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    • For individuals
      • Types of brain injury
        • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
          • What happens in a TBI?
          • How severe is the brain injury?
        • Mild head injury and concussion
        • Brain aneurysm
        • Brain haemorrhage
        • Brain tumour
        • Carbon monoxide poisoning
        • Encephalitis
        • Hydrocephalus
        • Hypoxic and anoxic brain injury
        • Meningitis
        • Stroke
      • Effects of brain injury
        • Behavioural effects of brain injury
        • Cognitive effects of brain injury
        • Coma and reduced awareness states
          • Glasgow Coma Scale
        • Communication problems
          • Language impairment (aphasia)
          • Speech difficulties
          • Cognitive communication difficulties
        • Emotional effects of brain injury
        • Executive dysfunction
        • Fatigue after brain injury
        • Hormonal imbalances
        • Memory problems
        • Physical effects of brain injury
        • Post-traumatic amnesia
      • Hospital treatment and early recovery
        • At the hospital after brain injury
        • Early rehabilitation after brain injury
        • Discharge from hospital after brain injury
        • How to support a family dealing with brain injury
        • I'm calling about Chris
      • Rehabilitation and continuing care
        • Rehabilitation
        • The rehabilitation team
        • Continuing care
        • Self-directed support
          • What is self-directed support?
          • How to get self-directed support
          • Making a support plan
          • Managing your support
          • Further help with self-directed support
      • Practical issues
        • Safeguarding information
        • Driving after brain injury
        • Returning to work after brain injury
        • Returning to education
        • Holidays and travel
        • Support through the cost-of-living crisis
        • Navigating the Cost of Living
        • Welfare benefits
          • Appealing a welfare benefits decision
          • Attendance Allowance
          • Carer's Allowance
          • Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
          • Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
          • Preparing for welfare benefits assessments
          • Statutory Sick Pay
          • Tips for completing benefits application forms
          • Universal Credit
      • Relationships after brain injury
        • How brain injury affects relationships
        • Sex and sexuality
        • How brain injury affects friendships
        • Parenting and supporting children
        • How brain injury affects partners
      • Caring
        • Carer support groups
        • Family reaction to a brain injury
        • Supporting people to make decisions
        • Training for family members
      • Information library
      • Free training for brain injury survivors
      • Brain injury and me
        • "But you don't look disabled"
        • Shana Lewis
        • Robert Ashton
        • Laura Bailey 2015
        • Jane Allberry
        • Michaela
        • Ian Litchfield
        • Debi Pullen
        • David Thomas
        • Alison Winterburn
        • Mel Lightfoot
        • Annette Henry
        • Denise Johnson
        • Codey Sharp
        • Keith Emmanuel
        • Lizzie Smart
        • Gwen and Natalie Milham
        • Terisha Burge
        • Maria Knights
        • Joanne Davis
        • Sarah Whitchurch
        • Amy Perring
        • Jane Clarke
        • Peter Holmes
        • Luke Flavell
        • Lindsay Lapham
        • Pip Taylor
        • Nic O'Leary
        • Angus Swanson
        • Tom Birch
        • Samuel Bishop
        • Phil Broxton
        • Nell Gregory
        • Jamie Gailer
        • Kate and John Bosley
        • Gary Winters
        • Kathryn Edgington
        • Charlie and Jake Korving
        • Bruno Muratori
        • Kerry Jeffs
        • Mike McCall
        • James Piercy
        • Andy Nicholson
        • Warren McKinlay
        • Lauren and Claire Cowlishaw
        • Sarah McKinlay
        • David Horner
        • Arthur Moore
        • Mike Palmer
        • Sarah Tomlinson
        • Paul Leyland
        • Tina Young
        • Warwick Jarvis
        • Jackie and John Mills
        • Adrian Ellis
        • Kieran Wallis
        • Eleanor Simcox
        • Jack Rutter
        • Jan Luxton
        • Daniel Lingard
        • Bernie Bambury
        • Lorraine and Kevin Pratt
        • Paul Pugh
        • Melanie Whittaker
        • Naomi
        • John Holbrook
        • Tom Wright
        • Jackie Alton
        • Irvine Phair
        • Rebecca Grant
        • Rachel Atkinson
        • Marco Gambi
        • Brenda and Julian
        • Callum Maclean
