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Barriers to Returning to Work Following a Brain Injury

The severity of the injury - whether it is mild, moderate or severe - will have a large bearing on when and if someone is able to return to work following a traumatic brain injury.  But that is only one of the many things that will determine a survivor’s ability to return to the work [...]

Brain Injuries and Dependencies

Following a traumatic brain injury, the survivor may become dependent upon those close to them.  These dependencies may be emotional in nature or based on a substance abuse.  Whatever dependency is involved, it can lead to difficulties in recovering from the injury.
Some of the emotional problems that can lead to dependency are a result of [...]

Caregiving Your spouse Following A Brain Injury

With a brain injury, and possibly physical injuries, the injured person may be a shell of who he/she once was.  Because of this, caregivers often become ‘married widows’ because of the loss of the relationship they had prior to the injury.  They may no longer have an equal partner.  With the many changes in their [...]

Portable Shower Wheelchairs for Independence and Dignity

When people use wheelchairs it will come to the expense of losing individual freedom and being in a wheelchair the quality of life will suffer and their sense of any independence will also disappear. However with new technology and developments people in wheelchairs can gain some dignity back.
With such development as the shower wheelchair [...]

8 Steps to Get Ready for Summer

Are you ready for summer?  If you’re like most parents of children with special needs, summer arrangements for your kids must be made well in advance. 
Get Ready for Summer
This year, don’t wait until the last minute to read those materials, make those phone calls, fill out those forms.  Eliminate the stress of looming deadlines by scheduling [...]