Brain Injury Awareness Month – Get the Facts
March has been designated as Brain Injury Awareness Month, a critical time when the Brain Injury Association of America and its partners strive to build public awareness and education. Only by raising public awareness of the “silent epidemic” of brain injury will we begin to see a decrease in the alarming number of injuries sustained every year, an increase in the number of individuals practicing preventative behaviors while at work or play, and a change in the public’s attitude toward individuals with brain injury.
For free, downloadable resources created for Brain Injury Awareness Month 2009, please click here. To learn about awareness events taking place in your state throughout the month of March, or to learn more about how to get involved please contact your chartered state affiliate office.
Policy Maker Awareness Tools – For use by Advocates
BIAA is co-sponsoring the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force Awareness Fair, briefing and evening reception on March 12, 2008, in Washington, DC. If you can’t attend in person, please join thousands of others in telling their story by making an origami crane with a personal notation and decorated if desired. (see more on this below the photo of paper cranes ) The paper cranes will be displayed at the Congressional Brain Injury Awareness Fair on Capitol Hill. The goal is to spread awareness of traumatic brain injury through personal stories. Follow the instructions for making your origami and mail your crane by March 7, 2008, to:
Brain Crane Project
Brain Injury Association of America
1608 Spring Hill Rd, Suite 110
Vienna, VA 22182
2008 Advocacy Fact Sheets
2008 TBI Invisible Injury Department of Education (pdf)
2008 TBI Invisible Injury Department of Defense (pdf)
2008 TBI Invisible Injury Department of Health and Human Services (pdf)
All materials are downloadable.
The materials described above are downloadable for free. If you wish to purchase printed materials such as posters, fact sheets, and educational booklets, please visit BIAA’s online market.
Brain Crane Project - Increase awareness of brain injury.
Deacon Patrick Jones from Colorado initiated the Brain Crane Project for 2008 March Brain Injury Awareness Month. He asked individuals with traumatic brain injury to join the effort in increasing awareness of brain injury by making an origami crane with a personal notation and decoration if desired. The paper cranes were mailed to the BIAA office and displayed at the Congressional Brain Injury Awareness Fair, March 12, 2008 on Capitol Hill. The goal was to spread the awareness of traumatic brain injury through personal stories.
As you can see, they were simply beautiful...
Brain Cranes on display
We say goodbye to William Bryan Jennett, CBE, M.D., FRCS, distinguished clinician and scholar (Glasgow Coma Scale; Glasgow Outcome Scale) who passed at age 81. To read More and leave your tribute, click here.
BIAA mourns the passing of Charles W. Haynes, former Board Chairman and long-time advocate. Click here to read more about Charles and to leave your tribute.
We deeply mourn the passing of Mitchell Rosenthal, Ph.D., ABPP, who died on May 31, 2007 after a long and distinguished career in brain injury. Click here to read about Mitch’s many contributions and to leave your own tribute, which will be shared with his family.
We deeply mourn the passing of Randall W. Evans, Ph.D., ABPP, who died unexpectedly on July 6, 2007. Click here to read about Randy’s many contributions to the field and to leave your own tribute, which will be shared with his family
The “Heads Up: Brain Injury in Your Practice” tool kit can be ordered or downloaded free-of-charge at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/tbi_toolkit/toolkit.htm
To learn more about concussion or MTBI and/or for more information on CDC’s TBI-related educational materials, research, and programs, please visit CDC’s Injury Center on the Web at www.cdc.gov/injury. For questions, please contact CDC toll-free at 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636).
April 17th, 2007:
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Look here for the position statement, media release and other materials (Note - all of these materials are in Adobe PDF format):
Media Release on Cognitive Rehabilitation
Position Statement on Cognitive Rehabilitation
BIA of America Overview
TBI Fact Sheet
Bios and Photos for Subject Matter Experts:
Douglas I. Katz, M.D.
Mark J. Ashley, Sc.D.
Gregory J. O’Shanick, M.D.
Susan H. Connors
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill March 13, 2007, 10:00am – 5:00pm. Click here for the Schedule (PDF)
Coming to Capitol Hill? BIAA has talking points to help you in meetings with your congressional representatives:
Talking Points:
Invisible Injury – Department of Defense (PDF)
Invisible Injury – Department of Education (PDF)
Invisible Injury – Department of Health and Human Services (PDF)
Invisible Injury – Congressional Brain Injury Task Force (PDF)
Congressional Task Force "Dear Colleague" Letters:
Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center (PDF
TBI Act Appropriations #1 (PDF
TBI Act Appropriations #2 (PDF)
