Posts from ‘Weekly Resource’
Your Resource for the Week
This week’s resource of note is Palliative care.
Palliative care is designed to compliment the treatment you are receiving for illness and injuries such as traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or spinal cord injuries (SCI). The goal is to relieve the patient of pain, stress, fatigue, loss of appetite, constipation, nausea and difficulty sleeping with will result in a better overall quality of life for the person in treatment…
This week’s resource is the Assistive Technology Industry Association’s (ATIA) list of upcoming events that focus on new developments and accessibility in the area of assistive technology…
This week’s resource is the Website America’s Heroes at Work.
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) created this site in order to address the “employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).”
This week’s resource is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) teen driver fact sheet.
The CDC says that motor vehicle accidents are the leading U.S. cause of teen deaths, accounting for more than one in three deaths…
This week’s resource is the Northeast Center for Special Care’s Brain Injury Conference, Symposium and Event Listing page.
If you are interested in knowing what brain injury related workshops, conferences and meetings are available near you, or what topics are being explored right now, then this page will be a great resource. They have listings that cover the entire year and span the whole world.
You can also sign up for updates and reminders if you want to easily keep on top of things. To check out this resource, click here.
This week’s resource is the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System. We have been talking about ways to increase your brain’s ability to recall and process information after a TBI, and this site has some good data that can help with the process…
This week’s resource is the National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center (DSW). The Website, created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in response to the growing need for caregivers, provides information on care professionals, care attendants, personal assistance providers, home health aides and others…
The Disability Help Site is our recommended resource for this week. This Website includes a wide variety of useful information for those with a disability. Some of the topics are:
Federal and State disability benefits, with information on benefits and review procedures.
Financial Aid, with an emphasis on grants, job placement, disability tax and education financing.
Housing Issues, including modifications and funding for home assistance devices.
Impairment Sites, for dealing with pain and a variety of disabilities.
Prescriptions Meds, with information about free and discounted prescriptions options.
Your Rights, which includes resources such as the disability act.
This site also includes a forum for additional questions and answers along with opportunities to connect with others who are navigating issues that are related to a disability.
“DisabilityInfo.gov is a comprehensive online resource designed to provide people with disabilities with quick and easy access to the information they need. With just a few clicks, the site provides access to disability-related information and programs available across the government on numerous subjects, including benefits, civil rights, community life, education, employment, housing, health, technology and transportation.
DisabilityInfo.gov is managed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), in partnership with 21 other federal agencies.
DisabilityInfo.gov is the result of an Executive Memorandum issued by President George W. Bush on August 28, 2002 as part of his New Freedom Initiative which directed federal agencies to work together to build a one-stop interagency Web portal for people with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers and community members.”
This site provides some excellent resources for everything disability related, with an emphasis on government policies and procedures. It’s worth checking out.
