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BRAIN INJURY RESOURCES
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Brain Injury Association
of America http://www.biausa.org
Brain Injury Chat Rooms!
Chat with fellow survivors!
Brain Injury
Navigator For students, families and educators.
Did you know that each year over 900 South Carolina students are
returning to school after sustaining a brain injury? Visit South
Carolina's Brain Injury Navigator at www.binav.org
for information and resources for students, families, and educators
on brain injury and school re-entry.
Wal-Mart Generic Drug Service: Check out this website concerning
Wal-Mart's reduced-price generic drugs. Contact Wal-Mart for more
specific information.
South Carolina Adult Leadership
Network This site provides an
opportunity for adult siblings of persons with disabilities to
network with each other, share information, gain information, and
receive training on how to effectively advocate on behalf of their
brother or sister.
South Carolina Brain
Injury Leadership Council: The state’s advisory body on brain
injury as mandated under the federal TBI Act of 1996. It is an
active forum for addressing systems issues, service gaps, funding
constraints and public awareness related to brain injury.
South Carolina Access: A program of the Lieutenant Governor's Office
on Aging. This is a guide to available resources for older
adults, people with disabilities, their family members and
caregivers in South Carolina. The Lieutenant Governor's Office on
Aging can be accessed directly by
clicking here
Center for Disability
Resources Library – books, resources on brain injury can be mailed
to individuals for short periods of time.
http://uscm.med.sc.edu/CDR/index.htm or email
Wilsons@gw.med.sc.edu
Brain Injury Association
of America http://www.biausa.org
Brainline -
preventing, treating, and living with traumatic brain injury
Disability Action Center
www.dacsc.org
Dreamriders Therapeutic
Horseback riding
http://www.dreamrider.org/
Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.epilepsysc.org/
Facts about TBI
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/TBI.htm
IRS Free tax return
preparation to individuals having low to moderate income
1-800-829-1040 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059
www.irs.gov
Lash and Associates –
Brain injury books, tip cards, resources available for purchasing
http://www.lapublishing.com
No Tears In
Heaven -- Established in 2000 following their 12 year old son's
anoxic brain injury due to cardiac arrest
Palmetto Animal Assisted
Life Services www.paals.org
PTSD information center
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp
Relay SC 1-800-735-2905
SAMSHA Resources for
Returning Veterans and their families
http://www.samhsa.gov/vets/index.aspx
SC Assistive Technology
Project http://www.sc.edu/scatp/
SC Commission for the
Blind www.sccb.state.sc.us
SC Department of
Disabilities and Special Needs
http://www.state.sc.us/ddsn/
SC Independent Living
Council
http://www.scilconline.org/
SC Telecommunications
Equipment Distribution Program
http://www.sc.edu/scatp/scatcenters/atresource.htm#tedp
SC Vocational
Rehabilitation Department
http://www.scvrd.net/
There’s more than one
way to read a book:
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/tbs
US Dept. of Veterans
affairs facility locator/guide
http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/state.asp?STATE=SC&dnum=ALL
Walton Options for
Independent Living
http://www.waltonoptions.org/
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The Brain Injury Alliance of
South Carolina
800 Dutch Square Blvd. Suite B-225 Columbia, SC 29210
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 21523 Columbia, SC 29221-1523
Phone: 803-731-9823 Toll Free: 1-877-TBI-FACT (in-state)
Fax: 803-731-4804
E-mail:
scbraininjury@bellsouth.net
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