Approximately 5.3 million Americans are living with a long-term disability resulting from brain injury. Each year another 80,000 to 90,000 individuals become permanently disabled from a brain injury. Symptoms of a brain injury can include limited mobility, short-term memory, inability to concentrate, poor balance, blurry or double vision, depression, and chronic pain.
Learn More at the Brain Injury Association of Missouri
As the cumulative result of past traumatic brain injuries, an estimated 5.3 million men, women, and children are living with a permanent traumatic brain injury-related disability in the United States.
Examples of disabilities due to brain injury may include short term memory, depression, limited mobility, difficulty thinking, processing new information or problem solving, anxiety, visual impairments, and hearing loss. Education and support can help as you and your loved one adjust to life with brain injury.
Since disabilities from brain injury are often not readily apparent to the others – unlike a broken leg, for example – brain injury is referred to as an invisible disability. However, permanent disabilities that may arise from cognitive, emotional, sensory, and motor impairments can alter a person’s goals as well as impact family and social relationships.
Daily living and farm operations may need to be changed due to disability from brain injury. Help is available. Learn More – Missouri AgrAbility Project.
Attending a BIA-MO Support Group may help you and loved ones adjust to your new life with brain injury.
For more information, contact the Brain Injury Association of Missouri for support, education, recreation and advocacy at www.biamo.org or (800) 444-6443.