Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
NBIF @ Veterans Expo
Thank you to all that represented the NBIF at this event. Special thanks to James for coordinating the event and sharing his most special day. Happy B-Day Jim! The NBIF loves you.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Beyond the Invisible (part 1) Brain Injury Association of NY Military Veterans Project
This is part 1 of a project that really allows you to see and feel the testimony of our troops and their families. Please see BRAIN INJURY TRAINING on the left side of this page for the video project in it entirety.
Monday, September 7, 2009
The NBIF celebrates @ The Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL).
RCIL has extended a warm welcome and is allowing us to meet at their Dorothy Smith Center for Advocacy location until our new location is ready. Thank you to RCIL for sharing their space and making it a place that brings the community together.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thank you to The Pythian Foundation
The NBIF thanks the Pythian Foundation for their support and generous donation. Our members are made up of a diverse group with many ties to the community. One of our members belongs to the Pythian Club and never misses an opportunity to share NBIF’s mission. Collaboration and communication is key for any nonprofit that wishes to help others and get involved with the betterment of society in general. This sharing and joining makes each organization’s mission stronger. We look forward to our continued relationship with the Pythian Foundation, as well as building many more long lasting relationships.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Mount Sinai Seeks Participants for Facebook Study
How much do you know about Facebook? Would you be willing to answer a few questions about how familiar and interested you are in using Facebook?
The Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai is conducting a research study to explore how often people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) use Facebook. The research will include participants over 18 years old, and have sustained a TBI. Interested participants will be invited to access and complete an online survey. The survey is anonymous and takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. There is no compensation for participation.
You can access a survey online by clicking here.
The Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai is conducting a research study to explore how often people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) use Facebook. The research will include participants over 18 years old, and have sustained a TBI. Interested participants will be invited to access and complete an online survey. The survey is anonymous and takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. There is no compensation for participation.
You can access a survey online by clicking here.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Support From One Of Our Jr. Members – Touching
The NBIF Jr. members are an important part of what we do. We are fortunate to have such a dedicated youth group that helps with spreading awareness to our communities. Hats off to the parents that involve their children in what will be the betterment of the future. Thanks to Paddy and all other Jr. members.
Below is just a clip of the full advertisement…
PADDY'S CHARITABLE YARD, LEMONADE AND BAKE SALE!
Please support Patrick (Paddy). He is an amazing 10 year old who has realized the value of living simply while helping others. This sale was his idea and so was his pledge to donate 25% of the proceeds to the National Brain Injury Foundation. What an opportunity to meet an extraordinary young man who makes good choices and GREAT lemonade!
Below is just a clip of the full advertisement…
PADDY'S CHARITABLE YARD, LEMONADE AND BAKE SALE!
Please support Patrick (Paddy). He is an amazing 10 year old who has realized the value of living simply while helping others. This sale was his idea and so was his pledge to donate 25% of the proceeds to the National Brain Injury Foundation. What an opportunity to meet an extraordinary young man who makes good choices and GREAT lemonade!
Friday, July 17, 2009
NBIF to Participate in ADA Celebration
Host: Resource Center for Independent Living (RCIL)
For details see above “NBIF Agenda and Special Events."
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Celebration.
The ADA was signed into law on July 26th 1990.
Celebrate the anniversary of that signing through community awareness and education.
Music, speakers and entertainment throughout the event…
RCIL envisions a world in which everyone, regardless of ability, lives in the most integrated and independent setting possible and has the opportunity to contribute to the economical, political and social life in our community.
Please join us on July 24th.
For details see above “NBIF Agenda and Special Events."
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Celebration.
The ADA was signed into law on July 26th 1990.
Celebrate the anniversary of that signing through community awareness and education.
Music, speakers and entertainment throughout the event…
RCIL envisions a world in which everyone, regardless of ability, lives in the most integrated and independent setting possible and has the opportunity to contribute to the economical, political and social life in our community.
Please join us on July 24th.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
“Your TBI Story” by BrainLine.org
BrainLine.org is a great TBI resource.
The “Your TBI Story” is on their Facebook page, which has over 1500 members. People from all over have posted their stories along with what has been helpful to them. It is amazing how a group of people can come together online and open their hearts to one another. Truly touching…
Click here - Your TBI Story
The “Your TBI Story” is on their Facebook page, which has over 1500 members. People from all over have posted their stories along with what has been helpful to them. It is amazing how a group of people can come together online and open their hearts to one another. Truly touching…
Click here - Your TBI Story
Monday, July 6, 2009
TBI Survivors Netwok
Social Network for survivors to share information and connect, we believe there is power in numbers .
http://tbisurvivorsnetwork.ning.com/
http://tbisurvivorsnetwork.ning.com/
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Kahrmann Blog: We Are Not Children, We Are Not Slaves: Living With a Brain Injury - Part I and II.