        • A simple solution
        • Lost in a crowd
        • Caring for carers
        • Dear my new brain
        • Holiday from brain injury
        • The new me and my Jumbledbrain blog
        • The old me is not the new me
        • I see Headway as the pit stop
        • Riding my horse Johnny keeps me focused
        • Headway is a haven
        • Brain injury didn't steal my future
        • Never give up
        • Anna Khan
        • Fiona Grant-MacDonald
        • Kiran Higgins
        • Jetting off alone
        • Dad 2.0
        • Dislabeled
        • Matt Brammeier
        • Syreeta
        • Brain injury vs family
        • The Face of Brain Injury With Dee Snider
        • Mourning lost relationships
        • A mother's perspective
        • Pathological laughter - it's no joke
        • HiddenInMe
        • Polly Williamson
        • Writing a book after brain injury
        • Michael Mabon
        • Jeff Mayle
        • A day in the life of a carer
        • "Kerry the HATS nurse was my guardian angel"
        • Don't struggle alone
        • Harriet Barnsley
        • I don't want anyone to feel as alone as I did
        • Amanda Horton
        • Jeff Clare
        • A helping hand
        • Donnie McHarg
        • Shona Green
        • Jenny Joppa
        • Philippa Taylor
        • Debra Jones
        • John Dougan
        • "No memory of the day that changed my life"
        • Nick Gibbs
        • Jean Parker
        • My experience of parenting after brain injury
        • Sue McIntyre
        • Daniel Mole
        • Keely McGhee
        • Paula Stanford
        • Relationships after brain injury – Imogen’s story
        • Jules Pring
        • Tara Moore
        • Dr Amy Izycky's Headway Exhibition
        • Nicola Brown
        • Rod Maxwell
        • Joy Webb
        • Grace Vobe
        • Doing it the Head way
        • Carer vacancy. Unpaid. Full time. No experience required.
        • Joe Sandford
        • My Brain Injury ID Card
        • Matthew Nichols
        • Heather Pollard
        • Danielle
        • Noelle Robinson
        • Giles Hudson
        • Q&A - ‘Be in the moment. This is all you have.’
        • Q&A – “I would be the Happiness Fairy, I’ve sprinkled Happy Dust on you, now smile.”
        • Nature's Way: Gardening after brain injury
        • The debilitating impact of social isolation
        • Joanne Wood - Who
        • David Greer
        • Lynne O'Grady
        • Clair Bennett
        • Danielle's story - returning home
        • Anne Johnston
        • Q&A: Cat
        • How I overcame panic attacks
        • Q&A with Zalehka Price-Davies
        • Philippa-Anne Dewhirst
        • After my brain injury I kept questioning, 'what if I have lost my ability to be creative?'
        • Chris Bryant
        • Busting the myths around brain injury and sex
        • I swear, he knew he was helping me
        • Hannah Brandon
        • Keith Poultney
        • Joanna Darmody
        • Terry Slade
        • Tamara Bond
        • Kavita Basi
        • Nigel Limb
        • Learning to live again
        • David Wheeler
        • Jessica Stevens
        • Andrew Plowright
        • Steve Borland
        • Tracey Cox
        • Financial fraud: a risk you can't afford to ignore
        • Dating after brain injury
        • Max Muteliso
        • Q&A: Roger Merriman
        • Parenting with a brain injury
        • Ben Clench
        • Kieran Broadfield
        • Max Munro
        • Louise Lane
        • Adam Nicke - Q&A
        • Hitting the High Street at Headway's Hinckley shop
        • Hitting the high street at headway hinckley
        • London Marathon Runners
        • Rebecca Hutchings
        • Joanne Wood
        • Paws for Thought
        • Jake Elliott
        • Growing Together with Headway Cambridgeshire
        • Lauren Walkington Q&A
        • Daniel Parslow
        • Alex Murphy
        • Matt Masson
        • Alphabet Brains
        • Pete Bourne
        • David Yabbacome
        • Julie Sadler
        • Lottie Butler
        • Candice Ridley
        • Belinda Medlock
        • Unravelling the mystery of fatigue
        • Lara Newson: Head Smash
        • Robert Courtnell
        • Hipatia Preis
        • Stewart Gray
        • Mary's Story
        • Hannah O'Dowd
        • Victoria Wicks
        • Carol Smith
        • ABI Week across the UK
        • Rebecca Ivatts
        • Nicola Evans
        • 'Writing gives me meaning'
        • The perils of gambling after brain injury
        • Fit for purpose: The benefits of being active after brain injury
        • Festival fun after brain injury
        • 6 strategies for getting back to work after brain injury
        • Matt Rhodes
        • Clare Hull
        • Stop the bus! A guide to public transport
        • Maria Munn
        • Brain injury: To tell or not to tell?
