SIA is founded to give advice and information to newly injured people and their families and friends, the first association of its kind.
SIA launches the Link Scheme, a programme aimed at connecting people across the UK to reduce social isolation within the spinal cord injury community.
SIA’s Information Service is launched to support members and health and social care professionals.
The counselling service launches on a trial basis in 1975 with ex-patients from Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
So you’re paralysed… written by Bernadette Fallon and published in eight languages, is a practical guide to living with spinal cord injury.
In 1976, SIA publishes the first edition of the newsletter, a mouthpiece and news medium for SIA’s members.
The first issue of ‘Outlook’ was published by the Manpower Services Committee aiming to inform people about employment, rehabilitation, and resettlement.
The first annual general meeting of the Disability Alliance is held at the National Children’s Bureau in Islington.
SIA holds England’s first Dog Jog raising over £5,000. The event invited people to run laps of Regent’s Park with their canine companions in aid of SIA.
In 1980, SIA relocates to Camden Street, a larger premises allowing for the establishment of the SIA Welfare Service.