Ashby House was founded in 1978 by Dr. Mira Ashby

Mira Ashby

Mira Ashby, CM was the founder of Ashby House, opened in 1978. Ashby House was the first transitional living program for adults with brain injuries in North America. She received the Order of Canada in 1984 for her work on brain injury rehabilitation. She was a doctor in the Red Cross during WWII...

. It was the first community-based brain injury rehabilitation program in North America. The first transitional living program for adults with acquired brain injury

Acquired brain injury

An acquired brain injury is brain damage caused by events after birth, rather than as part of a genetic or congenital disorder such as fetal alcohol syndrome, perinatal illness or perinatal hypoxia. ABI can result in cognitive, physical, emotional, or behavioural impairments that lead to permanent...

, it became the model for many other programs across Canada, the US and many other parts of the world. Ashby House has changed its name to Community Head Injury Resource Services of Toronto (CHIRS) where there is still the Ashby Community Support Services.

External links

• [Acquired Brain Injury Newsletter] http://www.abinetwork.ca/downloads/abi-2005-fall.pdf
• [Community Head Injury Resource Services] http://www.chirs.com/