Dear Spinal Cord Reader,

To suffer a spinal cord lesion means not only an enormous change in an individual's life, but also in the lives of those around the individual. The burden is huge, but can vary widely from person to person, and from country to country. In this editorial you can read a message from Eric Weerts, someone who has been worked for many years in areas where comprehensive care has had to be started from scratch. It reminds us that our care must be wide and fundamental, in order to create in a society a place which permits not only proper acute management but lifelong, realistic support.

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