brain injury links

BRAIN INJURY LINKS

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Australian Contacts

Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Inc

Brain Injury Matters (BIM)

Brain Injury Association of Queensland (a wide range of fact sheets)

Brain Injury Network of South Australia

Head Injured Society of Western Australia (Headwest)

Brain Injury Association of New South Wales

Brain Injury Association of Tasmania

Brain Injury Centre The Australian Brain Injury Integration Centre specifically works with individuals who have been diagnosed with short term working memory deficit after a traumatic brain injury. Assessments (at home), lawyer contacts, research.

Somerville Community Services Inc (Northern Territory)

BrainLink (formerly Brain Foundation Victoria)

Brain Australia An initiative of the Brain Foundation

Headway Goldcoast Headway Gold Coast Inc. is a locally formed not-for-profit organization founded in 1985 with the intention of rehabilitating people suffering from Acquired Brain Injuries.

FaHCSIA funded advocacy services The National Disability Advocacy Program funds 73 advocacy organisations to help people with disabilities, their families and carers to get involved in community life as fairly and as fully as possible.

FaHCSIA funded business services The Australian Government is committed to ensuring that Business Services in the disability employment sector are able to prosper in a competitive and dynamic market place.

NDS (formerly ACROD) NDS is the National Disability Services and works to increase the capacity of its members to operate effectively and efficiently and to influence public policy so that it is responsive to the needs of people with disabilities. Membership includes over 550 non-government, non-profit organisations.

Victorian Coalition of ABI Service Providers (VCASP) is a forum for agencies and service providers working in the field of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) in Victoria. Agencies shall be understood to include any institution, association or group providing service in the field of ABI such as treatment, rehabilitation, case management, community support, accommodation, recreation, employment, referral, information, education or research.

Mental Health Links

Mental Health Branch, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Healthinsite (Commonwealth health information site for consumers)

Alzheimer's Australia

Australian Psychological Society

Beyondblue

Mental Health Council of Australia

Mental Health Research Institute

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia

MJA Mental Health Information Centre

Multicultural Mental Health Australia

SANE Australia

Suicide Prevention Australia

Australian Healthcare Association The Australian Healthcare Association (AHA) is the national industry body for publicly funded health organisations, agencies and services at area, regional and district levels including public hospitals, community health centres, aged and extended care facilities.

Adolescent Support

Your Shout was created FOR adolescent siblings BY adolescent siblings as part of the Siblings Project conducted by the Association for Children with a Disability (April 2002-June 2004). The Your Shout team welcomes contributions from Siblings of all shapes and sizes, so make sure you send us a response if you have a comment to make, a story to share, a sentence to end or simply something you want to say - after all, it's Your Shout!

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International Contacts

Brain Injury Association of New Zealand

Brain Injury Association of America

Brain Injury Association of United Kingdom (Headway)

International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)

Ontario Brain Injury Association

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Information Links

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide

Neuroscience for Kids

While You are Waiting (information about coma)

The Black Hole a great site for young people

Brain Injury Survivors

The Perspectives Network information in various languages.

Disability Information Sheets for Northern Metro Region (Vic)

Educating Educators about ABI

A Hit on the head and where it led Kids book for kids with ABI

Young Carer website Fun resource website with information kit

Dr. Diane ~ Catalyst for Change® - A neuropsychologist who works with individuals and organizations worldwide, to help them find Solutions and Resources to vercome life’s challenges and reach their goals.

Tedicore was launched on 3 December as part of International Day of People with Disability. TEDICORE (Telecommunications and Disability Consumer Representation), administered by the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, promotes equity and accessibility of telecommunications.

Government Links

Disability Web Portal A national disability internet portal is now part of the Australian Government’s website australia.gov.au. The website links to information and services on over 700 Australian Government websites as well as selected state and territory resources. australia.gov.au also searches over five million government web pages. The disability portal provides coordinated access to a range of online disability-related information and resources