When an infectious disease left their son, Jack, with a severe brain injury, Amy and Michael struggled to find resources to help him. Thanks to donors like you, they found expert, integrated care at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and, as a result, hope for the future.

Dawn Ehde, PhD sees patients in neurological rehab programs and assesses how these conditions affect patient cognition, pain, mood, and well-being.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of permanent physical disability in childhood, causing problems in the development of movement and posture, often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behavior. CP, which occurs as a result of brain injury before, during, or shortly after birth, affects 3-4 out of every 1000 school-aged children in the US.

Maintenance program for individuals with chronic pulmonary conditions looking to maintain their functional abilities.

Please help us recognize a Nurse or PCT who has provided exceptional care by submitting the short form below. The DAISY Award is an international recognition program that honors the compassionate care from our nursing team. The BEE Award is a recognition program to celebrate the patient care from our Patient Care Technicians.

Just as the Daisy cannot survive without the Bee, the nurses cannot survive without the outstanding teamwork provided by our colleagues. The BEE award honors PCTs, NRAs, and UAs who make a difference through extraordinary patient care.

We address chronic pain through our dedicated Pain Management Center as well as cases of acute or short-term pain in our outpatient and DayRehab pain programs.

Each year, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab prepares an annual Impact Report to celebrate the accomplishments of our community-based Quality of Life Programs, research initiatives and medical education programs — all of which is made possible through the support of our generous donors.

LIFE Center Manager Lisa Rosen co-founded the peer mentoring program in 2003. There had always been some informal mentoring going on as patients talked with other patients or hospital volunteers with disabilities, but Rosen realized there was a need for a more structured program.