All posts tagged 'brain injury advocacy'

TBI Advocacy: Empowering At Core of TBI Advocacy

Posted on February 5th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Advocacy: Craig Part Thirty One  Craig talks about his role in TBI advocacy and his other accomplishments that he is proud of .  His TBI advocacy position has enabled him to make changes in such things as respectful language. What other TBI advocacy achievements are you proud of? You..
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TBI Fund Act – Legislature to Help TBI Survivors

Posted on February 4th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Fund Act: Craig Part Thirty Craig discusses his part in being a brain injury leader and what he has achieved as far as the TBI fundAct and what it is all about. Talk to me about the legislative the actions that you have achieved. Well the first one, and..
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Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors Advocacy Overview

Posted on January 28th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors Advocacy: Craig Part Twenty Five I discussed the traumatic brain injury survivors advocacy groups that Craig is either a part of or that he started himself. Community College Traumatic Brain Injury Support So, you’re currently part of a community college? I assist here.  They use my..
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TBI Support: Survivor Based Traumatic Brain Injury Support

Posted on January 25th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Support: Craig Part Twenty Four  Craig goes on to say how important TBI support can be and how much trouble he had finding TBI support from other survivors. Not A Lot of TBI Support You went through this period of some down times and writings and music, then what?..
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HBO series details Alzheimer’s pain, progress

Posted on May 9th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 5/9/2009 4:23 PM LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Shriver said her role in a major HBO documentary series on Alzheimer’s stems from the professional and the intensely personal. “I approached this project as a child of Alzheimer’s,” she said, a reference to her father, Sargent..
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Loss of the News – The Fabric of Our Democracy in Peril

Posted on April 30th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

The below story from the Associated Press is nearly as disturbing as the news from Pakistan and the debacle that Baxter’s move to globalization of Heparin manufacture has been. Before I went to law school, I went to Journalism school, journalism school in Chicago, at Northwestern University. I aspired to..
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CDC Finding re: Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

One of the most difficult to answer and unfortunately way to often asked questions on our 800 number is about coma prognosis and treatment. A study cited on the Center for Disease Control’s website (CDC) discusses new research in this area. With the Natasha Richardson seemingly mild brain injury that..
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State Brain Injury Associations: Advocacy on the Move

Posted on September 24th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

The acknowledgment that brain injury is an important concern has been sparked by stories of soldiers affected by the war in Iraq. But long before 911 or our involvement in Iraq, the United States has been well served by the Brain Injury Association of America in its advocacy for brain..
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