HIE Awareness Month Part II: Resources and Support Organizations
This week, the birth injury attorneys and medical staff at ABC Law Centers would like to highlight some of the national and local resources available for those with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and other birth injuries. Because HIE is not a “hot topic” in the media in the massive way that cancer and diabetes are, it can be more time-consuming to find information about services available for HIE.
Michigan and National HIE, CP and Disability Resources and Organizations
First, we suggest taking a look at our website’s Cerebral Palsy and Birth Injury Resource Center. We have comprehensive information on resources throughout the United States and within the State of Michigan, as well as resources dealing specifically with cerebral palsy, which can directly result from brain damage due to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. We’ve collected information on foundations and charities, organizations that focus on financial assistance, organizations specific to individual disabilities, groups that help provide necessary equipment and assistive technologies, and support groups for individuals with disabilities and their loved ones.
Unique Disability Organizations
There are several organizations we’d like to highlight in particular, as they are unique organizations devoted to ensuring that children with disabilities get the financial, medical and therapeutic help they need to reach their maximal capacities.
- Hope for HIE provides parents of children with HIE with a closed discussion forum where they can share their stories and concerns. Click here to learn more.
- The Pacer Center provides a comprehensive 227-page guide for helping parents with their finances when they have a child with disabilities.
- Bright Steps Forward: This non-profit organization assists children with neurological disorders in obtaining physical, occupational, speech and ABA therapy. They not only sponsor fundraisers but also operate a fully accredited educational day school for children between the ages of kindergarten and 12th grade.
- AMBUCS: This organization seeks to improve the mobility and independence of individuals with disabilities by providing them with adaptive bicycles. The organization has existed since 1922.
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