Caregiver & Family resources

Free statewide helpline and directory connecting Texans with local services, including medical transportation, disability programs, senior rides, bus fare, and gas assistance.

A stroke-survivor-founded Austin nonprofit offering long-term recovery support, Hope Camp, referrals, counseling, and faith-based support.

A Dallas-area faith-based disability community offering small groups, caregiver support, connection events, and virtual programming.

Texas statewide starting point for acquired brain injury information, educational materials, the Texas Brain Injury Resource Guide, and connections to additional state services.

A San Antonio nonprofit with survivor representation and separate recurring support options for acquired-brain-injury survivors and caregivers.

A West Texas aphasia nonprofit providing ongoing communication groups, social participation, family support, and scholarship assistance.

Austin nonprofit providing intensive affordable speech/cognitive therapy and a weekly survivor-led stroke support group in person and on Zoom.

A paralysis-survivor-founded Houston-area nonprofit offering free adaptive sports, mentorship, social connection, and community events.

A survivor- and family-led Austin nonprofit with recurring in-person, virtual, survivor-only, caregiver, and concussion support meetings.

A member-driven North Texas brain-injury nonprofit offering clubhouse community, peer support, and recurring support groups in Plano and Fort Worth.

A Coastal Bend nonprofit that grew from a disability-led wheelchair-sports community and now serves people with SCI, brain injury, and other physical disabilities.

Texas program that may fund or coordinate rehabilitation services for eligible residents with traumatic brain injury or traumatic spinal cord injury after available medical benefits are used.

San Antonio community nonprofit connecting people with life-altering disabilities and caregivers to recurring support groups, adaptive programs and local resources.

A TBI-survivor-founded East Texas nonprofit providing peer support, resources, and financial help, with directly verified groups in Tyler and Longview.

Texas faith-based nonprofit offering brain injury survivors and caregivers education, counseling connections, community resources, and free peer support.

A family-founded Texas nonprofit offering virtual support groups and financial assistance for children with acquired brain injury and their families.

A Houston nonprofit providing long-term aphasia programming, community participation, caregiver support, and statewide virtual HARC at Home programming.

A survivor-founded Houston SCI nonprofit offering recreation, social connection, and caregiver support, including Caregivers & Conversations.

A stroke-survivor-founded nonprofit offering monthly survivor and caregiver meetings plus recurring adaptive and therapy activities in Laredo.

A Texas spinal-cord-injury nonprofit connecting people with peer support, recreation, resources, and local support contacts across the state.

Texas nonprofit helping people with spinal cord injury and disability achieve mobility and independence through assistive vehicles, equipment, technology and home modifications.

Regional caregiver program providing information, respite voucher applications and support coordination for eligible unpaid family caregivers in Erath and other North Central Texas counties. Age, disability, residency and funding restrictions apply.

Independent-living and peer-support services in Amarillo, including The Second Life TBI Support Group for survivors and caregivers.

Regional behavioral-health services for people who need assessment, referral, outpatient mental-health care, or crisis support.

San Antonio nonprofit providing professionally refurbished durable medical equipment, assistive-technology financial aid and medical-equipment repairs.

A disability-led DFW adaptive-recreation nonprofit offering free sports and community programs for people with physical disabilities and their families.

BRP's monthly survivor and caregiver support group in Stephenville, built around practical recovery tools, peer connection, and life beyond rehabilitation.

A Southlake-based charity founded by a severe-TBI survivor to connect survivors and caregivers through stories, education, outreach, and community.

Texas Health and Human Services' official respite locator lets caregivers search by ZIP code, city or county, care recipient age and respite type. Contact listed providers directly to confirm their services, cost and eligibility.

Texas vocational rehabilitation services helping adults with disabilities prepare for, return to, keep, or advance in work through individualized employment supports.

A McKinney-based nonprofit online brain-injury community created from a family's lived TBI experience so survivors and supporters can connect and share recovery experiences.

A North Texas SCI and wheelchair-user chapter with lived-experience leadership and direct peer mentoring through Peer Connect.

Survivor-led brain injury nonprofit offering online groups, workshops, podcasts, caregiver and couples support, and faith-centered options.

Aphasia-friendly games co-designed with people with aphasia and communication experts to make practice and social connection more accessible and enjoyable.

