Tag Archives: TBI Model Systems

Resources for People with Traumatic Brain Injury, Their Families, and Service Providers from the NIDILRR Community

This blog post describes a traumatic brain injury and discusses resources from the NIDILRR Community. Continue reading

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New Research May Help People with TBI Show They Are #MoreThanMyBrainInjury

For Brain Injury Awareness Month, we highlight four new projects whose research aims to show people with TBI they are #MoreThanMyBrainInjury Continue reading

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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for January 2020

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: Our child received a concussion while playing their favorite sport. We want to know how to best support them … Continue reading

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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for August 2019

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am a Veteran with a disability. What information and resources are available for me? This edition of Answered … Continue reading

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NIDILRR at 40: TBI Research from Injury to Re-Integration

As we head toward the celebration of NIDILRR’s 40th anniversary this October, we will take an occasional look at the achievements of the grantee community in different areas. At next week’s Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), co-sponsored … Continue reading

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Disability in the News: Story and Video Essays on Traumatic Brain Injury Featured at HEALTH on TODAY.com

As father’s day fast approaches, TODAY.com contributor Bill Briggs tells his personal story about his daughter’s recovery from traumatic brain injury:  “Bringing Andrea back from brain injury: A father’s story.”  The story includes two video essays:  Raising their Child, for … Continue reading

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Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Offers Web Course on Accommodating the Symptoms of TBI

The Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, home of the NIDRR-funded Ohio TBI Model System, offers a free web course:  Accommodating the Symptoms of TBI.  The web course covers the reason to accommodate individuals with brain injury … Continue reading

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The CDC Injury Center partners with the CDC Foundation to Launch the Heads Up TBI Film Festival

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and in recognition the CDC Injury Center and the CDC Foundation are partnering to launch the Heads Up TBI Film Festival, an online collection of video and written testimonials about traumatic brain injury.  According … Continue reading

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