Me and my brain: a handbook for teenagers affected by acquired brain injury

Being a teenager is pretty difficult at times. There’s a lot going on in the brain and endless decisions to make.

A teenager’s brain is full of important issues and choices; issues about school or college, friendships, relationships, socialising… the list goes on. But being a teenager with a

Corporate Ties That Bind: An Examination of Corporate Manipulation and Vested Interest in Public Health

Publisher: In the 21st century, corporations have worked their way into government and, as they become increasingly more powerful, arguments about their involvement with public health have become increasingly black and white. With corporations at the center of public health and environmental issues,

Disabled Village Children by David Werner. This book is highly recommended by TAC Bulletin

A Guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers, and families

Peter Limbrick writes: This is book is a rich store of ingenuity, creativity, care and compassion. It is in the spirit of caring activism in that it suggests how to help disabled village children when no help is

Peer review on “Live Without Bullying”: report now online

December 14, 2017 - Ana Perez

From COFACE Families Europe: Members of COFACE Families Europe provide a wide range of support services to families, including support services to children, teachers, and parents on ways to tackle bullying and cyberbullying.

The impact of bullying on victims is well kn

My Brain and Me. Six films

My Brain and Me is a unique project to share stories of encephalitis. The first six films from the series are at the website: https://www.encephalitis.info/Pages/Category/my-brain-and-me

As part of our My Brain and Me project, Alison shares her story of encephalitis. Alison was a little girl

Building Core Capabilities for Life. New video from Center on the Developing Child

Every day we take on the ordinary, sometimes challenging, tasks of work, school, parenting, relationships, and managing our busy lives.

How do we navigate these tasks successfully? What can send us off course?

This new 5-minute video explores the development and use of core capabilities—known

International Guide ‘Are you worried about your child?’ in many languages. PDFs free to download for parents and professionals

Peter Limbrick writes:

An international group has written this Guide in the form of letters to parents and professionals to introduce key experiences faced by many families and to highlight their needs.

It offers antidotes to excessive stress and strain in children and families. T

UK: Helping only one in eight disabled people who want to work is not good enough. It leaves seven out of eight without help.

ERSA (Employment Related Services Association) says:

‘Young jobseekers with disabilities and health conditions need tailored, localised support to move towards and into work.

'The size of the new Work and Health Programme means only one in eight disabled people who want to work will have spec