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.
Jaya Fever | No Dissuasion
November 29, 2023
The gym doors open and the soon-to-be graduates enter—proud and expectant. Surrounding them, family and friends sit in equal anticipation. Soon, the names are read off and each student approaches […]
Pato Gilchrist | Without Pause
November 17, 2023
Beginning on an incline, the wheelchairs move swiftly down the pavement. Thirty yards later, Pato Gilchrist and Seth Wannamaker bring their chairs to an abrupt halt. They turn around, looking […]
Christian Arteaga | A Renewed Perspective
November 15, 2023
Christian Arteaga takes a step in the EksoNR exoskeleton. Then another. With a rhythm established, he and physical therapist Anna Schaffart are off walking through the halls of the Lied […]
Preach Haynes | Not as He Came
September 12, 2023
At 62 years old, Kelvin “Preach” Haynes is far from riding off into his golden years. In fact, it is quite the opposite. He holds many roles and shows no […]
Jason Stephens | The Storyteller
September 11, 2023
“I believe it’s the most beautiful job anyone could have.” Jason Stephens is a wedding videographer based out of Portland, Oregon. “You’re a huge part of this magical day, getting […]
Jordan Hout | Inch by Inch
June 26, 2023
Inch by inch. A phrase we all know, one that has been relegated to a common cliché. But no matter how common, or how rote it might seem to many […]
Deucer Smith & Mary Coons | So Much to Give
May 31, 2023
The video, dated May 23, 1993, crackles with that unmistakable 90s VHS effect. The lens of the camcorder pushes into a kitchen. It is morning and relatively quiet save for […]
Eric Zimmerman | Playing On
April 21, 2023
The electric guitar rumbles with a shifting pitch as the E string is tuned. In tandem, across the rehearsal space, the bass guitar follows suit. The bass and guitar amplifiers, […]
Cassidy Slusher | Living Purposefully
March 23, 2023
“I’ve had a little bit of an unconventional life, one that I worked very hard to make a reality.” Twenty-nine-year-old Cassidy Slusher hails from Denver, Colorado. Conventional paths are not […]
Oscar Guillamondegui | The Calling
March 3, 2023
It seems some are born with a calling. From a young age, they march clearly towards the goal they are inspired to pursue: garnering qualifications, showing proficiency, and knocking down […]
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