GREENFIELD, NH — Lisa Thompson, NH chapter president of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA), will present The Long Road Back: from Injury, to Rehab, to the Community, on Monday, April 3, 2006, 3:15 pm, in Carter Memorial Meeting House.

Thompson, a CPA, was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2000, resulting in a spinal cord injury. In 2002, she founded the NH-NSCIA (www.nhspinal.org), and is presently chair of the Governor's Commission on Disability's architectural barrier-free design committee. She will be joined by Dawn Calautti, a physical therapy assistant from Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital, in Salem, NH, who is a director of the NH-NSCIA.

This event is made possible by gifts in memory of Clint Hilliard, former head of the Speech and Hearing Department at Crotched Mountain. The presentation is open to the public at no charge. Seating is limited. For reservations or more information, please call Joan Crooker, 547-3311, ext. 589.

Crotched Mountain is a charitable organization employing more than 900 people. Its mission is to serve individuals with disabilities and their families, embracing personal choice and development, and building communities of mutual support. Crotched Mountain provides specialized education, rehabilitation, community, and residential support services for more than 2,000 consumers, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly, living in New England and New York. For more information about Crotched Mountain, please visit their web site: www.crotchedmountain.org.

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