York Region Head Injury Support Group

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20th Anniversary We would like to thank all our sponsors and Supporters
that helped make our 20th Anniversary Celebration a Success.

The hard work and dedication of our Volunteers,
Thomson Rogers,
Bartimaeus, MOD, CCCAS,
NeuroConnect, BrainInjuryForum,
Howie Sacks & Henry,
The Speech Therapy Centers of Canada,
The Thursday Group.

An introduction to the York Region Head Injury Support Group and it's Website.

YRHISG is a Not for Profit Group operating in the Richmond Hill Area of Ontario Canada.  The group was founded in 1991 by a small group of ABI Survivors and Caregivers.  Our mission statement can be found on the right hand side of our home page.

How to use our website

The site is grouped into two major sections along with a few other facilities that you might find useful.  The two major sections are accessed by left hand side menus entitled YRHISG MENU and ABI RESOURCE MENU.   Below this also on the left side is a link that allows anyone to join our Mailing List, On the right side of this page you can find links to recent News Items that have been posted on this site, our Mission Statement and the definition of ABI.

 

How to navigate our website.

YRHISG MENU

This menu links to items specifically related to our association.   including such items as our Newsletter, Recipe`s provided by group members, information on our Groups etc.

LATEST NEWS

Here you will find links to the most recently added and updated pages on our website.

ABI RESOURCE MENU

This menu is a collection of information and news items that would be of interest to anyone interested in ABI.  The two main catagories being ABI in the news and Articles relating directly to ABI.

 MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission statement plain and simple this does not link to anything else.

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

This link allows you to join our email list.  This list is used do distribute our Newsletter which is published on a quarterly basis along with any other notification that we feel would interest our followers.

 TIPS

FONT SIZE: In the top right hand corner are three letter A`s.  These allow you to change the size of the font.  The middle one resets the size to the default size.

SEARCH: In the top right hand corner is a `search field` give it a try, type the work mission into this box and then click on search.   You will see a list of all articles that contain the word mission.

 
   

 

 

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 13:47
 

YRHISG Menu

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ABI Resource Menu

Join Our Mailing List

We publish a newsletter 4 times a year and occasionally contact our users about important events within the YRHISG and the Brain Injury Community.   We do not share our mailing lists with any other groups or organizations.  See our Privacy Statement for full details.


YRHISG Mission Statement

The York Region Head Injury Support Group is committed to providing information, support and advocacy to those living with the effects of Acquired Brain Injury.

We will strive to promote awareness and prevention of brain injury issues to the public and be an active participant within the brain injury community

The Definition of ABI is:

Damage to the brain, which occurs after birth, as a result of a traumatic or non-traumatic event and is not related to a congenital or a degenerative disease and can result in temporary, prolonged or permanent impairments in cognitive, emotional, behavioural or physical functioning.