Discrimination denies people what they deserve – their freedom.
I have lived with a brain injury for nearly 20 years and have worked in the field for nearly 15 of those years. Raised in a civil rights family I am very much an advocate for every individual’s right to be who they are, in safety, with equality, in the world they live in. When I talk with survivors of brain injuries in this state and others, the number one complaint I hear is, "They treat us like we are children." Tragically this is true....
Please take a look at the Kahrmann Blog for the rest of the story.
Very good reading and perspective.
http://thekahrmannblog.blogspot.com
I have lived with a brain injury for nearly 20 years and have worked in the field for nearly 15 of those years. Raised in a civil rights family I am very much an advocate for every individual’s right to be who they are, in safety, with equality, in the world they live in. When I talk with survivors of brain injuries in this state and others, the number one complaint I hear is, "They treat us like we are children." Tragically this is true....
Please take a look at the Kahrmann Blog for the rest of the story.
Very good reading and perspective.
http://thekahrmannblog.blogspot.com
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
The NBIF is now on Twitter!
Check us out, become a follower and start Tweeting. http://twitter.com/NBIF
Twitter updates will be populated automatically on the left side of this page.
Twitter updates will be populated automatically on the left side of this page.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
The NBIF Bowl-A-Thon was a hit!
Thank you to all that attended, made donations and gave their support.
Everyone did a great job bowling and had a ball. What an amazing event.
Everyone did a great job bowling and had a ball. What an amazing event.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Another one of our NBIF members getting married…
The NBIF Congratulates Karen and Mike on their engagement.
They are to be married this September. We wish you all the happiness, joy and love you so deserve.
They are to be married this September. We wish you all the happiness, joy and love you so deserve.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Update...
We now have 150 members on our NBIF Facebook Cause Page.
Check it out. There is a link from our site (left hand side) to FB Causes and one from FB back to us. Let’s let our Facebook members know who we are, what we do and how we intend to make an impact. Please take a moment to add a link, make a comment, start a discussion, or post on the wall.
Check it out. There is a link from our site (left hand side) to FB Causes and one from FB back to us. Let’s let our Facebook members know who we are, what we do and how we intend to make an impact. Please take a moment to add a link, make a comment, start a discussion, or post on the wall.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
TBI tidbit
Poll Shows Public Awareness of Brain Injury Is Very Low Given Nationwide Incidence
A brain injury occurs every 15 seconds and sends more than one million individuals to hospital emergency rooms each year. Surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that there are more than 5.3 million Americans-- slightly more than two percent of the U.S. population-living with a disability as a result of a traumatic brain injury. Yet given this nationwide incidence, public awareness of brain injury--and the frequency with which it occurs--is very low, as the results of a recently conducted Harris Poll reflect.
"Brain injury occurs more frequently than breast cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury," remarked Allan I. Bergman, President and CEO of the Brain Injury Association (BIA). "It is quite incredible, then, to see how few people believe this is the case. We have quite a task ahead of us in helping raise awareness of brain injury."
Conducted by Harris Interactive, Inc., the poll surveyed a sample of 1,012 adults aged 18 or older regarding their awareness of brain and head injury. The poll found that one in three Americans say that they are not familiar with the term "brain injury." Given the number of individuals living with a brain injury, only one in twenty individuals surveyed (5%) said that they themselves had sustained a brain injury.
Individuals surveyed were asked whether they thought brain injury occurred more or less frequently than breast cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. The poll found that two out of three adults (66%) believe that brain injuries happen less frequently than breast cancer, and half believe they happen less frequently than AIDS. However, the poll did reveal that adults are as likely to believe that brain injuries occur more frequently than spinal cord injuries or multiple sclerosis as to believe that they happen less frequently than either of these injuries/illness.
"There has been the belief that sustaining a brain injury doomed you to life in a persistent vegetative state or coma," said James McDeavitt, MD, BIA Chairperson and Medical Director of the Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation. "The results of BIA's Harris Poll certainly prove this belief false, since the majority of those surveyed believe individuals sustaining a brain injury are capable of living 'normal' and productive lives. Hopefully this will help end some of the stigma surrounding brain injury, which leads individuals to deny they've sustained such an injury. Additionally, we certainly hope these results will lead to an increase in community living and support services provided to those who sustain brain injury, since the current level of service is quite low."
One surprising result of the poll was that more than half of adults (56%) surveyed believe that when a person sustains a concussion, he or she sustains a brain injury. Concussions are the most common form of brain injury, yet recent media coverage of these injuries rarely, if ever, linked the term ``concussion'' with the term ``brain injury.'' This may explain, to some extent, the low number of individuals indicating that they had sustained a brain injury. Recent research of brain scans, conducted by the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, illustrated the significant changes the brain experiences after sustaining even one concussion. Concussion is the most common form of brain injury, with an estimated one million people sustaining a concussion annually.
