Making social media participation easier for people with Traumatic Brain Injury

The Social Media Accessibility and Rehabilitation Toolkit for Traumatic Brain Injury (SMART-TBI) as tools were designed to create a more user-friendly Facebook environment to support social media participation for people with TBI.

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TBI and Social Media Uses

Social media is an important resource for people with TBI to share their experiences, access TBI-related information and communities, stay connected with friends and family, access news, advocate for causes important to them, and much more!

However, social media websites are not always user-friendly. They can have a cluttered appearance and confusing instructions, and make it hard to keep track of information.

SMART-TBI helps you more easily navigate the Facebook website, filter and interpret your Newsfeed, and create meaningful posts to share.

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Available Tools

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Post Interpretation Aids

If you have challenges “reading” other people, or understanding social cues, this aid can help by giving details about the emotions in a post, and showing images to help you understand the emotions in the message.

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Post Writing Aids

If you struggle with spelling/grammar or deciding if your post is “appropriate”, this aid provides corrections and insight into the impression viewers may gather from your post.

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Focus Mode

If you sometimes have information overload while viewing your Newsfeed, this aid allows you view each post individually without surrounding distractions.

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Newsfeed Filter

If you get overwhelmed by the number or content of new stories on your Facebook feed, this aid lets you choose the types of posts that appear on your feed.

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Facebook Customization

If Facebook’s website is confusing or difficult for you to navigate, this aid makes Facebook easier to view and use for your specific needs, while decreasing the site’s amount of sensory and information overload.

Who We Are

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Bilge Mutlu

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sheldon B. and Marianne S. Lubar Professor of Computer Science, Psychology, and Industrial Engineering

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Melissa Duff

Vanderbilt University

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Hearing and Speech Sciences

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Catalina Toma

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Professor in Communication Arts

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Lyn Turkstra

McMaster University

Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science & Assistant Dean of the Speech-Language Pathology Program