als er beim Freeskifahren verunfallte und zum Tetraplegiker wurde. Bereits während der Rehabilitation wird Dario von Peter Senn, Fachlehrer von ParaWork, beraten und begleitet, um seine berufliche Zukunft zu planen.
Bild: Marco Hartmann, Südostschweiz
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Swiss Paraplegic Foundation
6207 Nottwil
IBAN
CH14 0900 0000 6014 7293 5