The
13th Annual Eat A Peach Challenge Bike Ride
Saturday, August 8, 2009
A record 590 registered riders participated on
August 8!!
Thank you to all the riders and volunteers who made this possible!
 4th Annual Scarecrow Classic
The 4th Annual Scarecrow
Classic 5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Walk was held on Sunday, November 22.
It was a
HUGE
success, drawing a record 568 registrants (200 more
than last year!)!!
Thank
you to all of the many volunteers who made the event possible!
Thank you to
the following for sponsorship of the 4th
Annual Scarecrow Classic:
Disability
Advocates, LLC
Howard County General
Head Injury Rehabilitation
and Referral Services (HIRRS)
Kernan Orthopaedics &
Rehabilitation
Mary T.
Maryland
PHH Arval
Winslow Solutions, LLC
BIAM Annual
Education Conference
Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel
and Conference Center
Towson, MD
April 8 - 9, 2010
The
registration brochure for the conference, including the complete
schedule, is available here as a .pdf
file. Please contact the BIAM office if you
have questions regarding registration.
Space for session
descriptions is limited in the brochure; for
complete
descriptions, please download this
.pdf
file.
Brief biographies of the
conference speakers
are available here as a .pdf
file.
Click here to fill out the electronic version
of the Call for Presentations.
The
Call for Presentations is also available as a
.pdf file.
New this year will be a
Poster Session at the 2010 Annual Conference. For more
information, please download a .pdf of the
Call for Posters.
Information about
sponsorship and
benefits is available here as a .pdf
file.
Thank you to the following for their
early commitment to sponsorship of the BIAM 2010 Annual Conference
Education Sponsor
Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Special
Education - Early Intervention Services
MSDE pays registrations fees for at least 30 MSDE staff and
personnel to attend the conference.
Diamond Level - $7500
Sinai Rehabilitation Center
Platinum Level - $5000
Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland
Kennedy Krieger
Institute
National
Rehabilitation Hospital
Silver Level - $1500
Mary T. Maryland
Medi-Rents and
Sales, Inc
Triton
Entertainment Services, LLC
University of Maryland
Medical Center &
University
Specialty Hospital
Bronze Level - $1175
The Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute
Fick & May Law Firm
Head Injury
Rehabilitation and Referral Services (HIRRS)
Humanim
Inova Rehabilitation Center @ Inova Mount Vernon
Hospital
Maryland NeuroRehab Foundation
Mentor
ABI
The Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt
Parkway Neuroscience and
Spine Institute &
Western
Maryland Hospital Center
PLUS Neuro
Rehabilitation
Emerald Level - $875
Beechwood
Rehabilitation Services
HealthSouth Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Neuro Rehab Program
Kernan Orthopaedics and
Rehabilitation Hospital
Law Office
of Sharon Christie
The League for
People with Disabilities, Inc
Magee
Rehabilitation
Medtronic
Mount Washington
Pediatric Hospital
Progressive Health of PA
ReMed
Success
Rehabilitation, Inc
Ruby Level - $675
The Rehabilitation Center at Maryland General Hospital
Maryland Orthotics and Prosthetics Co, Inc
Maryland Relay
SKY
Neurological Rehabilitation
Shared
Information Table - $200
Speech
Remedy, LLC
Special Thanks to
Alco Pharmacy for a donation of $500 to the
Frances Bateson Dexter
Educational Scholarship Fund!
BIAM is seeking
nominations for the
"Partnership for Independence Awards"
in the
following categories:
1) Individual with a
brain injury
2) Family member/friend/significant other
3) Professional - individual who works in the brain injury
community
4) Supporter/advocate - contribution made in an official
capacity, such as a legislator, state official, reporter,
disability or advocacy group
A .pdf
of the nomination form
is available here.
BIAM
2009 Annual Report and Annual Appeal
A
.pdf file with the
BIAM 2009 Annual Report is
available here. This report provides an overview of activities
during Fiscal Year 2009, as well as goals
for Fiscal Year 2010. Please help BIAM
continue to provide services in Maryland by making a donation to
BIAM!
 Brain Injury Association of
Maryland
Legislative Network and Action Center
2010
BIAM Legislative Network
The Brain Injury
Association of Maryland is working to build an active legislative
network. Our goals are to educate state and federal lawmakers
about
brain injury and the public policy issues related to brain injury,
and to encourage them to allocate funding and maintain public policy
that is favorable to
the brain injury community. Members of the legislative network
will receive periodic emails informing them on policy issues,
Action Alerts, and BIAM's
electronic newsletter, LINKS.
TO JOIN our Legislative Network, please send an email to
info@biamd.org and ask to be
added to the list.
Members of the Legislative Network are encouraged to review the
manual
So You Wanna
be an Advocate.
How to Find Your Legislators
The National Brain Injury Association maintains a terrific
online advocacy resource called the
Legislative Action
Center
where you can enter your
zip code, find out about your state representatives and contact them
regarding issues that are of great importance to you and the future
of the brain injury community. If you need more assistance
with locating your state or federal representatives, please call the
BIAM office at
1-800-221-6443.
State of Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury
Advisory Board
In recognition of the needs for individuals with traumatic brain
injury, the Maryland General Assembly created the
Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Advisory Board to represent individuals with brain injury.
Applications are being accepted for membership on the
TBI Advisory Board. If you would like
to be considered for appointment to the TBI
Advisory Board, please complete the attached
application
and return to the address given on the form.
 2009 Maryland
Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board Annual Report to the Governor
The
2009
Maryland Traumatic Brain Injury Legislative Report
is completed and has been sent to Governor O'Malley for review and
comments.
You can get a copy of the report
here
as a .pdf. After
you read the Report,
contact your state
legislators and tell them how brain injury has affected
your life, the need for greater brain
injury awareness
and funding for services and that
you want your representative to
react to the recommendations
listed in the Report.
 Brain
Injury Fact Sheet
Now available online, the
Brain Injury of Maryland Fact Sheet.
The first page of this document provides
statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury rates in Maryland
based
on
2000 Maryland Centers
for Disease Control Surveillance
Data
from the Office of Injury Prevention,
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
This is the most recent data available
as of March 2003. The second page provides
national statistics for TBI.
You will need Acrobat Reader to see these documents.
Brain Injury
Association of Maryland, Inc.
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21207
Help Line: (410) 448-2924
Fax Line: (410) 448-3541
Toll Free (in Maryland only): 1- 800-221-6443
Email Us: info@biamd.org
The
Brain Injury Association of Maryland is a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization. 
Directions
to the Brain Injury Association of Maryland office.
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