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Across Canada Provincial, Grassroots Organizations and Individuals will be creating awareness about Acquired Brain Injuries.
As incredible as this may sound, brain injury in Canada is a silent epidemic. In Canada, brain injury is the number one killer and disabler of people under the age of 44. Statistics further indicate that incidences are two times greater within the male population. Women take longer to recover from a brain injury. A concussion is a brain injury.
Acquired brain injury is defined as a non-degenerative and non-congenital insult to the brain that may result in a diminished or altered state of consciousness, and result in impaired cognitive, physical, emotional and/or behavioural functioning.
The social, emotional and economic consequences of brain injury are in fact devastating not only to the survivors themselves, but to family members, caregivers, support workers and the community at large of volunteers — everyone involved with working towards neuro-rehabilitation and recovery . And currently, there are no drugs or techniques that can cure a brain injury.
Automobile accidents, sports injuries, cycling accidents, falls, incidences of violence, domestic violence, strokes, tumours, aneurysms, and other non-degenerative conditions are all leading causes of acquired brain injury and multiple disabilities in Canada. Here are a few stories from Canada about the challenges people with acquired brain injury live with.
Justin Trudeau supports Brain Injury Awareness
Rowan's Law Set to Pass on JUNE 7TH, 2016 by Ontario Legislature
Brain Injury Survivors
Bill's Place and Bill's Place YouTube
Kate's Story
Enrico's Story
No Brain Injury Rehab Unit on PEI
Second Brain Injury Housing Unit Needed in Sudbury
Nova Scotia Requires Brain Injury Housing
Follow the Latest News on Brain Injury on Social Media
Web: www.braininjurycanada.ca
Twitter: http://twitter.com/biacaclc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/braininjurycanada
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DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS IS AUGUST 15, 2016
Please forward nominations to: Harry Zarins, M.Ed.
Executive Director
Brain Injury Canada
440 Laurier Ave. West
Suite 200 Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X6
[email protected] READ MORE
As well as learning about new research and innovation, and sharing ideas, the conference will also touch on disabilities associated with brain injury such as cognitive, emotional and behavioural, including impulsivity, depression, anxiety and overall mental health.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Brain Injury Survivors
• Friends and Families of Brain Injury Survivors
• Professional and Health Care Providers
• Teachers
• Community Workers
• Students
• General Public
• Law Enforcement and First Responders
TO REGISTER RIGHT NOW CLICK HERE
SAVE: Early Bird Registration deadline August 15, 2016 READ MORE
CBC News
J.G. Larocque, a coach at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic school in Hanmer, hopes a new machine will prevent and detect concussions in student athletes. The high school recently spent $20 thousand to purchase a machine that uses different lights to detect changes in an athlete's reaction time. Discrepancies in reaction time show coaches if a player has a concussion, even if they aren't showing symptoms. READ MORE
National Post
More than a year before she won gold for Canada in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Dara Howell suffered a nasty concussion. It wasn't until after she'd won the inaugural slopestyle event that she realized her concussion symptoms still were present at Sochi. "In my case, I wanted to get back, to prepare for the Olympics," the 21-year-old said in a phone interview. "Obviously my coaches and everyone wanted me to get back quick, too." READ MORE
Chronicle Herald
Curlers who suffer suspected head injuries at Curling Canada events will be subject to a return-to-play protocol starting next season. A new set of guidelines surrounding head injuries and protection has also been recommended for adoption by Canadian curling centres, Curling Canada said Friday in a release. The concussion protocol will be mandatory for all athletes attending events operated by the sport's national governing body. READ MORE
The Whig
Two devices created by a local firm are getting closer to being used to help detect traumatic brain injuries. The first device can allow a first responder to detect bleeding from a hematoma inside the skull of someone who has suffered a head injury. It is now in trials before going out on the market. READ MORE
CFJC Today
It isn't always obvious and the severity of it is often dismissed. There are so many varying degrees of brain injuries that it's often difficult to know that someone suffers from one. June is Brain Injury Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around the complexity of brain injuries, and just how common they are. New diagnoses are being made everyday, and most people living with a brain injury are diagnosed long after the injury has occurred. READ MORE
IFP
Big-league athletes are already involved. So are university football players. Now, in a city known for its groundbreaking research on sports concussions, teenage girls in soccer are getting a chance to score for science. With the help of girls' soccer teams, Western University researchers are investigating what happens to the brains of young soccer players when they take repeated hits to the head. READ MORE
Sport Techie
Reducing brain injuries in sports is a constant issue that is trying to be resolved by numerous innovations. Q30 Innovations may have developed the newest solution to reduce the impact of traumatic brain injuries with the the creation of one of their newest products the Q-Collar. READ MORE
CJAD
A 21-year-old Hudson woman marked the first anniversary of a devastating car crash in an unconventional way — with a photo shoot. On June 12, 2015, Tina Adams was out jogging near her home when she was struck by a car driven by a suspected drunk driver. The crash left her in a medically-induced coma for nearly a week with a seemingly endless list of serious injuries — a cracked skull, a fractured spine, a blood clot in her head, a traumatic brain injury, two punctured lungs, internal bleeding, and a destroyed hip and pelvis. READ MORE
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