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.
Brooke Bruguier | Brilliance
February 7, 2025
On the evening 19-year-old Brooke Bruguier arrived at QLI after months in the hospital, she wanted one thing—Taco Bell. There was one catch—Brooke’s injury inhibited her ability to swallow and […]
Ashlin Carlson | The Next Milestone
February 7, 2025
“I think we missed our turn back there,” but the car, moving quickly along at highway speeds, doesn’t slow down. “Should we turn around?” “No–I think we can get there […]
Ellie Alberty | Celebration
January 29, 2025
It’s taken a lot of time, but the lights are finally set up. The cameras are tested, each moving up and backward, anticipating the group’s movement. Trash bags filled with […]
Doug Bish | Carrying Knowledge
December 11, 2024
“There are moments every day.” These, catching the sunrise in the preparation of a hunt in the hills outside of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, taking in the breeze on a day […]
Thatcher Skolout | The Whole Person
December 6, 2024
He’s been Thatcher all this time. The same charismatic figure, ever since his youth. Thatcher the friend, and yes, even the jokester. If you put him in a room with […]
Bryan Houghton | Within His World
December 4, 2024
When words can’t do it justice, Bryan Houghton turns to the camera roll. It isn’t populated in a scattered manner with various photos and selfies. Rather, it is deliberate. Meet […]
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 […]
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