The active rehabilitation movement dates back to 1992 in Ukraine, but the official status of a legal entity was registered in 2008. Since then, the UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES «GROUP FOR ACTIVE REHABILITATION» has continued its classic volunteer activities to implement the Active Rehabilitation Camps programme and projects aimed at improving the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries and similar diseases.
Every one of those injuries is a person who has a few weeks to learn to live anew: to move, to take care of themselves, to return to work and to their family. A hospital restores health, but it does not restore life in the community.
We are the bridge between the hospital bed and ordinary life at home: our instructors work in the hospital alongside the medical team, and afterwards, when a person comes back home.
We conduct active rehabilitation camps
Ten days in which a person after an injury learns to handle a wheelchair, take care of themselves and get past steps and kerbs. The teaching is done by instructors who live with the same injury.
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We are implementing the First Contact programme
An instructor comes to the person in the first weeks after the injury — in hospital or at a rehabilitation centre, alongside the facility's team. It is often the first conversation after which fear turns into a plan.
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Creating a barrier-free space
We audit the accessibility of buildings, spaces and services using an international methodology, and train staff. Not a list of complaints but a plan of changes with measurements and priorities.
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Supporting our loved ones
Families often do not know where to help and where to step back: over-protection slows the return to independence just as much as a lack of support. We advise relatives as much as the person themselves.
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Breaking stereotypes and changing public perception
We talk about life after an injury without heroism or pity — in the media, at conferences and through our participants' own stories. Because half the barriers are in people's heads, not in architecture.
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We shape public policy
We work with public authorities on accessibility and rehabilitation standards and bring international models into Ukrainian practice — from personal assistance to accessibility audits.
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Усі підопічні. Станом на 7 September 2026.
| Область | Разом | Тетраплегія | Параплегія | Примітка |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Львівська область | 185 | 66 | 119 | |
| місто Київ | 156 | 54 | 102 | |
| Дніпропетровська область | 137 | 46 | 91 | |
| Київська область | 126 | 50 | 76 | |
| Волинська область | 94 | 44 | 50 | |
| Вінницька область | 91 | 26 | 65 | |
| Рівненська область | 90 | 43 | 47 | |
| Одеська область | 83 | 23 | 60 | |
| Харківська область | 80 | 32 | 48 | |
| Івано-Франківська область | 77 | 31 | 46 | |
| Донецька область | 70 | 15 | 55 | дані неповні, частина території тимчасово окупована |
| Житомирська область | 65 | 28 | 37 | |
| Черкаська область | 62 | 23 | 39 | |
| Полтавська область | 59 | 19 | 40 | |
| Тернопільська область | 58 | 19 | 39 | |
| Хмельницька область | 58 | 24 | 34 | |
| Запорізька область | 52 | 19 | 33 | дані неповні, частина території тимчасово окупована |
| Сумська область | 45 | 14 | 31 | |
| Закарпатська область | 43 | 14 | 29 | |
| Луганська область | 42 | 16 | 26 | дані неповні, частина території тимчасово окупована |
| Чернівецька область | 42 | 10 | 32 | |
| Чернігівська область | 36 | 14 | 22 | |
| Кіровоградська область | 33 | 10 | 23 | |
| Миколаївська область | 31 | 11 | 20 | |
| Херсонська область | 26 | 11 | 15 | дані неповні, частина території тимчасово окупована |
| Автономна Республіка Крим | — | — | — | дані недоступні, територія тимчасово окупована |
| місто Севастополь | — | — | — | дані недоступні, територія тимчасово окупована |
| Разом | 1841 | 662 | 1179 |