Below are several resources (local and national) for persons with disabilities and special needs in Hawaii. The list is not exhaustive and is simply a starting point for information.
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Pacific Disabilities Center videos on brain injuries and strokes
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hawaiineurotraumaregistry6410
Pacific Disabilities Center list of presentations that are free to any interested groups
Via Zoom and possibly in-person:
Send an email to Violet Horvath, Ph.D., Director (vhorvath@hawaii.edu) for more information.
- Preventing and Identifying Strokes, Spinal Cord Injuries, and Brain Injuries
- Brain Injuries
- Domestic Violence and Brain Injuries
- Homelessness and Brain Injuries
- The Basics of Advocacy
- Working with Victims of Crime Who Have Disabilities
- Medical Gaslighting
- Trauma and Physical Disabilities
- Disability Resources Manuals for Hawaii (by county). Coming soon!
Other Resources:
- Aloha Independent Living Hawai’i
- Brainline.org
- Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
- Disability Resources for Effective Communication
- Hawai’i Disability Rights Center
- Hawai’i Trauma Injury Prevention
- Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition
- Mayo Clinic Spinal Cord Injury
- MedlinePlus Spinal Cord Injuries
- National Disability Rights Network
- National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury
- Reeve Foundation Spinal Cord Injury
- Special Parent Information Network Hawai’i
- ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention
State of Hawaii – Department of Human Services
State of Hawaii – Department of Health
- Aging and Disability Recourse Center Hawai’i
- Developmental Disabilities Division
- Executive Office on Aging
- Injury Prevention and Control
- Neurotrauma Advisory Board
- Neurotrauma Home
- State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board
- Statewide Neurotrauma Helpline
- Traumatic Brain Injury brochure
State of Hawaii – Disability and Communication Access Board
Social Security Disability Benefits