Welcome to the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina (BIANC)

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month.

Offering Help, Hope and a Voice for People with Brain Injury and their Families

A brain Injury can happen to anyone. The Brain Injury Association of NC (BIANC) is here to help you, whether you are a person with a brain injury, a family member or friend or a professional providing services or seeking education or resources. Brain injury can happen from concussion, trauma or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), stroke, tumor, heart attack and many other causes.

Every 23 seconds a traumatic brain injury occurs in our country. Every hour six people in North Carolina sustain a TBI, and in the next year, an average of 1.7 million Americans will sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Approximately, 180,000 North Carolinians are living with challenges of brain injury which would equal the population of the city of Fayetteville.Traumatic brain injury is the signature injury of the current wars. Many of the injured Military Service members are returning to our home communities in NC.

Each person with brain injury has unique needs and recovery potential. Symptoms of brain injury may not show up for weeks or months after an injury and individuals with brain injury can continue to make improvements many years after injury. BIANC wants to promote appropriate and timely services in order to maximize recovery and allow for an optimal life style for those who have experienced a devastating and life changing brain injury.

Founded in 1982 by families and concerned professionals, BIANC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization that advocates on behalf of individuals with brain injury and their families. A chartered affiliate of the Brain Injury Association of America, BIANC currently has Brain Injury Resource Centers in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greenville, Asheville, and Winston-Salem. Please visit our Resource Book.

Walk & Roll-athons

Concord (Charlotte area)- Frank Liske Park------------- March 24, 2012
Raleigh (and East NC)- Lake Crabtree County Park----March 31, 2012 (5K Run to be later in year)
Asheville (and West NC)-------Carrier Park----------------April 14, 2012
Winston-Salem (Triad)------Tanglewood Park-------------April 21, 2012

Join us at one of 4 Walk & Roll-athons in March and April of 2012! Learn more.