Case Studies
Lakshmi sustained a complete spinal cord Injury in a road traffic accident at C1 level when she was 4 years old. This meant that Lakshmi experienced the highest level of paralysis but was also dependent on a ventilator to breathe. Allison Saltrese was appointed to work with Lakshmi and her family within months of her injury.
Christopher was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a road traffic accident. He sustained a brain injury which rendered him paralysed with cognitive impairments and personality changes. Following his rehabilitation within the NHS, Christopher was placed in residential care and was not provided with the appropriate assistance.
All personal details have been changed to ensure anonymity.
Useful Links
We have compiled a list of links below which we think might be of use to you.*
AbilityNet
Adapting technology changing lives. AbilityNet is a national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
Click here to visit AbilityNet website
The Academy of Experts
The Academy of Experts is the premiere Professional Body for Expert Witnesses both in the United Kingdom and around the world. Training for Expert Witnesses and Mediators. Free ExpertSearch for Experts.
Click here to visit The Academy of Experts website
Aspire
Aspire offers practical support to the 40,000 people living with a spinal cord injury in the UK so that they can lead fulfilled and independent lives in their homes, with their families, in work-places and leisure time.
Click here to visit Aspire website
BABICM ( British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers)
BABICM represents the professional interests and concerns of case managers who work with those who have suffered an acquired brain injury or other complex condition which requires co-ordinated rehabilitation, care and support.
Click here to visit BABICM (British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers) website
The Back-Up Trust
Back-Up is a small, dynamic and professional charity that runs three distinct services: wheelchair skills, mentoring and rehabilitative activity or cultural courses. These services are peer-led and encourage independence, self-confidence and motivation following a life changing injury.
Click here to visit The Back-Up Trust website
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT)
The Disabilities Trust is a fast-growing charity offering leading-edge services to people with disabilities across the UK.
Click here to visit Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) website
Brain Injury Social Work Group (BISWG)
The Brain Injury Social Work Group (BISWG) is a Special Interest Group affiliated to the British Association of Social Workers (BASW). It is a group for social work professionals and affiliates aiming to raise the standards of social work practice and other relevant specialist services in supporting people with a brain injury, their families and carers.
Click here to visit Brain Injury Social Work Group (BISWG) website
The British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers
BABICM is a professional association which was established in 1996 to promote the development of case management in the field of acquired brain injury.
Click here to visit The British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers website
The British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society is the representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK. It is not a trade union but is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity Registration Number: 229642) and in Scotland (Charity Registration Number: SC039492). The Society was formed in 1901 and has more than 45,000 members. Through its Royal Charter, the Society is charged with overseeing psychology and psychologists. It has responsibility for the development, promotion and application of pure and applied psychology for the public good.
Click here to visit The British Psychological Society website
The British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
The Society encourages doctors in all clinical specialties to be involved in education and research into the management of disability. Membership of the BSRM is open to all registered medical practitioners interested and concerned with its objectives.
Click here to visit The British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine website
Calvert Trust
Activity holidays for people with disability, all disabilities - physical disability and learning disability, specialist holidays.
Click here to visit Calvert Trust website
CMSUK (Case Management Society UK)
The Case Management Society UK (CMSUK), is a non-profit association of Case Managers, committed to the delivery of quality case management through standards of best practice while promoting the individual and collective development of case management throughout the United Kingdom.
Click here to visit CMSUK (Case Management Society UK) website
Contacting other disabled people
Keeping in touch with other disabled people can be a good way of getting informal advice and support.
Click here to visit Contacting other disabled people website
Court of Protection
The Act provides for a new Court of Protection to make decisions in relation to the property and affairs and healthcare and personal welfare of adults (and children in a few cases) who lack capacity. The Court also has the power to make declarations about whether someone has the capacity to make a particular decision.
Click here to visit Court of Protection website
Disability Alliance UK
Disability Alliance is a national registered charity which works to relieve the poverty and improve the living standards of disabled people. Our eventual aim is to break the link between poverty and disability.
Click here to visit Disability Alliance UK website
Disability Law Service
The Disability Law Service (DLS) has provided high quality information and advice to disabled and Deaf people for over 30 years.
Click here to visit Disability Law Service website
Disability Organisations
The ODI works with many disabled people's organisations in developing disability policies and delivery of services to ensure disabled people's needs are considered.
Click here to visit Disability Organisations website
The Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre
An information resource on the centre and all aspects of spinal injury.
Click here to visit The Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre website
Expert Witness Institute
The Expert Witness Institute (EWI) was launched in November 1996 to service and support experts. It acts as a voice for the expert witness community, supporting experts from all professional disciplines and lawyers who use the services of experts. Its functions are to encourage, train and educate experts and to improve and maintain their standards and status. The EWI actively works with a wide range of professional bodies to achieve this.
Click here to visit Expert Witness Institute website
Headway
The charity that works to improve life after brain injury. Provides information, support and services to people affected by brain injury, their family and carers.
Click here to visit Headway website
Leonard Cheshire Disability
We campaign for change and provide innovative services that give disabled people the opportunity to live life their way.
Click here to visit Leonard Cheshire Disability website
Livability
Livability is about creating choices for disabled people rather than making choices for them. We believe that everyone should have the freedom to live their lives and use their abilities.
Click here to visit Livability website
MASCIP
A professional association for all the disciplines working with spinal cord injured people.
Click here to visit MASCIP website
Mencap
Mencap is the voice of learning disability. Everything we do is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Click here to visit Mencap website
The Motability Scheme
The Motability Scheme enables disabled people to exchange either their Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance or their War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement to obtain a new car, powered wheelchair or scooter.
Click here to visit The Motability Scheme website
MS Society
The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) - about 100,000 people in the UK.
Click here to visit MS Society website
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
We provide care and support for people affected by muscle disease, fund vital research and campaign for better services.
Click here to visit Muscular Dystrophy Campaign website
Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People
QEF works with people living with physical and learning disabilities or acquired brain injuries to gain new skills and increase independence. Whether it’s learning everyday life skills, rebuilding a life affected by brain injury, acquiring the skills to drive a specially adapted car or training for future employment QEF supports disabled people to achieve goals for life.
Click here to visit Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People website
RADAR
RADAR is the UK's largest disability campaigning organisation, with a membership of over 900 disability organisations and individual campaigners.
Click here to visit RADAR website
The Royal College of Nursing
The Royal College of Nursing represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies.
Click here to visit The Royal College of Nursing website
Speakability
Speakability is the national charity dedicated to supporting and empowering people with Aphasia and their carers.
Click here to visit Speakability website
Specific Disability Organisation
National Bureau for Students With Disabilities. Skill promotes opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the UK.
Click here to visit Specific Disability Organisation website
Spinal Injuries Association
The Spinal Injuries Association is a user-led, national charity , providing support and information for the spinal cord injured community.
Click here to visit Spinal Injuries Association website
SpinalNet
Spinal Injury Units and Rehabilitation Centres in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Click here to visit SpinalNet website
The Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Our Mission is to help our members in the public, private and voluntary sectors, working in the field of disability and employment to develop their professional practice and to maintain their awareness of a broad range of disability issues.
Click here to visit The Vocational Rehabilitation Association website
Whizz-Kidz
Whizz-Kidz is a charity that is all about giving disabled children the chance to lead a more independent life. Our service meets their individual mobility needs and ensures.
Click here to visit Whizz-Kidz website
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