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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

For more than three decades, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has proudly led the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month by conducting an engaging public awareness campaign in March of each year. The Brain Injury Association of Indiana joins BIAA is promoting Brain Injury Awareness.

The theme for the 2023 campaign is “More Than My Brain Injury”.

The #MoreThanMyBrainInjury public awareness campaign provides a platform for educating the general public about the incidence of brain injury and the needs of people with brain injuries and their families. Individuals who join us to help raise awareness with the #ChangeYourMind campaign are essential to:

  • De-stigmatizing brain injury through outreach within the brain injury community

  • Empowering those who have survived brain injury and their caregivers

  • Promoting the many types of support that are available to people living with brain injury

Join the #MoreThanMyBrainInjury campaign and help us educate others about what it’s like to live with a brain injury.

See below for all of the ways you can participate:

#MoreThanMyBrainInjury – Sign and New Graphics

BIAA has created a printable “I am more than my brain injury” sign for you to complete, take a picture with and share with BIAI so we can put it out there on social media as well as our IN state website and potentially the national BIAA website. 

The goal is for survivors, caregivers, and advocates to print these signs at home, write whatever feels meaningful to them, and take photos to send to BIAI and also share on social media.

Please print the “I am more than my brain injury sign” found by clicking here and fill it in with how you are defined by more than brain injury. Once you have completed your sign, please take a picture with the sign or just of the sign if you don’t want to be in it and email is to BIAI at biassociationofindiana@gmail.com. You can also text it to BIAI at 317.410.3532.

  • BIAA has also created Instagram Story Backgrounds and drag-and-drop templates you can customize with your own photos. Click here to learn more about the templates.

  • Speak up. Download our posters and social media graphics to help raise awareness of brain injury and its various causes. Click here to see the campaign collateral available from BIAA.

  • Speak out. Advocates like you are our greatest asset. Why not write a letter to the editor or try to get a PSA aired on your local radio station? Click here for ways to engage the media.

  • Know the facts. At least 3.6 million people in the U.S. sustain brain injury each year. Want to learn more? Click here to download our fact sheet.

  • Get creative. Use our free, open-use campaign icon to show your support throughout Brain Injury Awareness Month. BIAA permits the unrestricted use of the #MoreThanMyBrainInjury icon as long as it’s used to raise awareness, advocacy, or funds for a brain injury-related cause. Click here to download the icon from BIAA.

  • Do more. Want to do more than raise awareness? Step up by raising funds for brain injury services, supports, and research. Contact us to get started with your fundraiser.





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ABOUT US

Founded in 1981, the Brain Injury Association of Indiana is the first charter chapter of the national Brain Injury Association of America. Our members include people with brain injuries, family members, friends, and professionals who work with people who have had brain and head injuries. We support and advocate for persons with brain injury and their families throughout the state of Indiana.



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THANK YOU!

BIAI would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to Sons of the American Legion!

BIAI thanks the Sons of the American Legion for their extremely kind and generous donation they made to BIAI. This generous gift will allow BIAI to continue to move forward with our mission to help  Hoosiers impacted by brain injury. During the past few years, the Sons of the American Legion have been helping BIAI to provide information and support to individuals impacted by brain injury to increase public awareness. Thank you to the Sons of the American Legion for all of your hard work and dedication to our mission





BIAI 2022 WIFFLEBALL TOURNAMENT

BIAI thanks everyone who participated in our 1st Annual BIAI Wiffleball Tournament! A BIG THANK YOU to all players and teams, sponsors, donators, silent auction givers and players and all involved!

And a very SPECIAL thank you to Pastor John and Journey Ministries for sharing your beautiful space with us! We are so grateful!

Be on the lookout for information on the BIAI’s and Annual Wiffleball Tournament in 2023!

Here’s to our 2022 Wiffleball Sponsors!

“Grand Slam” Sponsors:

  •  Wilson, Kehoe and Winingham
  •  Doehrman, Buba and Ring

“Double” Sponsors:

  • Goodman Campbell
  • RHI
  • Neurorestorative
  • Superior Mobility  “Single” Sponsors:
  •  Dr. Heidi Knock, Psy D, HSPP


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Unmasking Brain Injury

Visit Unmaksing Brain Injury Association to see the amazing masks made by individuals with brain injury living in Indiana!

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Mission

The Brain Injury Association of Indiana is a nonprofit 501 c (3) service organization dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of brain injury through education, advocacy, support, prevention and by facilitating inter-agency commitment and collaboration.



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*This website is dedicated in the memories of  Brendan Faul  & Susan Hartlerode