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

Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone. Brain Injuries do not discriminate.

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

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 and an affiliate of the Brain Injury Association of America . The Brain Injury Association of North Carolina (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. Falls, car crashes, and IED blasts can cause TBI.

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.

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.

March was Brain Injury Awareness Month and we had 4 Walk & Roll-athons to celebrate.

BIANC sends our appreciation to every sponsor, partner, participant and volunteer who helped make the 2012 Walk & Roll-athons a success. Visit our Walk & Roll-athon page to see pictures from these events.

The Brain Injury Association of North Carolina (BIANC) is happy to announce the launch of the new Event Center portion of our website! We have created a number of tools to help you connect to us and other users. Through this secure online center you can sign up for membership, learn about and register for an upcoming event, or download a flyer for a fundraiser or awareness event near you.