March 2026 is Brain Injury Awareness Month

Tonja Mangum • February 24, 2026

Brain Injury Awareness Day

 at the Capitol

March 4, 2026

In the U.S., 13.5 million people are living with an Aquired Brain Injury (ABI)-related disability. Mississippi is in the top 5 states per capita in numbers of brain injuries and most recently, #1 in strokes.


  Someone sustains a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) every 9 seconds.

5.3 million Americans live with a TBI-related disability. Leading causes are falls and being struck by an object or motor vehicle accident.


If you know someone who is living with brain injury - or if you have one yourself - you know that brain injury is not an event or an outcome. It's the start of a misunderstood, misdiagnosed, underfunded neurological disease. A life long, chronic health condition.

 

  JOIN US FOR BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS DAY AT THE CAPITOL AND HELP US SPREAD AWARENESS!


The Brain InjuryAssociation of MS | United Spinal Association of MS will be hosting Brain Injury Awareness Day in Mississippi on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 from 8:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. in the Rotunda at the Capitol in Jackson.  There will be a press conference at 9:00a.m. All professionals, survivors, family members and caregivers are encouraged to attend.


 Be sure to follow us on social media for updates and special event announcements

 - we don't want you to miss out!


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