There are often common safety recommendations to minimize risks of slips, trips, and falls. In some cases, these “common sense” approaches can be quite helpful for the Neuro-typical individuals, but for those who have sustained a brain injury, there is a multitude of complicating factors that cause imbalance and simple fall prevention solutions are inadequate.
In late September 1848, news of a construction foreman’s improbable recovery after a tamping iron passed directly through his skull began making the rounds in New England.
Life with an invisible disability can be…extra. While everyone knows not to park in a disability parking spot, not everyone may realize a person who has survived brain injury may also need some gentle accommodation. That’s where the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower comes in.
“Life is what happens when you’re making other plans” is a sentiment Katherine Wolf, a speech pathologist, stroke survivor, and mother of two children, deeply understands.
The Brain Injury Association of Arizona sees the other half of the drowning statistics table: the children (and sometimes adults) who survive a drowning incident, technically known as nonfatal drowning victims.
Karen Heslop is a regular Camp Brain volunteer. She had her first summer there in 2018 and, except for a Covid hiatus, has returned every year since.
Eight years ago, Regan Irion’s mother, Shari, became a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, survivor when she was hit by a truck.
Vaping can be especially harmful to teens because the teenage brain is in the middle of creating new grey matter, synapses, and rewiring itself.
For Kelly Miller, who has a master’s degree in social work and whose background includes working in the child welfare and probation system in supervisory roles, including juvenile justice, becoming a brain injury professional is a bit of a surprise.
Jessica Mauro, a speech pathologist with Chandler Regional Medical Center’s Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, reached out to the BIAAZ to ask about getting help to start a support group or learn what supports groups already existed. She was glad to hear that BIAAZ already had nine support groups in place.