BIA-MO Presents Annual Awards Congratulations to Annual Award Honorees! This year's Honorees have prevented brain injuries, assisted individuals with brain injury to be successful, and supported services for survivors, family members and the community. These individuals and organizations made outstanding contributions in the brain injury community. Courage Award Honors the success of an individual with [...]
#GivingTuesday - November 27, 2018 Mark your calendars! Giving Tuesday is coming up soon! Provide services of support, education, recreation and advocacy for survivors of brain injury through your Giving Tuesday donation to the Brain Injury Association of Missouri (BIA-MO). You will prevent brain injuries, assist survivors and families, educate youth and adults about concussions [...]
I am beyond a walking miracle and I want to help as much as I can with brain injuries. I sustained a traumatic brain injury with a subdural hematoma from a skateboarding accident. I survived with 90 percent of the odds against me. Only 10 percent of people who have a TBI subdural hematoma [...]
I sustained a TBI from a 24' vertical fall in Nov 2011. In addition to the TBI, I fractured three cervical vertebrae, my mandible and facial bones. My ER and ICU stay was 6 weeks followed by 3 months of intensive inpatient therapy. Then another 6 months of outpatient PT, OT and Speech Therapy. Then it was "back to work for me" as suggested by [...]
