Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Resources and Links

On With Life has compiled these links to other traumatic brain injury related resources on the internet. If you would like to recommend another relevant site or report a non-functional link please contact us. Thank you.
 

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Video - Living with Brain Injury
From the Brain Injury Association of New York State:

Beyond the Invisible: Living with Brain Injury
This 30-minute documentary (narrated by Lee Woodruff) focuses on three veterans who sustained a brain injury in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The film is designed to educate the public, professionals, and advocates about what it means to live with a brain injury. Although the documentary portrays the challenges of brain injury in a military context, many of the struggles these veterans discuss are shared by all who experience a brain injury.

Special thanks to the veterans and their families who opened their hearts and homes to us. Talking publicly about a brain injury is not easy for anyone. By reaching out and sharing their experiences, these men and their families have demonstrated the importance of not keeping the topic of brain injury a secret.�

See the video online --- Beyond the Invisible: Living with Brain Injury

To download a WMV format version of the video, use this link:
Beyond the Invisible: Living with Brain Injury
(BeyondTheInvisible320x240.wmv --- approximately 85.5 MB)

DVD copies of Beyond the Invisible are available to the public free-of-charge. Please contact the Brain Injury Association of New York State for more information:

Judith Avner
javner@bianys.org
10 Colvin Avenue
Albany NY 12206-1242
Telephone: 518-459-7911
Fax: 518-482-5285
http://www.bianys.org/contact_us.html

Please note: The film contains explosion scenes. An edited version of the film is available by contacting the Brain Injury Association of New York State.

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Brain Injury Association of America is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Brain Injury Association of Iowa The mission of the Brain Injury Association of Iowa is to create a better future through brain injury prevention, education, advocacy and support.

Central Iowa Center for Independent Living helps those whose lives are challenged with the opportunities to succeed in life with disability and assistive issues.

Iowa Association of Community Providers promotes quality services to children and adults with disabilities (MH/MR/BI/DD) in Iowa�s communities by strengthening association members.

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Directory contains hundreds of resources relevant to individuals with brain injury, their families, and friends.

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide an online book to better prepare the head injured person and family for the long road ahead.

Brain Train software and articles about brain injury.

Brain.com features brain games and tools for everyone.

Stroke Family sells speech practice tools that utilize specific techniques based on brain research that shows that the other side of the brain can formulate speech and that the brain can be "reprogrammed" to use this untapped speech area.

National Rehabilitation Information Center lists an abundance of disability and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of user-friendly formats.