Digital speech, language, and cognitive practice for stroke, TBI, aphasia, and other neurological conditions, used independently or with a clinician.

A survivor-led guide describing what post-stroke fatigue actually feels like and practical ways survivors manage energy, rest, activity, overstimulation, and day-to-day life.

A free UCL-developed web therapy that uses repeated visual-search practice to help people with brain-injury-related visual search problems improve speed and accuracy when finding objects.

Survivor- and caregiver-led stroke media combining lived experience with expert conversations on recovery, research, advocacy, technology, and care gaps.

Medically reviewed overview of face blindness after stroke or brain injury, including evaluation and practical adaptation strategies.

Adult-friendly printable and browser-based activities for visual scanning, perception, memory, sequencing, reasoning, and cognitive practice at home or in rehab.

A large survivor-led library of practical stroke-recovery videos and guides, organized around common recovery needs and designed to make information easier to use at home.

Survivor-led media exploring life after stroke, including identity, disability, caregiving, work, relationships, and rebuilding a meaningful life.

An interactive iOS and Android app that turns visual-cancellation and scanning practice into adjustable screen-based challenges with feedback, timing, scoring, and multiple difficulty levels.

Survivor-founded nonprofit offering culturally responsive stroke education, peer support, groups, advocacy, and connection, especially for Black survivors and families.

An authoritative ASHA reference explaining acquired aphasia, including spoken and written language, comprehension, reading, assessment, treatment and communication support.

ASHA's adult TBI reference covers speech, language, cognitive-communication, swallowing and related rehabilitation needs after traumatic brain injury.

PT- and stroke-survivor-led education on balance, falls, mobility, self-monitoring, and independence through articles, podcast content, and courses.

Survivor-led videos and podcasts on aphasia, stroke, and brain injury that center identity, intelligence, communication, advocacy, and lived experience.

Family-centered aphasia resource library with videos, communication tools, wallet cards, books, practical information, and support.

BRP original conversation with OT Cassie Graziano on adaptation, meaningful activity, independence, and participation in daily life after neurological injury.

National brain injury organization offering survivor and caregiver education, practical guides, referrals, advocacy, research information, and community resources.

BRP original reflection on recovery, identity, faith, purpose, and building life forward after stroke.

A survivor- and clinician-informed guide to navigating the long road after stroke, especially the gap between formal rehabilitation and continued life in the community.

An evidence-based healthy eating approach from the National Institutes of Health designed to support healthy blood pressure and cardiovascular health through practical everyday food choices.

Neurosurgeon, author, podcaster, and trauma survivor connecting Christian faith with grief, hope, resilience, thought patterns, and rebuilding after loss.

BRP original conversation with OT Taylor Moellering on driving rehabilitation, meaningful activity, independence, and safely rebuilding confidence after neurological injury.

Lived-experience spinal cord injury resource with survivor and family stories, curated practical resources, and separate expert information.

BRP original conversation with SLPs Kristen Holbeck and Heather Knight on communication, neuro rehabilitation, and rebuilding connection after stroke and brain injury.

A practical, plain-language guide to post-stroke fatigue with strategies for pacing, conserving energy, improving routines, and recognizing factors that can make fatigue worse.

BRP original conversation with Dr. Jeremy Lasso on stroke rehabilitation, physical therapy, neuroplasticity, insurance barriers, faith, and long-term recovery.

Stroke rehabilitation guide covering neuroplasticity, goal setting, recovery stages, and moving beyond discouraging ideas about plateaus.

BRP original conversation with SLP Logan Ashlock on aphasia, apraxia, cognition, caregiver roles, emotional support, and community after therapy.

David Dansereau, MSPT, brings survivor and physical-therapy perspectives to practical PFO education, with added vascular-neurology insight.

A survivor-led stroke community and media platform where Jerry Wald and other survivors share recovery stories, emotional support, and conversations with people who understand life after stroke.

Free research-based TBI resources on rehab, memory, cognition, balance, fatigue, driving, employment, emotional health, and daily life.

BRP original conversation on recovery, caregiver trauma, faith, rehabilitation, community, and why long-term support matters.

BRP original family conversation about stroke recovery and caregiving through the eyes of a spouse, child, and survivor.