        • 5 ways to cope with taste and smell problems after brain injury
        • The uneasy relationship between alcohol and brain injury
        • 9 ways to help with planning problems after brain injury
        • 7 top tips for managing visual problems after brain injury
        • 10 ways to cope with depression after brain injury
        • Supporting children: visiting a parent in hospital
        • Supporting children after a parent's brain injury: when a parent comes home
        • Donna Siggers
        • How to manage memory problems after brain injury
        • Hot weather after brain injury: tips for keeping cool
        • Stefan Leader
        • Keith
        • A picture speaks a thousand words
        • Andrew Purnell
        • Ruth Berkoff
        • Sam Hulse
        • Katherine McKinstry
        • Chloé Briffa
        • Socialising after brain injury
        • Shane Booth
        • Theme parks: accessibility after brain injury
        • William Windle
        • Ron Gains
        • Rebecca Jones
        • Sarah Scott
        • Pregnancy after brain injury
        • Music after brain injury
        • Emma Martins
        • Dancing after brain injury
        • Scottie Elliott
        • Let's talk tech
        • Lorna Lancaster
        • Carol Evans
        • John Wrathall
        • Fiona Baker-Holden
        • Ryan Goodenough
        • Christmas after brain injury
        • Cecilia Danielsson
        • Rik Waddon
        • Saturday Night Fever
        • Anthony Hewson
        • Q&A: Julian Earl
        • Fireworks after brain injury
        • Coping with Christmas in hospital
        • Eleanor Brander
        • Beccy Young
        • Veronica Woods
        • 10 things not to say to someone with a brain injury
        • Tracey Newman
        • Lauren Gilligan
        • Louis McGuire
        • Fighting the bear
        • David Macdonald
        • Yvette Lumley
        • Christina Sweeney
        • Charlotte Warhurst
        • Cindy Hollingsworth
        • Spencer Senior
        • Q&A: Steven Kelly
        • Sarah Lane
        • I am a firm believer in not just speaking of the change, but actively searching to be part of it.
        • Carwyn Wooldridge
        • Liz Wilson
        • Lucy Rogoff
        • Bryony Wilshaw
        • David Wozny
        • Sarah Allwood
        • Leah Moore
        • "We're all going on an assisted holiday"
        • Anne's top tips for self-isolation
        • Sammy's top tips for managing mental health problems during self-isolation
        • Kavita's tips for self-isolation
        • Belinda’s story: Isolation after brain injury
        • Mikey Smithson
        • Lucie Bell
        • Let’s talk continence problems after brain injury
        • Mark Kennedy
        • Gary Younge
        • Mindfulness and me
        • Life in lockdown: Alison's story
        • John Beaumont
        • Catherine Erdal
        • CinderZ
        • Lyndsey Anderson
        • Rock painting by Deborah Johnston
        • Q&A: Hollie-Blue Huntsman
        • Donna Davies
        • Caroline Spiers
        • Phil Birch
        • More than my brain injury: Danielle Grant
        • Brain Injury Sunblock and the Infernal Birdsong
        • Sandra Liddell
        • Brain Injury And Covid: Jane Hallard
        • Brain Injury And Covid: Jean Parker
        • A day in the life of a Headway helpline consultant
        • Brain injury and Covid: Tom Harris
        • Brain Injury And Covid: Michael Perry
        • Rebekah Nesbitt
        • The Headway helpline: You're not alone
        • The price of a punch
        • David Baker
        • Donna Harris
        • 7 signs of executive dysfunction after brain injury
        • My poetry: Joseph McAloon
        • Angela Lewis
        • Daniel Sutherland
        • Andrew Brown
        • Sarah McGrath
        • Dan Goldstraw
        • In her own words: Emma Davey
        • My poetry: John Marshall
        • Disinfectant by Sarah-Louise Lennon
        • Karen Whitehead
        • Wendy Joss
        • In his own words: Max Bongard
        • Karl Hargreaves
        • Animation: Memory loss after brain injury
        • How to cope with memory problems after brain injury
        • Q&A: George Mitchell
        • Michelle Hay
        • Q&A: Alan Heal
        • Lucy Hunter
        • Cara's story
        • Q&A: Rosemary Shaw
        • Mental health and brain injury
        • Emma Chivers
        • Q&A: Terence Berritt
        • Q&A: Emma Linnell
        • Tai Chi After Brain Injury with Dr Giles Yeates
        • In her own words: Emma Lindsay
        • Phillip Cragg
        • Paintings by Hannah Jenkins
        • Q&A: Alison Rockall
        • Imogen Cauthery
        • Alex Danson-Bennett MBE
        • My poetry: Helen Wilson
        • Haydn Garrod
        • Podcast: Life with no filter
        • Overcoming challenges after brain injury
        • Creative Expression: Mark and Jules Kennedy
        • Eleanor Furneaux
        • Creative Expression: Lucy Pugh
        • Claire Bullimore
        • My artwork: Sandra E Ball
        • Blue Mundane Monday Mix by Glen Stephenson
        • Nicola Cross
        • Survival is a Team Dream by Philippa Bateman
        • Brain Attack Music by Andy Dovey
        • Top tips for coping with parenting through lockdown
        • Pauline O'Connor
        • Duncan Boak
        • Gill and Terry Oliver
        • Jelly Brain documentary: A gift to mum
        • In her own words: Jodie Bacon
        • Monica Petrosino
        • Josh Rawson
        • What triggers anger after brain injury?
