Las personas que han sufrido una lesión cerebral traumática pueden tener dificultades para votar a causa de una amplia gama de alteraciones de la funcionalidad física, auditiva, visual, cognitiva, emocional, conductual y de la comunicación.
Read MoreThis guide is intended to help criminal defense attorneys understand common characteristics of brain injury, provides strategies for engaging an individual to participate in an appropriate defense, and provides questions that screen for possible brain injury.
Read MoreThis fact sheet explains why it is important to vote. It includes tips for people with TBI on when, where, and how to vote.
Read MoreTraditional criminal justice reform focuses on efforts to influence an individual’s thinking and attitudes – to help them understand the consequences of their behavior, to make restitution, to learn pro-social behaviors. These approaches may not work for individuals with TBI and this article provides information on how to make traditional methods more effective.
Read MoreSome mechanisms of TBI, particularly violence related TBIs such as assault have been associated with poor outcomes compared to other TBIs, such as greater cognitive impairment, higher rates of alcohol use, poorer vocational outcomes, and poorer community reintegration.
Read MoreYou and your family may need an attorney’s help navigating life after a brain injury. For most of the issues listed here, it is very important to act early. If you wait too long to take action, evidence can be harder to find and you may lose out on compensation, benefits, and appropriate care.
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