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This article discusses bicycle helmets and how and when they can be used to prevent head injury if you have a spill on your bicycle. Includes statistics on rider crashes.... Details >

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute  

This document provides information that's designed to assist the person with a brain injury and their family in choosing rehabilitation services which best meet all of their needs.... Details >

Brain Injury Association of America  

Children can choose from the safety-related quizzes on this page to learn about skateboard safety, baby-sitting first aid, biking safety, playground safety and more.... Details >

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

This Web page was developed by the ThinkFirst Foundation to increase awareness and knowledge among children 6-8 years of age (grades 1-3) about the risks of brain and spinal cord injury, and the use o... Details >

THINK FIRST Foundation  

Also available in: Spanish   

This fact sheet defines traumatic brain injury as an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force. Its incidence, symptoms, characteristics, diagnosis, and educational implicatio... Details >

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education  

Occupational therapists can help people who have sustained a TBI. The type and duration of intervention depend on how severe the injury. ... Details >

American Occupational Therapy Association  

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. This document discusses TBI, including causes, signs... Details >

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

A general overview of traumatic brain injury that includes a description of the disorder, treatment, prognosis and research information. Suggested reading for more in-depth information, a list of refe... Details >

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Also available in: Spanish 

Describes the causes of traumatic brain injury and the cognitive and communication problems that result from the injury.... Details >

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health problem, especially among male adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 24, and among elderly people of both sexes 75 years and older. Children age... Details >

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health