        • Gerald Heffernan
        • Back behind the wheel: Paula Barlow
        • Back behind the wheel: Driving FAQs
        • Elizabeth Wilkins
        • My poetry: Sam Norris
        • Alex Richardson
        • Emerging from lockdown: Tips for brain injury survivors
        • My podcast by Nikki Webber MBE
        • Isolation and loneliness: Life with no filter podcast
        • A life of lockdown? Belinda's story
        • A life of lockdown? Derek's story
        • A life of lockdown? Melanie's story
        • A life of lockdown? Elizabeth's story
        • Mindfulness Training after Brain Injury with Dr Niels Detert
        • Fresh Start by the Headway Glasgow Writing Group
        • 'I've Made It!' by Becki York
        • Lucy O'Donovan
        • Top tips for coping with headaches
        • Helena Breslin
        • Sue Williams
        • Reflections of Chair-Man Eason
        • Ceara's story
        • Tracy Dickson
        • Julie Mueller
        • Thomas Leeds
        • Headaches: The whats, whys and hows
        • My photography: Rob Dinwoodie
        • Nick Henderson
        • Lenka Brunclikova
        • Emma Doherty
        • Planting a seed of thought - Natalie Parr
        • 'My Broken Brain' by Sam Hedges
        • Sally Smith
        • Catherine Jessop - Pulling Through
        • Helen Bray
        • Exploring your dreams
        • Sweet dreams? Getting a good night's sleep after brain injury
        • Mindfulness after brain injury
        • Mike Clark
        • Amy Streather
        • Eleanor May Blackburn
        • Paul Wilkins
        • Barry Cusack: My body and mind
        • Our relationship reality: Love after brain injury
        • Love after brain injury: Thalia and Matt
        • Tisha's story
        • Executive dysfunction explained
        • Let’s talk about sex...
        • When Catwalks are Barbed
        • Hope by Angela Webb
        • Dee Gall
        • Headway gets creative!
        • From a child's mind to centre stage
        • Bernadette Bendall
        • Zoe Rainaki
        • What did you not see? By Stef Harvey
        • A Windy Moment by Nick Fletcher
        • Helen and Liz
        • The Sound of Recovery
        • A family united to support life after brain injury
        • See the Hidden Me: Iona's story
        • See the Hidden Me: Annette's story
        • See the Hidden Me: John's story
        • See the Hidden Me: Christine's story
        • The Brain Injury Cookbook
        • Raj Gataora
        • Marco Gambi: A passion for food
        • Celebrating 10,000 Brain Injury ID Cards
        • 'Rehabilitation rather than incarceration'
        • Theresa Malcom
        • Tim Richens
        • Visual problems: A closer look
        • Dusty Zeisberger – 24-hour treadmill challenge
        • A conversation with... Ian Scott-Logan
        • Ways to help cope at Christmas: tips for survivors, families, friends, and carers
        • Lisa
        • Bryce Bell
        • World’s first ABI Games a huge success!
        • Steven Lomas
        • Memory systems
        • Stevie Ward
        • Five Years On by Clare Jones
        • The Penny Drops
        • Stephen Evans
        • Don’t get bitten by the sharks!
        • Jonathan Hirons
        • Finding your superpower...
