Patient Education

Understanding challenges is as much a part of the rehab process as any physical work that can be done. For more information on the following topics, PDF documents are available for download.

• Adjustment to Disability
• Language and Cognitive Deficits
• Dementia
• Dysarthria
• Dysphagia
• Hearing Loss
• Wheelchairs
• Memory
• Mild Head Injury
• Right Brain Strokes

The following web sites are provided as an educational resource. The information provided on the web sites are not maintained or verified as accurate by the Intermountain Neuro Specialty rehabilitation unit.

Spinal Cord Injuries

• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• United Spinal Association
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• American Spinal Injury Association
• Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center
• Secondary Conditions of Spinal Cord Impairment Health Education Video Series  (Education is the foundation for improved health, independence, and quality of life of individuals with spinal cord impairments (SCI), which includes individuals with spinal cord injuries, diseases and dysfunctions.)  

Brain Injury

• Brain Injury Association of America
• The Rehabilitation Research Center for Traumatic Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide
• Brain Injury Association of Utah

Transverse Myelitis

• The Transverse Myelitis Association

Amputation Resources

• Amputee Coalition of America
• National Amputation Foundation

Multiple Sclerosis

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome Foundation

Cancer Resources

• American Cancer Society

Stroke Resources

• American Stroke Association
• American Heart Association

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Organization

Assistive Technology

• Utah Assistive Technology Program
• ABLEDATA
• Access Utah Network

Care Giving Resources

• Family Care Giver Alliance
• The National Family Caregivers Association
• The National Alliance for Care Giving

Speech

• The National Aphasia Association
• USHA online
• American Speech Language Hearing Association

Disability Resources

• Consumer Resources from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities - CARF International
• Disability World
• InfoUse Disability Data

Disability Law

• American Association of People with Disabilities
• U.S. Department of Education ADA Document Portal

Travel

• Moss Rehab Resource Net
• Accessible Journeys

Pain Management

• American Pain Foundation

Sports/Recreation

• National Ability Center

Arthritis

• Arthritis Foundation

Parkinson's Disease

• Parkinson's Disease Foundation
• Post-Polio

Vision

• American Council of the Blind