Observational StudyAIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18 or older with paralysis living in the community
2. limb paralysis resulting from a traumatic event/accident or neurological disease (e.g., spinal cord injury, head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Transverse myelitis, poliomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, and Guillain-Barré syndrome etc) happened after childhood
3. a non-traumatic spinal cord injury may be caused by arthritis, cancer, inflammation, infections or disk degeneration of the spine
4. caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
5. able to communicate verbally or through writing

Exclusion Criteria:

1. known maladaptive behavioral patterns, exhibition of overt psychotic symptoms (e.g., presence of hallucinations, delusions, or thought disorders)
2. congenital (e.g., spinal bifida, cerebral palsy)