        • Post-traumatic growth after brain injury
        • Nick Blackwell
        • Heads, Hats and Healing: Making and Creating Silver Linings
        • Nigel and Paula's story
        • Joseph's story
        • John's story
        • How to manage isolation after brain injury
        • Managing anxiety after brain injury
        • Simon and Marc's story
        • Sandi's story
        • Relearning life skills
        • "A charity of love"
        • Dawn, Headway volunteer
        • Pat Griffiths, Chair of Trustees for Headway Meirionnydd
        • Creative writing sessions: Laura Bailey
        • Creative writing sessions: Helen Davies
        • Nicola Bird Blunt
        • In her own words: Lynn Boyle
        • My brother was killed by one punch: Aaron Matcham
        • Completing my life-long dream of running the Brighton Marathon: Adam Clarke
        • 8 ways to manage a lack of insight after brain injury
        • How to help someone with a brain injury: Top tips for friends and family
        • Balance problems after brain injury
        • Safe travels! Your holiday tips
        • Early warning signs of fatigue
        • Keeping your relationship healthy after brain injury
        • Carers: Try these 4 ways to care for yourself
        • 7 tips for volunteering after brain injury
        • 10 top tips for coping with stress after brain injury
        • Top 10 tips for staying safe online
        • In memory of much-loved partner and dad
        • 10 ways to manage anger: tips for brain injury survivors
        • Managing impulsivity and disinhibition following brain injury
        • Friends: 5 ways to support someone with a brain injury
        • Diet after brain injury: Healthy body, healthy mind?
        • Top tips for a good night's sleep
        • An awfully big row: Giles Johnson
        • Jurate Ardour
        • Dean Osborne
        • Errol
        • Iain Millar: Rising from Adversity to Find Purpose on the Golf Course
        • Finding Hope on the Fairway, Anthony Roberts' Journey of Resilience and Inspiration
        • Ben Fowler
        • James Heather
        • Andy Southey
        • From one punch victim to Headway Hero: A Half Marathon triumph
        • Mark Winterbourne
        • World Mental Health Day
        • Thanking Our Fundraiser: Sahara Trek Triumphm
        • Sisters’ challenge inspired by ‘hero’ sibling’s brain injury
        • Ed Dunford
        • The devastating consequences of one punch
        • Get to know – Jen, Director of Fundraising
        • Putting the ‘I’ in identity after brain injury
        • Coping with winter blues
        • Making returning to work, work for you
        • Alan's story
        • Get to know – Sarah, Trust and Foundations Manager
        • Give up, or focus tremendously on rehabilitation
        • What really counts?
        • Laura Macfarlane
        • The role art can play in positive change
        • World Poetry Day
        • Poem: TBI Survivor
        • Adapting to life after brain injury: Returning to work
        • Meet the volunteer - Roger Beattie
        • We are family! Siblings run for Headway in support of their mum
        • The impact of brain injury on a family
        • A craniotomy – ‘the last resort’
        • David's story A Life Re-written
        • Andrew's story A Life Re-written
        • Alison's story A Life Re-written
        • Liz and Justina's story A Life Re-written
        • Amnesia and identity
        • Belfast Marathon
        • Don't ignore the warning signs
        • Dr Roger Weddell
        • Helen Shaw – Headway South Cumbria
        • Trevor Hall – Headway Hartlepool
        • Alan McKnight - Finaghy volunteer
        • A company-wide charity day in aid of Headway
        • My pain monster
        • Inspirational brain injury advocate Dr. Bruce Powell Joins Headway Charity Golf Day
        • The Aphasia Theatre Group
        • Caolan McCormick
        • Liam Hamilton
        • Let's go on holiday!
        • Lasting Power of Attorney
        • Peter's 3D model
        • Headaches after brain injury: tips for Pain Awareness Month
        • A journey from brain injury to the golf course with Headway
        • Headway Cardiff's 1920s-inspired silent movie
        • Author and brain tumour survivor has over 475,000 Facebook followers
        • UK-based award-winning insurance company, Hastings Direct, steps forward for Headway
        • Georgina's story
        • Shopping without the stress after brain injury
        • Connecting with nature after brain injury
        • Martin’s Journey: Overcoming Intracranial Subdural Empyema
        • Drained by fatigue? Try these 8 ways to cope after brain injury
        • Menopause after brain injury
        • Hosting or attending an event
        • Elle's story: Life beyond post-concussion
        • Steve Lightly
        • Ataxia after brain injury
        • The benefits of singing for brain injury survivors
        • Concussion, head impacts and brain blood vessel function Q&A
        • 10 reasons why you should join Eden's team in the Great North Swim
        • Being seen and accepted after brain injury
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          • Brain Injury in the Criminal justice System
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          • Headway’s 2023 policy and public affairs round-up
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          • Understanding and responding to behaviours that challenge following acquired brain injury
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          • Mind the Gap: Navigating Social Care after Acquired brain Injury
          • Covid and the brain: what we know so far
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          • Understanding Personality Change After Brain Injury
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