Brain Injury Blog | Traumatic Brain Injury TBI

On Wednesday, BIAA participated in a day-long awareness day on Capitol Hill sponsored by the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force.

During the first event of the day, the Brain Injury Awareness Fair, BIAA manned an exhibit inspired by always creative BIA of Wyoming. The brain injury “empathy experience” allowed both members of Congress and their staff to participate in several activities that simulated some of the long term effects associated with experiencing brain injury.

With over 45 exhibits, this year’s fair proved to be the best attended yet! Many of BIA’s state affiliates and survivor advocates were able to participate making the day as a whole wildly successful.

The fair was followed by a briefing in the Cannon Caucus room pertaining to this year’s theme, “From the Football Field to the Battlefield.” The speakers included, Chris Nowinski, Founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, Author, Former WWE Professional Wrestler and member of BIAA’s board of directors.

The final event of the evening, the Congressional reception, honored the hard work of both Congressman Pascrell and Platts, as co-chairmen of the Task force for their dedication to further education and awareness of brain injury and their support for funding for basic and applied research and access to brain injury care.