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=__**Chapter 5: Cerebral Palsy**__= [|Cerebral Palsy]website will provide you with the most comprehensive resource and compassionate voice for all things related to caring for a child with Erb’s Palsy, and other neurological injuries. (Janice Pittman)

[|Cerebral Palsy]Cerebral palsy is condition, sometimes thought of as a group of disorders that can involve brain and nervous system functions such as movement, [|learning], hearing, seeing, and thinking. Mona Sims

=__**Chapter 6: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Spina Bifida**__= [|Spina Bifida] — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this serious birth defect. This is a great site for teachers to research diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness. (Janice Pittman)

[|Spina Bifida Association] The Spina Bifida Association (SBA) serves adults and children who live with the challenges of Spina Bifida. Since 1973, SBA has been the only national voluntary health agency solely dedicated to enhancing the lives of those with Spina Bifida and those whose lives are touched by this challenging birth defect. Its tools are education, advocacy, research, and service. Mona Sims

=__Chapter 7: Traumatic Brain Injury__= http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=UgCfR8RZHhA&v=HBGpDs0QmBI
 * (Laurel E. Embry)**

[|**A real Life Experience**]— June 09, 2007 — this is a video about my new life after my car accident in September 2001.I was 20 years old.I can´t remember the time of the coma.I was just sleeping all the time.I was like a baby.I had [|pampers] and artificial nutrition.It was worse for my family than for me then. I woke up gradually, it took me months and I´m still recovering.It was truly hard to find out that i was so disabled.My life has changed so much.But I´m grateful that I survived and learned a lot again.It is a long way back.I wanted to show others that it is possible to come back even after a heavy TBI.I do a lot of exercises and the GigerMd [|training] for 5 hours every day. It is the only way I will get better. After half a year in the coma I slowly woke up and had to face a completely new situation.I was still unable to eat or drink myself, was fed through a gastro tube, could not sit and hold my head upright,I was in a wheel chair and had partly lost my memory( 2 years before the accident were gone),my short term memory was bad and has greatly improved since.my left arm and my left leg were paralyzed and I was unable to use my pc then.I was in rehab for 13 months and then returned home.I have done many therapies since that time and have got back some of my lost abilities through hard work.My life has changed completely,I lost some of my friends and I was unable to continue my studies(Japanese and journalism)my family is a great help and I am very grateful for that.

Check out the above address for signs and symptoms of TBI! -Laurel E. Embry
 * http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/traumatic-brain-injury/DS00552/DSECTION=symptoms**

http://lifecoachbynature.com/wellness-resources/resources-for-mental-health/anxiety-conditions/44-post-traumatic-stress/127-ptsd-or-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-you-tube-video.html -Laurel E. Embry
 * Interesting Twist: TBI: Are soldiers coming home with PTSD or Mild TBI?**

Follow Sarah's journey! She may be like one of your students! -Laurel E. Embry
 * www.thebrainproject.org**

[|Inational Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke]The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world. (Janice Pittman) 

[|Traumatice Brain Injury]Internet resource for education, advocacy, research and suport for brain injury surviviors, their families, and medical and rehabilitation professionals. Mona Sims

=__**Chapter 8: Assistive Technology Considerations**__= [|Resource links] Resources, inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently. (Janice Pittman)

[|Resources]**PDR.net** is a web portal where [|healthcare] professionals can access specialty-focused clinical resources, including drug and disease information, patient [|education], specialty news, journal abstracts, conference information, and more... Mona Sims