Advocacy

In this section you can find ways to get involved in the brain injury community, as well as learn how to advocate for persons with brain injury and their needs.

Family Support

Family Support is the Alliance’s free care coordination program to help families access needed services and supports.

Helpline (1-800-669-4323)

The Alliance’s Helpline is available to persons with a brain injury, family members or friends, professionals and the public. This section includes information on how to reach us, as well as articles and other resources for individuals with brain injury and their loved ones.

Outreach Efforts

In an effort to raise awareness about brain injury and the impact it has on people's lives, the Alliance regularly reaches out to a number of groups throughout the state that assist people with brain injury and their families.

Prevention

Prevention is the only cure for brain injury. We have several prevention programs and websites geared toward schools, employers, and the general public.

Support Groups

Find a local brain injury support group where you can go meet others with similar interests.

TREK

TREK is the Alliance’s week-long residential camp program. It provides a week of independence, recreation and socialization for adults with brain injury, while their caregivers enjoy a week of respite.

For Parents and School Professionals

Here you can find information on our numerous programs and resources to assist both parents of children and adolescents and school professionals.

Bancroft’s “Heads-Up” Brain Injury Seminar Series:
Self-Advocacy for People with Brain Injuries

• INSTRUCTOR: Daniel J. Keating, Ph.D., Executive Director of the
  Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities (ABCD)
• Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
• Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

For persons with acquired brain injuries, the ability to advocate for themselves is an important component of rehabilitation, and a key to long-term positive outcomes. By playing a role in decisions that affect them, survivors of brain injury are empowered to take charge of their lives.

What you will learn

• The benefits of developing self-advocacy skills for people with brain injuries
• The skills and abilities involved in self-advocacy, and how to enhance them
• Areas in which self-advocacy skills are most useful, such as seeking
  needed services and job-hunting