You do not need to be a member of the Academy to submit an abstract. The submitter will be required to select a primary professional category/audience. Each Section of the Academy, noted below, reviews submitted abstracts, and final decisions of acceptance/ non-acceptance are made by the Academy Program Committee. Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be made by March 31, 2010. The time and format of accepted presentations are determined by the Academy Program Committee.

If an abstract is accepted for presentation, the presenter must register for the Annual Meeting. Registration fees are not waived for Annual Meeting faculty. Abstracts are intended to represent clinical practice, research or social policy content related to spinal cord injury or disease. Commercial content, product or service related advertisements are not permitted. The online system will accept submissions until 12:01am Eastern Time on Monday, February 8, 2010.