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Brain Injury Association of America, Texas Chapter The Brain Injury Association of America - Texas Chapter is committed to bringing help, hope, and healing to the brain injury community in Texas.

Donate to BIAA-TX today: https://give.biausa.org/give/586414

Not getting enough sleep can affect your memory, thinking, energy levels, and mood. A chronic lack of sleep over many ye...
10/19/2026

Not getting enough sleep can affect your memory, thinking, energy levels, and mood. A chronic lack of sleep over many years can contribute to long-term problems with thinking and memory. Aim to get at least seven to eight hours of sleep each night.

Does your brain injury cause you to have trouble sleeping through the night? Scroll through to see some of our tips to help improve your sleep.

"But you look fine!"Danene Charles understands why people say this to her. If you met her today, you probably wouldn't g...
10/15/2026

"But you look fine!"

Danene Charles understands why people say this to her. If you met her today, you probably wouldn't guess that she's living with the effects of a traumatic brain injury. She can carry on a conversation. She can get dressed, put on her makeup, go to church, spend time with her family. She looks the same as she did before her brain injury. What they don't see are the headaches. The fatigue. The noise sensitivity. The memory loss. The word retrieval issues.

When people say, "But you look fine," what Danene hopes they understand is that you cannot always see what a person is carrying just by looking at them.

What do you wish people understood about living with brain injury?

Registration is open for the 2027 National Brain Injury Conference and Awareness Day!Taking place March 8-10 at the Hilt...
10/14/2026

Registration is open for the 2027 National Brain Injury Conference and Awareness Day!

Taking place March 8-10 at the Hilton Arlington National Landing in Arlington, Va., the 2027 conference is geared toward current and potential advocates in the brain injury community who are motivated to expand advocacy, services, and support across the field. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3WemvXF

Join the Brain Injury Association of America on November 5 for Stroke Recovery: Body, Mind, and Relationships, a half-da...
10/13/2026

Join the Brain Injury Association of America on November 5 for Stroke Recovery: Body, Mind, and Relationships, a half-day virtual symposium built around conversations on stroke recovery.

Across three focused sessions spanning body, mind, and relationships, leading experts will share clinical insight, research, and guidance on the realities of stroke recovery. Alongside them, survivors and caregivers will share their lived experiences and perspectives from their journeys.

Whether you're recovering, caring for someone who is, or providing clinical care or navigation for those who are, you'll leave with a deeper understanding of stroke recovery and the reassurance that wherever you are in your own journey, you are not alone. Register here: https://bit.ly/4eu3Tcq

Martha Scott's brain injury journey began when her doctor found a kiwi-sized tumor on the left frontal lobe of her brain...
10/09/2026

Martha Scott's brain injury journey began when her doctor found a kiwi-sized tumor on the left frontal lobe of her brain. It was successfully removed - and then, Martha says, the hard work began. She struggled with her memory and had difficulty keeping her thoughts straight, and therapy was challenging. But little by little, everything started to come together.

Martha's journey was a long and difficult one - but it was also successful. Read about Martha's brain injury journey here: https://bit.ly/4hP25fh

10/08/2026

Matt Brown estimates that he’s had more than 10 concussions.

For years, many of those injuries went undiagnosed and untreated. They came from youth sports, bike and car accidents, and Matt’s career in law enforcement.

Then, in 2014, Matt was in a minor car accident and sustained another concussion. He never fully recovered.

"Although I have a great team of doctors and specialists as well as a good combo of medications to treat my symptoms, I still find myself struggling cognitively more and more each year," he says.

For Matt, and for many people living with brain injury, figuring out what comes next isn’t simple. Symptoms can last for months, years, or even a lifetime. And the person you were before your injury may not feel like the person you are today. That can be an isolating experience.

But Matt found something important: people who understood.

Through the Brain Injury Association of America, Matt connected with a Certified Brain Injury Specialist in his area.

“It’s nice to have an organization that you can reach out to,” Matt says. “To be able to know that what you’re going through is something that others are going through as well. That it makes sense, and it’s okay.”

Sometimes, knowing you’re not alone can make all the difference.

Tell us about someone who made you feel understood in the comments.

