Help rebuild lives.
Join QLI in providing life-changing rehabilitation and care for individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries.
Tragedy Can Strike Anyone
Everything can change in an instant. Brain and spinal cord injuries interrupt lives and defer dreams. Team QLI is here to pick up the pieces and help injured individuals and their families get back on a meaningful path in life.
How You Can Help
It’s as simple as this: Your support allows us to give our clients and their families the best possible odds by offering state-of-the-art technology and complex, individualized programming. Together, we are not just helping clients and families recover. We are helping rediscover passions and re-establish identities.
Unrivaled
Unrivaled rehabilitation expertise.
Relentless
Relentlessly inspired team.
Here
Proud to call Omaha home.
Our Stories
The people we serve are just like you – employees, parents, students. A lightning bolt, a mosquito bite, a car accident, or a fall. Within seconds and without warning they were forced to begin fighting to rebuild the life they once lived. Take a moment to read their stories and see how your support can make an impact.
Annika Olson | Rodeo
October 10, 2024
“That’s me?” A look of confusion. A collection of images and videos from the past few months is on the laptop screen. An earlier photo is pulled up. In it, […]
Lotus Friedman | Bloom
October 2, 2024
If you were to ask Lotus Friedman where she wants to go to college, without a moment’s hesitation she would say “Santa Monica College,” and likely punctuate that statement with […]
Lynn Wolf | In Vibrant Colors
October 2, 2024
The polymer is a chain of large molecules constantly in flux, moving around, repelling, attracting, and ultimately being able to come together and create new bonds, colors, and materials. The […]
Cheyne Clark | From Clouds and Cliffs
September 27, 2024
“It’s not even exhilaration, just a different state of mind. Being in control while on the edge of life and death is immensely empowering.” It was a late and exhausting […]
Ray Skoglund | Station
August 12, 2024
It started as a simple idea. He’d get introduced to a local fire chief. He was eager, ready. By the time he left the firehouse and got a feel for […]
Ty Vuong | His Take
August 12, 2024
Who are you? “I’m Ty Vuong, and am an adjunct professor at the University of South Dakota, teaching undergraduate psychology. I’m a motorcycle safety instructor, which was funny considering my […]
Dr. Dipika Aggarwal | Survivor
August 2, 2024
Photos provided courtesy of the American Heart Association and Dr. Dipika Aggarwal It’s something I often wonder with the stories I work on. How? Specifically, how does a body, mind, […]
Ricky Reeves | Not Defined By Definition
July 9, 2024
Eye, focused. A red mushroom set against a background of green, purple, and blue. Like tie-dye. For this session, all it needs is a touchup. A series of white dots […]
Tammy Rothrock | Genuinely Herself
July 2, 2024
Who is Tammy Rothrock? The question, while of course unique to her, is something that is asked prior to every client’s admission to QLI. Medical records are reviewed, and interviews […]
Casey Evanoff | Atonal Password
April 29, 2024
He’s been practicing for weeks on the methodology in the Adaptive Sports Lab–the exact order to put his helmet and harness on, to prepare for the transfer up and out […]
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