•  Work with your doctors and your employer to prioritize tasks, timelines, hours of work, and even location of work, i.e., telecommute.  Allow extra time for completion of  tasks, and when necessary negotiate for additional time, and /or support services. 
• Familiarize yourself with your employer's policies on rehabilitation, re-employment and assistance for job re-entry.
• Federal law requires that disabled workers be given reasonable accommodations concerning re-employment.
• Educate your employer concerning the types of accommodations you need to help make your return to work efficient, and productive for all parties. 
• Talk to your friends, family, and co-workers. Discuss the types of  support and assistance that they can offer to assist you in your return to work 
• Help your union promote a "Return-to-Work" policy for injured workers.
• If you are a member of a union, help them to help you. You can make a difference not only for yourself and your co-workers, but for future generations.
• Work together and adhere to Occupational Health and Safety practices.
• Make workplace safety foremost in the minds of your co-workers. Join with them in sticking to the practices.

           Following a brain injury, activities that were familiar and routine may require great amounts of energy, and effort. This problem might produce a sense of overwhelming tiredness. This fatigue might directly impact work, classroom and social relations. Fatigue can undermine concentration, attention, memory and communication. 

          When returning to work or school,  after a brain injury it is difficult to know how much you should do and for how long. Taking on too much too soon can lead to demoralizing setbacks. For that reason, a successful return to work and school is usually accomplished through trial and error. A gradual return  to work or the classroom will allow for a a more successful adjustment.  In time, stamina and energy level will improve and activity level and responsibilities may be increased. 

          The course of recovery from brain injury, such as it is, is painstakingly slow.  The injured brain needs regular rest breaks. Practice good nutrition to keep your energy levels up. Regular exercise will prevent atrophy -- check with your doctors concerning exercise.  Set a cut-off time for ending daily activities. Set a regular bedtime, and stick to it. Also practice good sleep hygiene. Consider an evaluation at a sleep clinic.  Become more mindful of  energy cycles.  When extraordinary effort is required to start or engage in an activity postpone it until you feel refreshed. 

          Funding assistance  -- state resources related to economic development, , and growing a small or home-based business. It is worthwhile to spend some time on the website(s) for your state. Many have regional funding programs listed as well as links to resources related to business development at the local, state, national, and international levels.

       Business Plan Resources --  In its most general sense, business planning is all about taking your dream and turning it into reality. A business plan is the document you create when you take an idea for a commercial endeavor and work through all the factors that will have an impact on the successful startup, operation, and management of the business. 
 
 

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