Did you know that even with a TBI or ABI diagnosis, you may not be eligible for all state-offered services?
The Wisconsin Disability Determination Bureau (DDB) is responsible for making the medical decision for Wisconsin residents applying for Social Security Administration’s (SSA) various disability benefit programs as well as several benefit programs offered by the State of Wisconsin. The Bureau operates through the Department of Health Services Division of Medicaid Services.
FIRST – IDENTIFY YOUR AREA OF MAIN CONCERN, Then Contact our Resource Facilitation Team for Assistance
- Abuse (domestic and Victimization)
- Academics K-12
- Adult Family Homes
- Advocacy (Assisted and Self-Advocacy)
- Aging and Disability Resource Center of Wisconsin – Benefits, and Services
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia/Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
- Assistive Devices and Strategies / Adaptive Tools and Technology / Phone Apps
- Behavior Issues
- BIRC Bulletin Archive (Articles, Book Reviews, Survivor Stories, Opinion Pieces, and More!)
- Books (related to specific post-injury topics)
- Brain Injury (Types, Understanding, and Consequences)
- Brain Injury Attorneys (Divorce, Guardianship, Personal Injury)
- Brain Injury Organizations (National and Government)
- Brain Injury Identification Wallet Card
- Caregiving and Caregivers
- Community-Based Residential Facilities (CBRFs)
- Checklists and Reminders
- Cognitive Functioning and struggles with day-to-day cognitive challenges
- Community Care (Family Care) Provider Directory
- Concussion and Sports Injuries
- Cleaning Services (providing free & low-cost cleaning services to those who are in need)
- Concussion Clinic
- Counselors
- Dentists (Finding and Choosing)
- Depression
- Driving after a Brain Injury (Learning to and returning to)
- Education (Going to College)
- Education-Academics – K thru 12 (Returning to school)
- Employment (finding, keeping, or returning to)
- Encouragement
- Family Care (Provider Directory)
- Family Impact
- Functional Medicine Practitioner (Functional medicine determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual.)
- Healthcare and Coverage (State of WI – DHS)
- Grief and Ideas for Healing
- Housing Options
- Intoxication versus Brain Injury Symptoms Comparison
- Laws and Legislation
- Legal Advice and Professionals (Attorneys, Guardianship, Advanced Directives, Power of Attorney
- Long Term Care (Family Care, Partnership, PACE, and IRIS)
- Memory Care
- Mental Health (Club House Environments)
- Military Support Group
- Neuro-optometrists and Neuro-ophthalmologists
- Neurology
- Neuropsychology
- Neurosurgeons / Neurosurgery
- Nursing Homes and Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Optometrists, ophthalmologists (See neuro-optometrists and neuro-ophthalmologists)
- Organizers for Daily Living
- Orthotic and Prosthetic Devices
- Parenting after Brain Injury
- Pediatric Brain Injury
- Physical Therapy
- Physiatry and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Recovery (DHS Approved TBI Units in WI)
- Rehabilitation Centers – Inpatient
- Rehabilitation Centers – Outpatient
- Rehabilitation Services – (Therapy (PT, OT, ST)
- Rental Assistance
- Senior Resources
- Service Animals, Therapy Animals, Emotional Support Animals
- Skills Training (Life Enrichment Skills
- Speech Therapy
- Strokes
- Support and Friendship
- Transportation
- Vision