Brain Injury Information
An Aquireved brain injury occurs when the brain is damaged by trauma, lack of oxygen, bleeding, infection, or other causes. Effects can range from mild and temporary to severe and life-long.
Below are some associations that may help with access to this information
Synapse
Synapse is Australia’s Brain Injury Organisation with a WA branch in Belmont.
Synapse provides a range of support services for people who have been impacted by brain injury and disability. These services promote quality of life, self-determination, and choice through information, specialist support, and targeted research activities.
Neurological Council of Western Australia
The Neurological Council is a not-for-profit organisation that provides leadership and community-based services for people affected by neurological conditions in Western Australia. They are dedicated to improving health and well-being by reducing the incidence and impact of brain, spinal cord, and nervous system disorders
Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia
The Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury of Australia is an Australian-wide not-for-profit organisation working to raise awareness of concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the community.
Visability
We tailor our support into personalised solutions that nurture the skills and confidence people with vision impairment need to live life to the full.Our multidisciplinary team is here to help everyone living with blindness or vision impairment at every stage of life.
Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. It is caused either by an infection invading the brain (infectious encephalitis) or through the immune system attacking the brain in error (post-infectious or autoimmune encephalitis). This information website gives up to date information, research and stories of people surviving encephalitis. It provides information resources for medical professionals and builds awareness of the condition through awareness days
Australian Sports Brain Bank
The Australian Sports Brain Bank’s mission is to use expert diagnostic neuropathology, coupled with research, to understand chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and other brain pathology that is associated with repetitive head injury in sport and elsewhere. They empower families and loved ones by providing accurate diagnoses and use donor tissue for biomedical research into CTE and other brain disorders.