For decades, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have largely been classified as “mild,” “moderate,” or “severe.” But these ...
10/06/2026

For decades, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have largely been classified as “mild,” “moderate,” or “severe.” But these three labels don’t tell the whole story.

A new international framework, CBI-M, offers a more comprehensive approach to characterizing TBI. Rather than relying primarily on a single measure of injury severity, CBI-M considers four areas: clinical, biomarkers, imaging, and modifiers. Together, these elements provide a more complete picture of what happened to the brain.

Better classification can lead to better understanding, and ultimately better care for brain injury survivors. More precise characterization can help clinicians identify differences between injuries, support more individualized treatment, and help researchers design stronger clinical studies.

For people living with brain injury, that progress matters and makes a real difference.

You can read more about CBI-M here: https://bit.ly/3GYbylJ

On this World Meningitis Day, we'd like to highlight the incredible brain injury journey of Brian "Bo" Holder. Five year...
10/05/2026

On this World Meningitis Day, we'd like to highlight the incredible brain injury journey of Brian "Bo" Holder. Five years ago, Bo contracted streptococcal bacterial meningitis just days before he and his wife were due to move his stepdaughter into her new college dorm. Bo went from feeling feverish and run down to being rushed to the emergency room, where he experienced multiple seizures and spent a week in a coma.

As a result of contracting meningitis—which progressed into sepsis—Bo had multiple strokes. When he woke up, he could no longer walk, talk, or hear. His prognosis was not good. Doctors said that if he survived, he would likely need to move into a nursing home; Bo's family felt strongly that rehabilitation was possible.

Bo went through physical and cognitive rehabilitation, continuing to work on his rehab even after being discharged from the brain injury unit. "It was certainly frustrating, and I could be hard to handle, but I was fighting to get back to normal, or at least as good as I could be," Bo says.

Five years post-injury, Bo describes his brain injury journey as both challenging and rewarding. Although he is still deaf, a cochlear implant helps him hear on one side. While he still has some vestibular balance issues, he can now walk without assistance. He went back to school and earned a master's degree. And next month, his family's short film documentary "Live Twice" will be shown at a live screening in Atlanta.

Read Bo's story here: https://bit.ly/4hGfLsD

10/01/2026

The Brain Injury Association of America and National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) are excited to share that the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Reauthorization Act has passed the U.S. Senate.

This is a significant achievement for the brain injury community and an important step toward reauthorizing federal programs that support individuals with brain injury and their families. We thank everyone across our respective networks whose engagement helped make this progress possible. We thank Senators Armstrong (R-OK) and Kim (D-NJ) for leading this bill along with Senators Cornyn (R-TX) and Cortez Masto (D-NV).

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives also passed its version of the TBI Act. The House and Senate bills differ, and those differences must be resolved before a final bill can be sent to the President’s desk. Passage in both chambers is a major milestone, but additional work remains to secure enactment.

NASHIA and BIAA will continue working closely together with House and Senate members and staff to negotiate those differences, with the goal of advancing a final bill to the President before the end of this year.

In 2023, Walter Gahagan went to the hospital for a routine procedure. But unexpected complications resulted in a need fo...
10/01/2026

In 2023, Walter Gahagan went to the hospital for a routine procedure. But unexpected complications resulted in a need for emergency open-heart surgery, an estimated 10 minutes of oxygen deprivation to his brain, and multiple strokes, leaving the husband and father of three with an anoxic brain injury. His family had to rapidly adjust to a new reality--one in which they became caregivers for their husband and father.

During that time, his daughter Lili took up running as a way to cope. She ran her first half-marathon while still caring for her dad. After he passed away in 2024, Lily wanted to find a way to honor him and his life. So she signed up to run the Paris marathon in April 2025.

As part of her participation in the marathon, Lili wanted to fundraise for an organization that supports and advocates for people with brain injury. She found the Brain Injury Association of America.

"One thing that drew me to BIAA was the scope of work that they were doing," Lili says. "I felt really heartbroken not just for what my family was going through, but imagining other people going through this. I wanted to fund a charity that was focused on supporting caregivers as well as advocating for people with brain injury."

Read Lili's story here, and comment with something you appreciate about caregivers: https://bit.ly/4df6ZAB

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