The Brain Injury Association (BIA) conducted the Harris Poll as part of a five-year, cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a branch of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Public awareness campaigns emphasizing how frequently brain injuries occur, how easily they can be prevented and the rich potential for life following brain injury will be launched during this five-year period, and follow-up polls to measure the effectiveness of these campaigns will be undertaken in years three and five of the agreement.
"Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability among America's youth," McDeavitt said. "Almost all brain injuries--most often caused by motor vehicle crashes, falls, sporting accidents and violence-can be prevented. BIA is committed to increasing public awareness of this 'silent epidemic' significantly in the next few years, as well as emphasizing that those who sustain brain injuries are capable of living out their dreams."
For a copy of the full Harris Survey, entitled Public Perceptions of Brain and Head Injuries, visit the Brain Injury Association's web site at www.biausa.org.
A brain injury occurs every 15 seconds and sends more than one million individuals to hospital emergency rooms each year. Surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that there are more than 5.3 million Americans-- slightly more than two percent of the U.S. population-living with a disability as a result of a traumatic brain injury. Yet given this nationwide incidence, public awareness of brain injury--and the frequency with which it occurs--is very low, as the results of a recently conducted Harris Poll reflect.
"Brain injury occurs more frequently than breast cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury," remarked Allan I. Bergman, President and CEO of the Brain Injury Association (BIA). "It is quite incredible, then, to see how few people believe this is the case. We have quite a task ahead of us in helping raise awareness of brain injury."
Conducted by Harris Interactive, Inc., the poll surveyed a sample of 1,012 adults aged 18 or older regarding their awareness of brain and head injury. The poll found that one in three Americans say that they are not familiar with the term "brain injury." Given the number of individuals living with a brain injury, only one in twenty individuals surveyed (5%) said that they themselves had sustained a brain injury.
Individuals surveyed were asked whether they thought brain injury occurred more or less frequently than breast cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. The poll found that two out of three adults (66%) believe that brain injuries happen less frequently than breast cancer, and half believe they happen less frequently than AIDS. However, the poll did reveal that adults are as likely to believe that brain injuries occur more frequently than spinal cord injuries or multiple sclerosis as to believe that they happen less frequently than either of these injuries/illness.
"There has been the belief that sustaining a brain injury doomed you to life in a persistent vegetative state or coma," said James McDeavitt, MD, BIA Chairperson and Medical Director of the Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation. "The results of BIA's Harris Poll certainly prove this belief false, since the majority of those surveyed believe individuals sustaining a brain injury are capable of living 'normal' and productive lives. Hopefully this will help end some of the stigma surrounding brain injury, which leads individuals to deny they've sustained such an injury. Additionally, we certainly hope these results will lead to an increase in community living and support services provided to those who sustain brain injury, since the current level of service is quite low."
One surprising result of the poll was that more than half of adults (56%) surveyed believe that when a person sustains a concussion, he or she sustains a brain injury. Concussions are the most common form of brain injury, yet recent media coverage of these injuries rarely, if ever, linked the term ``concussion'' with the term ``brain injury.'' This may explain, to some extent, the low number of individuals indicating that they had sustained a brain injury. Recent research of brain scans, conducted by the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, illustrated the significant changes the brain experiences after sustaining even one concussion. Concussion is the most common form of brain injury, with an estimated one million people sustaining a concussion annually.
The Brain Injury Association (BIA) conducted the Harris Poll as part of a five-year, cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a branch of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Public awareness campaigns emphasizing how frequently brain injuries occur, how easily they can be prevented and the rich potential for life following brain injury will be launched during this five-year period, and follow-up polls to measure the effectiveness of these campaigns will be undertaken in years three and five of the agreement.
"Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability among America's youth," McDeavitt said. "Almost all brain injuries--most often caused by motor vehicle crashes, falls, sporting accidents and violence-can be prevented. BIA is committed to increasing public awareness of this 'silent epidemic' significantly in the next few years, as well as emphasizing that those who sustain brain injuries are capable of living out their dreams."
For a copy of the full Harris Survey, entitled Public Perceptions of Brain and Head Injuries, visit the Brain Injury Association's web site at www.biausa.org.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Bridgett and Kenny Celebrate Their Engagement With The NBIF
Our first engagement and soon to be marriage…
Cute Little Fact:
Bridgett and Ken met at the National Brain Injury Foundation Social Group.
Cute Little Fact:
Bridgett and Ken met at the National Brain Injury Foundation Social Group.
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