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
- 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
- Checklists and Reminders
- Cognitive Functioning and struggles with day-to-day cognitive challenges
- Concussion and Sports Injuries
- Cleaning Services (providing free & low-cost cleaning services to those who are in need)
- 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)
- 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
- Laws and Legislation
- Legal Advice and Professionals (Attorneys, Guardianship, Advanced Directives, Power of Attorney
- Neuro-optometrists and Neuro-ophthalmologists
- Neuropsychology
- Optometrists, ophthalmologists (See neuro-optometrists and neuro-ophthalmologists)
- Orthotic and Prosthetic Devices
- Parenting after Brain Injury
- Recovery (DHS Approved TBI Units in WI)
- Rehabilitation Centers – Inpatient
- Rehabilitation Centers – Outpatient
- Rehabilitation Services – (Therapy (PT, OT, ST)
- Senior Resources
- Service Animals, Therapy Animals, Emotional Support Animals
- Skills Training (Life Enrichment Skills
- Strokes
- Support and Friendship
- Vision