Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT)
Services Provided: CBIRT conducts research and training to improve the lives of children and adults with traumatic brain injury. The “Ask a Librarian” feature of the website provides assistance for locating resources and information. Focus is education, information and research.
Cost/Funding: Ask the Librarian feature is free.
Comments: CBIRT is a research institute and does not provide direct support. To locate resources, you may call, e-mail or visit the website and fill out an information request form.
Contact Person: Laura Beck, Assistant Fellow, Doug & Megan
Email Address: cbirt@uoregon.edu
Website: cbirt.org
Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection
Services Provided: Oregon Spinal Cord Injury (OSCI) exists to build community and create opportunities for people affected by spinal cord injury. Those who sustain an injury have an arduous life-long journey of adapting to paralysis, staying healthy, and rebuilding their life while personally coping with social stigma, systemic oppression against disabilities, and navigating a built environment that often isn’t created for individuals with disabilities. A spinal cord injury (SCI) creates a tremendous physical, emotional, psychological and financial burden on their families and communities. OSCI helps those with a spinal cord injury thrive. We employ community health workers with spinal cord injuries to assist members of our community to navigate the health and social service systems to get the services and resources they need to thrive. We host meet-ups, educational forums, support groups, adaptive camping events, wheelchair maintenance workshops, and storytelling workshops. The core of our organization are our community health workers, who offer intensive peer support for any member of the SCI community.
Cost/Funding: Free to Spinal Cord injury or people living with paralysis.
Comments: Wheelchair accessible.
Phone Number: (971) 350-7445
Email Address: west@oregonsci.org or contact@oregonsci.org
Mailing Address: PO Box 17516, Portland, OR 97217
Website: oregonsci.org