A national aphasia resource with practical communication tips, caregiver guidance, educational articles, support resources, and help finding aphasia services.

Christian survivor-caregiver platform where Cisco and Melissa Gonzalez share stroke recovery, marriage, fear, purpose, gratitude, and faith.

BRP original conversation on neuro PT, high-intensity training, neuroplasticity, adaptive sports, community rehabilitation, and patient advocacy.

Young stroke survivor with aphasia sharing practical adaptations, educational videos, interviews, and lived experience about communication and rebuilding life.

Research-based nutrition guidance after spinal cord injury, covering healthy eating, hydration, weight, bowel and skin health, strength, and independence.

AOTA explains how occupational therapy supports daily life after stroke, including self-care, cognition, movement, vision, transportation, and caregiver-supported routines.

Survivor-led learning portals on life after spinal cord injury, including accessibility, work, travel, equipment, recreation, and peer support.

BRP original conversation with neuro PT Amanda Renfro on rehabilitation, pain, muscle tone, small wins, dignity, and the realities of recovery.

Cisco and Melissa Gonzalez share the survivor and spouse-caregiver sides of a sudden stroke, hospitalization, rehabilitation, family disruption, loneliness, faith, and rebuilding life together.

BRP original survivor-caregiver conversation on stroke, aphasia, apraxia, isolation, communication practice, caregiving, and connection.

A survivor- and carepartner-led guide to the emotional side of stroke recovery, including grief, changes in identity, relationships, work, purpose, adaptation, and rebuilding a rewarding life.

A national collaboration centered on younger stroke survivors and care partners, with education, programs, research, and survivor-informed resources.

BRP original conversation with Hether Flanigan on stroke recovery, exercise, emotional health, faith, identity, and advocacy.

A plain-language overview of stroke rehabilitation, including common therapies and what survivors may expect during recovery.

Research-informed stroke recovery roadmap focused on neuroplasticity, continued practice, goal setting, measuring progress, and active recovery.

Charlie Webber's memoir of stroke survival, faith, family, rehabilitation and returning to music after a life-changing stroke.

Charlie Webber shares how faith, family, therapy and guitar helped him rebuild his life and find purpose after a massive stroke in this Broken Road Project conversation.

BRP original guide to PT, OT, and speech therapy after stroke, TBI, or SCI, with practical education for survivors and caregivers.

BRP original caregiver conversation with Amber Peterson on stroke recovery, faith, family resilience, and walking the road together as a spouse.

Free home guide with graded cognitive activities for attention, memory, language, reasoning, processing speed, visual-spatial skills, and fine motor control.

Official 2024 VA/DoD stroke rehab resources with patient guides, goals, aphasia materials, and evidence-based inpatient, outpatient, and community guidance.

BRP original conversation with Dr. Alex Conley on neuro-optometry, vision changes after stroke or brain injury, and vision's role in neurological rehabilitation.

Community-based Florida aphasia nonprofit offering daily, weekly and monthly communication, family and peer programs in Tampa Bay and online.

BRP original conversation with Dr. Dena Adams and Patti Foster about brain injury, resilience, family, faith, and finding hope after neurological trauma.

Father-and-son podcast and YouTube conversations about life with stroke and aphasia, featuring survivors, caregivers, clinicians, and advocates.

Stroke-survivor-founded virtual peer community connecting younger stroke survivors for monthly support, shared experience and recovery connection.

Adaptive driving evaluation, training and vehicle-modification support for eligible ADRS consumers with physical or cognitive disabilities.

Alabama's state TBI program provides care coordination and rehabilitation-related support for people living with traumatic brain injury.

Alabama's statewide assistive-technology program provides device demonstrations, short-term loans, reuse services and help identifying funding options.

Statewide Alabama nonprofit providing resource coordination, support groups, respite care, counseling and other practical services for traumatic brain injury survivors and caregivers.

Survivor-founded Alabama nonprofit supporting young adults with TBI and neurological disabilities through community integration, transportation help, medical supplies, adaptive equipment and transitional support.

Birmingham nonprofit offering extensive adaptive recreation, fitness, aquatics, camps and competitive or recreational sports for people with physical disabilities and chronic conditions.

Research-based education and practical information for people living with traumatic brain injury and their families through UAB's TBI Model System.