NEW YORK, NY, October 12, 2012 (Press-News.org) Receiving a brain injury diagnosis after a car accident, birth injury or other traumatic event is devastating. Both the injured person and his or her family have many questions and the future seems very uncertain. Fortunately, many informational resources are available for people with brain injuries that can make life easier.
Health care providers are often a good source of information. However, they can be rushed and unable to spend the time needed to address all your concerns. Community organizations provide brain-injured patients and their families with the help and support they need at a very difficult time in their lives.
In New York City, people with brain injuries can turn to organizations such as:
- The Brain Injury Association of New York State
- The New York State Department of Health
- The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey
- Brainline.org
- The Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai
- Network of Care
- The Brain Trauma Foundation
- AHRC New York City
- Baby/Infant Brain Injury
It is important to recognize that you are not alone. A brain injury happens to someone in the United States once every 23 seconds - that's more than 1.5 million people every year. More than 2 percent of Americans live with disabilities caused by brain and head injuries.
The terms brain injury and traumatic brain injury cover a wide spectrum of conditions and symptoms. Although you are not alone in a general sense, every brain injury is unique. That makes it important to be persistent in obtaining the most precise diagnosis possible so that you can obtain the services and support that are appropriate for your situation.
Brain injury services are available to people who have suffered closed head injuries, open head injuries, strokes, brain tumors, anoxia and other conditions that affect the brain. Such injuries result from motor vehicle accidents, sports and recreational accidents, illness and disease, military service, medical negligence and many other causes. Again, each person's situation is unique and it is impossible to say that because an injury was caused by a car accident, it will affect an individual in a certain way.
Obtaining as much information as possible from numerous sources in addition to one's health care provider is one of the best ways to start planning for the future after a brain injury. The resources listed here can help you take charge of your future after brain injury. In addition, a knowledgeable New York brain injury lawyer can discuss the possibility of obtaining compensation after an accident. If your injury was the result of negligence by another person, you may be eligible to seek payment.
Kahn, Gordon, Timko & Rodriques, P.C., are NYC personal injury lawyers, who represent accident-injury victims throughout New York. They have handled many personal injury cases in New York. For more information about their NYC law firm, visit their Web site, http://www.kgtrpc.com/ or their YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/KeepingNYSafe.
Locations:
Kahn Gordon Timko & Rodriques P.C.
20 Vesey Street #300
New York NY 10007
Phone: (646) 480-1586
Toll-free: (800) 724-3537
Directions: http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1449560_1
Kahn Gordon Timko & Rodriques P.C. - Brooklyn Office
102 Bay Ridge Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Phone: (646) 480-6141
Toll-free: (800) 724-3537
Directions: http://pview.findlaw.com/view/4527259_1
Kahn Gordon Timko & Rodriques P.C. - Brooklyn Office
75 8th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: (718) 630-5957
Toll-free: (800) 724-3537
Directions: http://pview.findlaw.com/view/4527285_1
Kahn Gordon Timko & Rodriques P.C. - Bronx Office
1526 Williamsbridge Rd
Bronx, NY 10461
Telephone: (347) 201-5336
Toll-free: (800) 724-3537
Directions: http://pview.findlaw.com/view/4621854_1
Additional Resources:
New York Personal Injury Law Blog: http://www.nycpersonalinjuryblog.com/
Report Unsafe Conditions in New York City: http://www.kgtrpc.com/CM/NewYorkSafety/NewYorkSafety.asp
Brain Injury Information Resources
Receiving a brain injury diagnosis after a car accident, birth injury or other traumatic event is devastating. Fortunately, many informational resources are available for people with brain injuries that can make life easier.
2012-10-12
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[Press-News.org] Brain Injury Information ResourcesReceiving a brain injury diagnosis after a car accident, birth injury or other traumatic event is devastating. Fortunately, many informational resources are available for people with brain injuries that can make life easier.