Headway Gauteng
We are a registered non-profit organisation that offers a variety of support programmes to adult survivors of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) as well as support services to their families and caregivers.
Counselling and Support Services
Here at Headway we understand that brain injury does not happen to a single individual, it happens to a family. Nobody can be prepared for this, and life seldom gives us the skills to deal with this type of situation. The circumstances resulting from the injury can be exacerbated by the ‘disappearance’ of friends and family because people do not know how to cope with this ‘new’ person.
Awareness and Information Programme
Using organised awareness campaigns, Headway has started a journey to inform communities of the cognitive and social deficits experienced by our brain injured members, breaking down barriers of stigma that are associated with anything ”mental”. In certain communities, a person suffering from a brain injury can mistakenly be perceived as having been ”bewitched” and is ostracised as a result. This again highlights the enormous need to create awareness of the causes, symptoms and effects of brain injury.
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