BRAIN INJURY ONLINE - ACCESSING AND USING THE INTERNET FOR CONSUMERS AND HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS

This article provides both consumers and healthcare professionals who share a common interest in brain injury with a basic overview of both how to access the Internet and how to use it effectively to gather and exchange online information. Recommendations regarding computer hardw are requirements, connection options and popular software programs for web browsing, sending e-mail and searching topics are addressed. Some of the more interesting brain injury-related Internet sites and newsg roups are listed. Finally, specific technologic advancements that may facilitate computer use in a disabled population are discussed. (C) 19 98 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.