Living with a brain injury can require a range of resources, strategies and supports. The range of possible supports can be tremendous. This page hopes to offer links to articles and information about the supports and resources that are available to people with brain injury and their families to assist them.
Below is a list of common issues that can arise, with links to publications and/or other website with useful information. If you know of additional information or resources, or find something missing, please feel free to contact us to let us know.
Accessing Home and Community-Based Services: A Guide for Self Advocates
Accessing Home and Community-Based Services: A Guide for Self Advocates is a tool designed to help people with disabilities, our families, and friends find and use resources that are available to us. This may include family and friends, community-based services, state funded waivers and programs, and other resources to help empower people with disabilities to live as independently as possible and make our own choices about what we need.
This tool can help those using it become more self-sufficient and independent. It can also help spread awareness about resources that you may not have known about or been familiar with. It is a tool to inform about various resources and how to access them. It is also a reference about resources that, although you may not need or want them now, you can use in the future. Click here to download.
Addiction Resources
- What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction
- Home After Rehab: The Guide to Finding the Right Place for Recovery
- Addiction Is a Mental Illness - Treat It That Way
- Is Your Home an Accomplice for Your Rebellious Teen?
- Unconventional Grief: Grieving Someone Alive
- Addiction And Infidelity: Understanding And Finding Ways To Heal After An Addicted Partner Is Unfaithful
- Holistic Approach to the Addiction Recovery Process
- Addiction Treatment Services
- Addiction Resource Guide for Kids and Parents
- 3 C's Of Addiction Recovery
Alternative Medicines
Assistive Technology
- Family Caregivers article on Assistive Technology
- Maryland Accessible Telecommunication Program
- Ipad Apps for Complex Communication Support Needs
Behaviors
Caregiver/Family Stress
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Brain Injury is a Family Affair
- What to Expect at Home
- Tips for Dealing with Stress
- Changes, Choices, Challenges- A Guide for Families to Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Caregiver Burnout
- 50 Ways for Family Caregivers to Take a Break
- Stress Relieve Products for Caregivers
Cognition and Memory
- Road to Rehabilitation Part 3- Cognition and Memory
- Neuropsychological Assessments
- Organizing Daily Life After Brain Injury
- Cognitive Problems After Brain Injury
- Memory and Brain Injury
Depression
Employment
- Become a Champion for Employment! Guiding People with Brain Injuries Towards Work-A Resource for Supporting Individuals with a Brain Injury Continue or Pursue Work
- You CAN Work After Brain Injury: Improving your Employment Success
- Employment After Brain Injury
- Return to Work
- Job Accommodation Network
Driving
Falls
Fatigue
Financial Issues
Children and Brain Injury
- See the Children's Page
- Children and Brain Injury
- Return to School After Brain Injury
- Evidence-based and Evidence-informed Strategies for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
College/Return to School
- College and Brain Injury
- Young Adults with Brain Injury and College
- Return to School After Brain Injury
- A Student's Guide to Coping with Disabilities in College
Headaches
Legal Issues
- Guide to Selecting Legal Representation
- Legal Glossary
- Brain Injury Association on Special Needs Trusts
Medications
Medicare Plans
Pain
Research/Clinical Trials
Seizures
Severe Brain Injury
- Facts About Severe Brain Injury
- A Physician Talks About Severe Brain Injury
- Facts About the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States After Brain Injury
Sexuality
Sleep
Spasticity
Speech/Communication
Substance Abuse
Taste and Smell
Vestibular/Balance
Vision
Originally compiled by the Brain Injury Association of America, Inc. with additional assistance from thepreventioncolation.org