PARENTS EXCHANGE Traumatic Brain Injury
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Brain Injury - A Guide for Families and Friends Basic information about brain injury and its treatment, from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
The Brain Injury Recovery Network Dedicated to helping victims and families of brain and other serious injuries. Information, tips, and advice provided by people who have been through the same experience.
Brain Injury Resource Center Offers information, reference materials, and self-help resources. Provides links to support and discussion groups, rehabilitation sites, publications and journals.
Coma Waiting Page Information about coma and brain injury directed at helping with answers and support in those critical first days and weeks, while waiting for someone to awake from a coma.
Family Caregiver Alliance Fact Sheet Offers an overview of head injury, its effects, prognosis and treatment.
Safety Tips for Farming with a Brain Injury Article from National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD) talking about special considerations and concerns. Farmers with brain injuries share a list of general tips to help prevent additional injuries.
What Is Traumatic Brain Injury Fact sheet with tips for preventing brain injuries from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
ABIC: American Brain Injury Consortium
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Brain Injury Association
Head Injury Society of New Zealand
Information and Links.
Family & Child Resources Brain Injury Resource Center
Family & Child Resources Little red School House: Education Rights of children with TBI.
The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome Information, Resources, Library (Note: They charge for brochures).
The Whole Brain Atlas An Online Interactive Atlas of the Brain.