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Tina Mooney
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Date: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Subject: BrainLine Newsletter - December 2009
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BrainLine News - December 2009
December brings with it the bustle of the holidays and the start of many winter sports and outdoor activities. This month we feature resources on brain injury prevention to help keep you and your loved ones safe during this busy time. We also include a look at life with brain injury from several perspectives - including a young woman who earned her Ph.D. after a severe TBI and a career woman who got a second chance at being the mother her son truly needed.
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Brain Injury Prevention Is Crucial
Strapping on the right helmet before jumping on your bike or heading down the ski slopes can be a matter of life and death. The following articles and video clip are a sampling of what BrainLine has to offer about the importance of preventing brain injury.
Prevention >>
Winter Sports Brain Injury Prevention Tips >>
Dr. Jeffrey Bazarian Talks About Prevention and Awareness of TBI >>
Preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults >>
Preventing Childhood Falls >>
BrainLine Chosen for Awards
Only a year after launching BrainLine, we are thrilled to announce that BrainLine recently won six awards, including the Freddie, an International Health and Media Award. One of BrainLine's visitors wrote: "...it doesn't surprise me that BrainLine has won the Freddie [award] for best website. It is the first and only website I would recommend to anyone who wants to know more about brain injuries." Find out more at our new BrainLine Press Room.
Read more >>
TBI and Video Games
AbleGamers.com offers a safe place for gamers with any disability to explore, find news on games that have the disabled gamer in mind, and meet others. Everything on the site from the news to the graphics is done by volunteers who think games should be accessible to any and everyone.
Read more >>
"All-in-One" RSS Feed
BrainLine offers a simple way to stay up-to-date on news and research about traumatic brain injury. Click the link below and when you see "News Feed," click on "subscribe by e-mail." You'll get regular e-mails with news, headlines, research updates, and a summary of the new content we're posting on BrainLine. It's only two clicks to stay current.
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DVBIC News: Official Traumatic Brain Injury Numbers Now Online
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center website has recently posted the most comprehensive and accurate statistics available regarding diagnosed cases of traumatic brain injury within the US military. This new information is intended to serve as a resource for service members, veterans, their families, providers, researchers, policy makers, and other citizens concerned about TBI. Using electronic medical records, the Department of Defense has compiled the number of service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and determined the severity of the injury on an annual basis dating back to 2000.
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"After a Brain Injury, Life Is Not Going to Be Easy; It's Not Going to Be the Same ..."
So says Kelli Williams Gary, who in 1990 sustained a severe brain injury. "But that doesn't mean you can't move forward; you just have to stick with it," she adds. Now a clinical researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University and a licensed occupational therapist for the past 14 years, Kelli has overcome many obstacles to obtain a bachelor's degree, two master's degrees, and a Ph.D. after her injury.
Watch >>
The Story of a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance
"For ninety-four days in 2006, my life hurtled backward, then slowly forward again. I got a second chance. A do-over," writes Joan Ryan in her memoir The Water Giver, about her journey as a mother before and after her teenaged son sustained a severe brain injury. During his recovery, as her son had to relearn how to talk, walk, and eat, Ryan became a different mother, one who could finally accept and truly admire her son for who he was instead of who she imagined him to be.
Read more >>
For more information about TBI, please come visit us at BrainLine.org.
All the best from BrainLine.
Noel Gunther, Executive Director
Christian Lindstrom, Director, Learning Media
Victoria Youcha, EdD, Director, BrainLine
Victoria Tilney McDonough, Associate Editor
Elaine Phillips, MSP, CCC/SLP, Research Consultant
Theresa Rankin, Outreach Consultant
Brian King, Senior Multimedia Producer
Kimberley Larson, Web Designer
Ian Collins, Technical Web Manager
Leon Gittens, Project Administrator
Krystal Klingenberg, Project Coordinator
Newsletter editor: Victoria Tilney McDonough
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