Resources and Support Groups for Traumatic Brain Injury

International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)
http://www.internationalbrain.org/

The IBIA strives to provide international leadership for creative solutions to the issues associated with brain injury.  

Brain Injury Association of America
http://www.biausa.org/

The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI).           

War is Hell: PTSD and TBI in the Military
http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/08/01/4249-ptsd-mild-tbi-chain-teaching-begins-at-pentagon/

The Army launched its Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and mild Traumatic Brain Injury chain-teaching program at the Pentagon last week by training officers and others how to recognize and help distressed soldiers who may or may not recognize their brain injuries.

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs18txt.htm

This is a publication about the struggles of a young girl’s battle with TBI and what parents need to do to educate others and the schools about her recovery and ongoing education.

National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/TBI.htm

Everything you ever wanted to know about traumatic brain injury including its definition, symptoms, costs involved, etc.

TBI Fact Sheets
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/FactSheets/TBI_Fact_Sheets.htm

Lots of facts about risk factors, sports related brain injuries, brain injuries in jail and other correctional institutions; fact sheets for friends and families of people with TBI; and facts in Spanish.

TBI Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/AdditionalResources.htm

Numerous resources for all things related to TBI such as brain injury research, veterans and brain injury, rehabilitation, neurological disorders, education, traumatic brain injury grant program, social security for TBI victims, and more.

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html?src=mr

Available: grants, kits, rehabilitation info, and research for and about children with brain injury disabilities.

North American Brain Injury Society
http://www.nabis.org/

NABIS was created specifically to address the needs of multidisciplinary professionals dedicated to brain injury by providing education programs, scientific updates, and a platform for communication and professional exchange.

Family Caregiver Alliance
http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=579

FCA offers a wide array of services and publications based on caregiver needs and offers programs at local, state, and national levels.    

Wikipedia: Traumatic Brain Injury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury

Everyone's favorite online source for information offers easy-to-understand pieces of information about traumatic brain injury.

Anapol Schwartz
http://www.anapolschwartz.com

For more than 30 years, the Philadelphia PA lawyers at the law firm of Anapol Schwartz have advocated zealously to ensure that those who are negligent are held accountable. Anapol Schwartz has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts or settlements in its representation of clients in a wide variety of personal injury matters, such as claims for spinal cord injury, brain injury, burns, and wrongful death. Do you have a brain injury lawsuit?

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