Welcome to the Brain
Injury Association of Maine
The Brain Injury Association of Maine is the leader in connecting survivors and
family members with education and social life enrichment opportunities, support
groups and brain injury resources, helping survivors and family members navigate
the complex world after a brain injury. The BIAME connects professionals
and para-professionals working in brain injury with current resources, education
and networking opportunities through the annual Professionals Conference.
We also believe the only
cure for traumatic brain injury is prevention. The Brain Injury
Association of Maine is proud to have given away over 14,000 properly fitted
bicycle helmets to Maine
children since 2006. Free! In April 2009, the BIAME will partner
with the Bureau of Highway Safety, WMTW-TV8 and WABI-TV5 to fit over 3,500 Maine children with a
free properly bicycle helmet in one day! More information about the Save a
Brain Campaign to come!
Support the great works of
the Brain Injury Association by registering to participate in the 2009 Walk for
Thought! The funds you raise will help the BIAME reach out to more
families and survivors as well as continue vital prevention education in our Maine communities.
Register
today and receive everything you need to start raising funds and
have fun while doing it! Ask friends, family and co-workers to join you
and Walk with a Purpose!
|  Success Stories
Brain injury changes lives.
For Jim, it may have saved his life.
He admits we was reckless in his youth; riding motorcycles without a helmet, speeding or getting into fights. Then his whole world was turned up-side down when he sustained a brain injury after an assault. He remembers waking up the morning after; he couldn't walk, or talk. He needed help with simple tasks like dressing or brushing his hair. It was like being a child again.
To this day, he still doesn't remember much of that first year. It was during this time Jim fell in love with Danielle. Together they celebrate Jim's successes, such as when he finally figured out how to operate the washing machine....he just needed to remember to put laundry in it! Jim will tell you that a sense of humor is always important.
Jim continues to struggle daily with his memory and fatigue, but he pushes himself to learn more and do more in an effort to relearn all that he lost. Jim now looks at his brain injury as a gift. He will tell you, "If I can help one person, give them that little bit of hope that things will get better, then my head injury will not be in vain."
Jim Carpenter...Hope in Action.
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