It’s March, and that means it’s Brain Injury Awareness Month to recognize the 5.3 million-plus adults and children in the U.S. living with some sort of permanent brain injury-related disability. Many of these injuries are a result of STROKE, BRAIN ANEURYSM, infectious disease and brain tumors. But these numbers also include mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), or what we call concussions.
Most of us never imagine that our lives could be impacted by a brain injury, but according to the BIAA someone in this country will experience a brain injury every nine seconds. It’s a lot of cases! We should all inform ourselves about how brain injuries occur, how to reduce them, and eliminate the stigma surrounding them.