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Brain Injury Alliance of Utah

We help people with brain injuries connect with social and medical services. Brain injury has been called a "silent epidemic."

We also help prevent brain injuries by educating children in local schools about helmet use. We also help prevent brain injuries by educating children at local schools about proper helmet use. Experts estimate that over 56,000 people in Utah live with brain injuries. Brain injuries can be very debilitating. Many people with brain injuries become too disabled to live on their own or maintain a job.

But some people with brain injuries can be rehabilitated and return to work. We've helped many people with brain injuries acquire the skills they need to re-enter the workforce. We've also helped improve the quality of life of many people with brain injuries and their families. Of course, the best solution to this silent epidemic is to prevent brain injuries in the first place. That's where our "Being HeadSmart" program comes in. We go to local elementary schools and educate children about the importance of helmet safety. We also teach children how to wear a helmet properly. The importance of children knowing helmet safety cannot be overstated - helmets are often the first line of defense against a brain injury and can even save a person's life. Our Being HeadSmart program reaches over 10,000 local children each year.

01/31/2023

Nothing teaches you this more than brain injury.

01/30/2023

What do you wish was better understood about brain injury?

01/30/2023

Sometimes this is the most important thing to remember.
This was something that saved me, especially in the beginning of brain injury life. It felt like forever but it never actually lasted that long.

So if today is that day, it's almost over and there will possibilities tomorrow.

01/29/2023

Do you think this is why those around us demand that we be who we were before brain injury too?

It would be too hard, too inconvenient, to uncomfortable for them to help? Exercise patience?

It's too bad there are so many living in this situation. That's why we need each other.

01/29/2023

The concept of neurorehabilitation is pretty daunting. Don't look at the whole process. Good therapists can help you break it down into small, manageable steps. Focus on the step on front of you.

01/29/2023

There's lots of therapy after . You need to feel good about the providers you are teaming with. These questions will give you an idea of things to consider with any provider

01/25/2023

Recovery after brain injury is a long process. Rarely is it a simple or direct process. Nothing about living brain injury life is straight forward.
There's frustration, set backs, uncertainty, confusion.
So take today to be proud of what you've accomplished!

What is your proudest accomplishment since brain injury? Throw yours in the comments. I'll throw in a few I heard in the comments

01/24/2023

How can you support brain injury awareness?
If you are a survivor or caregiver, share your story.
If you know or work with a brain injury survivor, ask them with genuine interest.
Become educated on what brain injury is, its causes, prevalence, rehabilitation. Donate your time and resources to a charity that serves the brain injured.

01/23/2023

Brain injury can make you feel like you are less. Less than everything but especially less of you.
You are brave, capable and significant even if you don't feel ir or it seems like brain injury took it

01/23/2023

Never really appreciated the gift that each day is until I realized that a day without someone I love is such a real possibility. Brain injury almost took them away forever. Even though life with them since injury is different and can be harder, I'm grateful for the gift of a good morning

01/22/2023

The human is truly miraculous. A person can take something as catastrophic as brain injury and still find meaning and turn a tragedy into a beautiful life.

01/22/2023

I hate brain injury. I hate it. But it did make me a better person. I'm more patient. I'm more compassionate. I'm less judgemental. I'm more eager to learn. I want to help more people.

It's sad that it took brain injury to do that but I am more proud of who I am now than I ever was before.
From a brain injury survivor

01/21/2023

There are good days and bad days and then there are brain injury bad days. It's ok to honor your brain and body and rest. Don't judge yourself for your bad days. Let it pass and then move on

01/21/2023

How remarkably true. Hope will get you moving. You have to get moving to make any progress in neurorehabilitation

01/19/2023

This headline caught my eye.
Brain injuries have consequences! Sometimes they are longterm. Sometimes they are permanent

Understanding how to work around these things after brain injury is vital to living your best post injury life.

01/19/2023

Sometimes we have to make our own optimism cuz it won't find us on its own

01/18/2023

There is no such thing as "just a concussion."

A concussion is a brain injury. That is NEVER insignificant. All concussions can have long term consequences. Identifying symptoms and getting appropriate treatment matters

01/17/2023

That's a scary headline. Are concussion protocols enough? We don't know. But we never want to see someone living with permanent consequences

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