Sustaining a brain injury makes you at greater risk of having an additional brain injury. This risk increases with each additional brain injury, regardless of the cause. Prevention is the only cure for brain injury. Wear an approved helmet when horseback riding recreationally or working on the farm or ranch. Learn More #MoreThanMyBrainInjury #MOAgrAbility #MOBeginningFarmers [...]
The Brain Injury Association of Missouri (BIA-MO) Sports Concussions: Facts, Fallacies and New Frontiers Education for 2021 will be online. Educators, healthcare and sports professionals may participate in online Educational Sessions, Concussion Conversations and Get Schooled on Concussions. There will also be ongoing resources of individualized academic Tip strategies and Sheets to support the concussed [...]
Missouri AgrAbility Project/Missouri Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Program – Heroes to Hives The Missouri chapter of “Heroes to Hives” program supports veterans who want to learn beekeeping. The program is open to all veterans and military dependents and will begin in March 2021. Program participants will gain knowledge and skills for beekeeping as well as [...]
Sue Orton was recognized by BIA-MO with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her life-long impact to be a voice for persons with brain injury, including her daughter Karen. View the video below to hear Sue's story: https://youtu.be/4kVx7TrBZ3M
Brain Injury Association of Missouri 16th Annual Statewide Conference Online October 1 - 2, 2020 Thank you to everyone who participated in the virtual BIA-MO 16th Annual Statewide Conference on October 1 and 2, 2020. The Brain Injury Association of Missouri (BIA-MO) Annual Statewide Professional Conference is the only conference in Missouri developed to [...]
Bowling for Brain Injury 2020 – THANK YOU! Thank you to all who participated in Bowling for Brain Injury – Missouri in 2020. Bowling for Brain Injury was different in 2020, but teams still had fun and generated some friendly competition Bowlers raised more than $22,500 to support BIA-MO programs and raise awareness about brain injury. Survivors [...]
Missouri Motorcycle Helmet Law Repealed Governor Parson signed House Bill (HB) 1963. He repealed the Missouri all-rider motorcycle helmet law. As of August 28, 2020 more people will die and will sustain brain injuries on Missouri roadways. It is unfortunate that Governor Mike Parson chose to ignore calls, emails and letters from organizations and individual [...]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Many resources are available to rural Missourians to help with ongoing stresses, but sometimes it is difficult to find them. University of Missouri Extension and its partners through “Together We Can” are working together to help farmers, their friends and families, and rural communities find practical resources. Resources are [...]
Thank you to all supporters of the Brain Injury Association of Missouri (BIA-MO) who donated and cheered us on during Give STL Day on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Because of your help, more than $4,600 was raised during the 24-hour donation period. We also qualify for additional dollars from the day's sponsor, the St. Louis [...]
Thank you to all of our donors who supported the Brain Injury Association of Missouri during Giving Tuesday Now yesterday. Thanks to your generosity, we raised $950! Money raised yesterday will support Donald Danforth Jr. Wilderness Camp, help support education and advocacy, and support services, information and referrals for survivors [...]
