| Brain Tumors:
Resources and links to programs and support groups. |
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| Brain Injury Database:
Model Systems Project funded by federal dollars collects medical,
psychosocial and demographic data while individuals are hospitalized and
also through annual interviews or evaluations. The data allow specific
research questions to be answered from a national sample. |
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| 2001 Brain Injury
Support Fund, Inc: Founded in 1995 a tbi survivor provides
financial and emotional support to needy brain injury survivors.
Giving limited to New Hampshire residents. |
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| Brain Injury
Support Groups: Resources and links to programs and services. |
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| Brain Injury
Society: Resources and links to programs and support groups. |
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| Chat Groups:
Links to TBI, ABI, SCI, chat groups. |
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| Check-out
Your Doctor: Links to and information on accreditation |
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| Coma:
Resources and links to programs and support groups |
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| Concussion In Sports:
Links to and resources concerning concussion in sports. |
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| Disability
Resources: Links to and information on disability resources including
addiction services and resources, driver
rehab programs, personal
mobility and air transit, as well as assistive
and augmentative devices |
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| Electric Shock
and Lightening Strike: Information on resources for this
poorly appreciated injury. |
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| Encephalitis
Support Groups: Information and support for this rare disorder. |
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| Epilepsy -
Seizure: Information on resources for
this poorly appreciated disorder that is commonly associated with traumatic
brain injury. |
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| Family Caregiver
Alliance: Offers information and support to families
of persons with traumatic brain injury. |
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| Family Resources:
This page contains resources for families. |
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| Headache:
Links to resources and support groups. |
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| Health Resources:
Links to general health information sites and resources including links
to health departments for all 50 states. |
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| Headline News: News and opinion concerning brain injury.
Also contains classified ads, a listing of brain injury conferences, seminars
and events. Submissions welcome |
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| Helmets
and Head Gear. Links to information and resources. |
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| Housing Home &
Communities: Links to information and resources. |
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| Injured Workers:
Links to information and resources. |
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| Job Resources and Work
Re-entry: Links to information and resources |
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| Mailing
List: Subscribe (or unsubscribe) to a free email newsletter
telling you about brain injury news as well as changes to this web site. |
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| Meningitis Foundation of America Inc.
http://www.musa.org/
800-668-1129 |
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| National Aphasia Association:
Information, resources, and support. |
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| National Ataxia Foundation:
Information, resources and support. |
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| National Parkinson Foundation:
http://www.parkinson.org/ 800-327-4545 |
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| Near Drowning:
Information on resources for this poorly appreciated injury. |
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| Neuro Science
& Research Centers: Listings of neuro rehab, and research
centers, and professional organizations. Most sites permit public
access. |
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| Noteworthy Brain
Injury Publications: This is a list of important original articles,
and books written in plain English, about brain injury. |
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| Professional Journals:
Listings of neuropsychological journals. Most sites permit public
access. |
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| Recovery Awareness
Foundation: Founded in 1998 provides technical, emotional,
and financial support to caregivers of brain injury survivors. |
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| Resources &
Services: National & International
- Assistive devices, public libraries,
addiction services, transit and personal mobility, service animals, web
rings, sports and recreation, human and professional services. |
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| Resources
- Washington: Assistive
devices, addiction services, transit and personal mobility, service animals,
web rings, sports and recreation, human, senior, and professional services
Respite. |
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| Senior
Resources - Links to information and resources |
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| Service
Animals - for the physically disabled and/or mobility impaired. |
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| Sexuality
- Links to information and resources |
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| Shaken Baby:
Information and resources concerning this major health risk. |
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| Spanish Language
Health Sites: Information and resources. |
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| Stroke, Brain
Attack, Aneurysm: Information on resources for this leading
cause of death and disability. |
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| Spinal Cord Injury:
Information on resources for this leading cause of death and disability. |
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| TMJ
stands for temporomandibular joint: TMJ injuries are common in head
injury cases The TMJ Assoc., says "An injury
- either directly to the joint or to the head and neck - can trigger a
TMJ problem." Jaw & facial pain |
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| Toxic Inhalation:
Information on resources concerning poorly understood source of brain damage.
Huffing |
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| American Tinnitus Assoc: Ringing
in the ears - Information, resources and support. |
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| Vestibular Disorders Assoc:
Dizziness or Vertigo - Information,
resources, and support. |
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| Vision Disorders:
Links to organizations and resources concerning this frequently overlooked
disorder caused by traumatic brain injury. |
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| Well Spouse Foundation
- Offers information and support |
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| Whiplash Injury
Support Group - Offers information and support. |
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| "...The
internet elevates a doctor-patient relationship into a partnership.
... Patients have been finding ways to be better informed and have been
acting as their own best advocates for some time. ...Doctors generally
welcome a more educated patient."
--The New York Times 7/9/98 |
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