Hello, I am David A. Grant, writing for TBITalk.com . While there are many people who have lived with lifelong disabilities, I am a relative newcomer to being disabled. For the first forty-nine years of my life, I was fully-abled. Everything changed in late 2010. I was cycling in southern New Hampshire when a sixteen-year-old driver […]
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Different Contacts for Help Pertaining TBI
Audio: Brain Injury Association of America www.biausa.org 800-444-6443 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov 800-311-3435 Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center www.dvbic.org 800-870-9244 Health Resources and Services Administration www.hrsa.gov 301-443-3376 National Association of State Head Injury Administrators www.nashia.org 301-656-3500 National Brain Injury Research Treatment and Training Foundation www.nbirtt.org 434-220-4824 National Center for Medical Rehabilitation […]
I am not Susceptible to a TBI, Right??
Who is at most elevated hazard for TBI? Males are around 1.5 circumstances as likely as females to support a TBI. The two age bunches at most elevated hazard for TBI are 0 to 4-year-olds and 15 to 19-year-olds. Certain military duties (e.g., paratrooper) increment the danger of managing a TBI. African-Americans have the most […]
What are some ways People Incur a TBI?
If you do not have a TBI already, these facts might be helpful to you in order to avoid ever getting the brain injury. What causes TBI? The main sources of TBI are: Falls (35.2%); Engine vehicle-car accidents (17.3%); Struck by/against occasions (16.5%); Attacks (10%); and Obscure/Other (21%). 1 Impacts are a main source of TBI for […]