Americans with Disabilities Act

This website explains the ADA and offers a list of publications about the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also has information on enforcing the ADA.

www.ada.gov

Bicycle Helmet Safety Instructions

Site of the helmet advocacy program of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. An active, non-profit consumer-funded program acting as a clearinghouse and a technical resource for bicycle helmet information.

www.bhsi.org

Brain Injury Association of America

The Brain Injury Association of America was founded in 1980 by a group of individuals who wanted to improve the quality of life for their family members who had sustained brain injuries. Despite phenomenal growth over the past two decades, the Association remains committed to its grassroots. The Brain Injury Association of America encompasses a national network of more than 40 chartered state affiliates across the country, as well as hundreds of local chapters and support groups.

www.biausa.org

Brain Injury Association of Ohio

The Brain Injury Association of Ohio (BIAOH) was established to address the problems faced by individuals with brain injury and their families. BIAOH also supports the professional community, advocates and supporters.

www.biaoh.org

Brain Injury Chat

The purpose of this web site is to provide people who are living with brain injury a safe place to meet for support and information. These pages accompany the private chat server maintained by BrainInjuryChat.org. All work at this site is done by volunteers.

www.braininjurychat.org

Brain Injury Information Network

TBINET was started in 1995 by a small group of Caregivers who had loved ones with various types of brain injuries.

www.tbinet.org

Brain Injury Recovery Aids

This website takes an up-close look at specific brain injury problems, providing crisp, clear definitions and coping strategies. As well as being able to purchase assistive products, this site offers information on brain injury and caregiver assistance.

www.bindependent.com

Brain Trauma Foundation

The Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) was founded in 1986 as a non-profit organization to improve outcomes for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients by educating health care professionals.

www2.braintrauma.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Traumatic Brain Injury information is available under the disabilities section and contains fact sheets covering statistics and prevention, number of injuries per state per year, causes, outcomes, and risk groups.

www.cdc.gov

Community Health Center of Akron Ohio

In 2004 Ballinger TBI Clubhouse teamed up with Community Health Center to find a space for a Clubhouse location in Akron, Ohio. Recognizing that many people with TBI live at Summit Terrace (a housing program of the Community Health Center), the Community Health Center has donated a large community room that is dedicated to direct support of TBI individuals to enable them to experience decreased isolation and increased personal growth.

www.commhealthcenter.org

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is a medical care, clinical research and education center. Established in 1992 as the Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program (DVHIP), the clinical research conducted by DVBIC has come to define optimal care for survivors of TBI.

www.dvbic.org

Disability Info

DisabilityInfo.gov is a comprehensive online resource designed to provide people with disabilities with the information they need to know quickly and easily. Provides access to disability-related information and programs available across the government on numerous subjects, including civil rights, education, employment, housing, health, income support, technology, transportation, and community life.

www.disabilityinfo.gov

Family Caregiver Alliance

Founded in 1977, Family Caregiver Alliance was the first community-based nonprofit organization in the country to address the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home. FCA now offers programs at national, state and local levels to support and sustain caregivers.

www.caregiver.org

Life with TBI - A Resource for Survivors

The purpose of this web site is to reach survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury and those individuals who are interested in knowing about the impact on an individual's life following one, and to provide a guide on living one's life after such an injury.

www.tbilife.com

National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

The mission of the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators is to assist state government in promoting partnerships and building systems to meet the needs of individuals with brain injury and their families. programs and services assist state government in promoting partnerships and building systems to meet the needs of individuals with brain injury and their families.

www.nashia.org/resbestprac.htm

National Family Caregivers Association

The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) exists to support family caregivers and to speak out publicly for caregivers' needs. NFCA espouses a philosophy of self-advocacy and self-care that is predicated on the belief that caregivers who choose to take charge of their lives, and see care giving as but one of its facets, are in a position to be happier and healthier individuals

www.nfcacares.org

Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

This website conducts research, provides education and develops programs to improve the quality of life of persons who experience traumatic brain injury.

www.ohiovalley.org

The Rehabilitation Research Center (RRC) for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) conducts research to better understand and improve outcomes after TBI and SCI. Outcomes studied include the functional, vocational, and life satisfaction areas that are important to people with and without disabilities.

www.tbi-sci.org

Social Security Administration

Allows people to determine their eligibility for disability benefits using the Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool, apply for benefits on-line, and update information if already receiving information.

www.ssa.gov

TBI Help Desk for Caregivers

Books, articles, and other information to enhance, expand and extend the quality of care available to Caregivers and Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury

www.tbihelp.org

TBI Survivor Guide - On line book by Dr. Glen Johnson

An online book that explains head injury in clear, easy to understand language. The goal of this book is to better prepare the head injured person and family for the long road ahead.

www.tbiguide.com

The Perspective Network

The Perspectives Network, Inc.'s primary focus is positive communication between persons with brain injury, family members/ caregivers/friends of persons with brain injury, those many professionals who treat persons with brain injury and community members in order to create positive changes and enhance public awareness and knowledge of acquired/traumatic brain injury.

www.tbi.org

Traumatic Brain Injury in Ohio - Slide Show, Facts and Figures

Useful resource to learn more about traumatic brain injury (TBI).

www.orclish.org/5_disability_res/traumaticbraininjury/sld001.htm

Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

The New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System provides a comprehensive program of health care to meet the diverse needs of persons who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The NY TBI Model System – coordinated by the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical – is one of 16 in the and the only one in the New York metropolitan area. The current funding of the NY TBI Model System began in late 2002.

http://mssm.edu/nytbims/publications.shtml

Traumatic Brain Injury Model System and National Data Center

The Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS) program was created and funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) in 1987 to demonstrate the benefits of a coordinated system of and rehabilitation care and conduct innovative research on all aspects of care for those who sustain traumatic brain injuries.

The Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Center (TBINDC) at Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center is the coordinating center for the research and dissemination efforts of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) program funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

www.tbindc.org

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide

The TBI Resource Guide is the internet's central source of information, services and products relating to traumatic brain injury, brain injury recovery, and post-acute rehabilitation.

www.neuroskills.com

Traumatic Brain Injury Technical Assistance Center

The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) was established in 1997 to help States in the planning and development of effective programs that improve access to health and other services for individuals with TBI and their families.

http://www.tbitac.nashia.org/tbics/