Brain Injury Awareness Day
​in
Annapolis Maryland 

Monday
MARCH 11, 2024
Bringing 
Brain Injury Awareness Month
 to Annapolis 

​Map of Government Buildings in Annapolis

Commemorative Display: 
Unmasking Brain Injury
​
The mission of Unmasking Brain Injury is to promote awareness of the prevalence of brain injury; to give survivors a voice and the means to educate others of what it’s like to live with a brain injury; to show others that persons living with a disability due to their brain injury are like anyone else, deserving of dignity, respect, compassion and the opportunity to prove their value as citizens in their respective communities.

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Legislative Visits

If you plan to be in Annapolis, we encourage you to meet with your Delagates and Senators. If you do not know who your representative is or who your senators are, you may find that information by clicking HERE. 
 
Contact the Member's office. Then, ask to set up a meeting with the staff who handles appropriations or health care or disability issues. Be sure to let them know you are a constituent.  And, invite them to the Brain Injury Awareness Breakfast on March 18, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. in House Office Building Room 170. 
 
You should schedule appointments 60-90 minutes apart so that you have time to get from one office building to another. . Leave plenty of time for security lines and to eat or rest between visits. Remember too, that Legislative staff may run behind in their appointments.

Contacting Members of the Legislature:
 
Remember, when contacting your Delegate or Senator to:
 
1. Identify yourself as a constituent. Explain that you are calling to invite him/her to the Brain Injury Awareness Day activities.  Explain how brain injury affects you or your family. If you have examples of how TBI Act program funding has impacted activities and services in your State, be sure to tell them.  Example:
 
"Hello, I am ____ and I am a constituent of your district/State, and am calling to invite you to the events sponsored by the Brain Injury Association and the Maryland TBI Advisory Board on Wednesday, March 18, 2020  

I will be attending the events that day and would like for you to come for some or all of the events, which includes an Unmasking Brain Injury Display, Panel, and Breakfast.

If you do not have a copy of the agenda, I would be happy to provide to you either now over the phone, or by e-mail or fax. These events will feature best practices in brain injury prevention, research and services and supports offered by federal and State programs.

I would like to meet with you specifically to talk about brain injury in our State and leave you resources and contacts so that you may better help constituents who may call you seeking assistance.  Also, I would like to talk to you about funding for TBI programs and the importance of state funding to help us better serve our State's citizens with TBI and their families. Will you have time to attend any of the Awareness Day events and/or meet with me while I am in Annapolis.?
 
2. Say thank you.  If you e-mail or fax your representative/senators, be sure to include your name and contact information.

Co - sponsored by: 

and
The Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board

Click Here to Find Your Elected Officials

Brain Injury Awareness Day - 
Agenda for the Day

 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Brain Injury Awareness Breakfast
Goldstein Treasury Building
Assembly Room
80 Calvert St. 
Annapolis, MD 21401
Come for the breakfast,
stay for the fellowship

11:00 am  
TBI Advisory Board Meeting
Open to the Public

Information about Brain Injury in Maryland: 

2022 Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board Report

​(TBI) from a Resource Guide for Decision Makers - Violence & Injury Prevention 

CDC Report to Congress on the 
Managment of TBI in Children 

Talking Points: 
 
* Traumatic brain injury is “an injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury [or] explosive blasts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC).” 
Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury can lead to a lifetime of physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes.  Despite initial hospitalization and inpatient rehabilitation services, about 50% of people with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury will experience further decline in their daily lives or die within five years of their injury.
 
To examine traumatic brain injury, the State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board was established in 2005 by Senate Bill 395 (Chapter 306).  The Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board consists of 36 voting members charged with investigating the needs of citizens with TBI, identifying gaps in services to citizens with traumatic brain injuries, facilitating collaboration among Maryland agencies that provide services to individuals with traumatic brain injuries, facilitating collaboration among organizations and entities that provide services to individuals with traumatic brain injuries, and encouraging and facilitating community participation in program implementation.
 
​TBI Advisory Board Recommendations for Maryland​

• Appropriately identify children and youth with brain injuries.
• Implement brain injury screening protocols and offer treatment accommodations to individuals receiving behavioral health services and those incarcerated in jails and prisons.
• Expand and improve services offered through the Maryland Brain Injury Waiver.
• Increase funding to allow implementation of the Maryland Brain Injury Trust Fund program.
• Establish a central registry of individuals living with a disability as a result of a brain injury and ensure that these individuals and their families are provided information about appropriate resources and assistance.

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