During the month of March, an exhibit in the grand rotunda of the Florida State Capitol featured 100 masks created by survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Brain Injury Association of Florida (BIAF) organized the exhibit, \u201cThe Faces of Brain Injury,\u201d to raise awareness and educate the public about the needs of brain injury survivors and their families.<\/p>\n
Each mask represented a person whose life was altered by a brain injury. Information \u2013 including the person’s job before the injury and the cause of the injury (often a car crash) \u2013 was displayed alongside the masks. The organization’s website still features more detailed stories of the survivors, including their recovery struggle and BIAF’s efforts to assist them.<\/p>\n
One such story is that of Laurel Griefer, who was a successful young lobbyist and engaged to be married in 1988 when she walked out of a bridal shop holding her wedding dress, and (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the month of March, an exhibit in the grand rotunda of the Florida State Capitol featured 100 masks created by survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Brain Injury Association of Florida (BIAF) organized the exhibit, \u201cThe Faces of…<\/span><\/p>\n