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- Brain Injury Association USA - Promotes awareness, understanding and prevention of brain injury through education, advocacy, research grants and community support services that lead toward reduced incidence and improved outcomes of children and adults with brain injuries.
- Brain Injury Association of Queensland, Inc. - Contains fact sheets on issues relating to brain injury as well as information about support, training, accommodations, mentoring, and referral services. Suitable for caregivers, health professionals and those with a brain injury themselves.
- Brain Injury Association of New Zealand - Provides information, advocacy and support to people with brain injuries, family members, and caregivers. Has listing of branch offices, and offers Social Rehabilitation clinics in a variety of cities.
- United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) - Promotes understanding of all aspects of Acquired Brain Injury and provides expert input to UK policy makers by setting up working parties and conferences to discuss any aspect of acquired brain injury. The Forum addresses medical, social welfare, education, housing, vocational, financial, legal, and other issues in which brain injured people and their carers require representation.
- The Brain Injury Association of Nipissing - Committed to assisting individuals living with the effects of acquired brain injury improve their potential and lead fuller lives. Offers information, referrals, counseling, advocacy, research, education, and activities.
- Ontario Brain Injury Association - Committed to enhancing the quality of life for those living with an acquired brain injury by providing support services, professional development programs, and community involvement. Offers newsletter, calendar of events, and resource information.
- Brain Injury Association of Florida - Improving the quality of life for persons with brain injury and their families by creating a better future through, free materials, prevention programs, research, education, support services, and advocacy.
- International Brain Injury Association - Dedicated to the development and support of professionals, advocates, policy makers, consumers and others who work to improve outcomes and opportunities for persons with brain injury.
- Acquired Brain Injury Service (ARBIAS) - A specialist, non-government agency providing a range of services to people with acquired brain injury, predominately caused by alcohol or other substances. Aims to assist people disabled through acquired brain injury to live and function to their full potential in the community.
- Traumatic Brain Injury: a Mind Numbing Experience - A man relates experiences after receiving a brain injury when a 52 pound television set fell on his head. Includes basic TBI information and resources.
Wikipedia Articles
- Acquired brain injury - A neurological condition, Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is damage to the brain acquired after birth. It usually affects cognitive, physical, emotional, social or independent functioning and can result from traumatic brain injury (i.
- NINDS brain trauma research - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research to better understand traumatic brain injury and the biological mechanisms underlying damage to the brain, to develop strategies and interventions to limit the primary and secondary brain damage that occurs within days of a head trauma, and to devise therapies to treat brain injury and help in long-term recovery of function.
- Defense And Veterans Brain Injury Center - Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is:
- Brain damage - Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells.
- Neuropsychological assessment - Neuropsychological assessment was traditionally carried out to assess the extent of impairment to a particular skill and to attempt to locate an area of the brain which may have been damaged after brain injury or neurological illness. With the advent of neuroimaging techniques, location of space-occupying lesions can now be accurately determined so the focus has now moved onto the measurement of cognition and behaviour, including examining the effects of any brain injury or neuropathological process that a person ...