Title: Brain Injury Awareness Month

Summary: Recognizes March 2011 as "Brain Injury Awareness Month" in Florida.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, more than 8,400 Floridians sustain permanent, life-long disabilities from a traumatic brain injury that results in a life-altering experience that may include serious physical, cognitive, and emotional impairments, and WHEREAS, more than 210,000 Floridians currently live with permanent disabilities resulting from a traumatic brain injury, but the lack of public awareness is so vast that traumatic brain injury is known in the disability community as the  silent epidemic,  and WHEREAS, traumatic brain injury attributable to roadside bombs and blasts is the signature wound of the global War on Terror, and military personnel who return to Florida with traumatic brain injuries require additional state and local resources, and WHEREAS, most cases of traumatic brain injury are preventable, and enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain injury is essential in preventing and developing effective treatment and providing necessary resources, and WHEREAS, the Brain Injury Association of Florida, Inc., has recognized March as  Brain Injury Awareness Month,  NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: That March 2011 is recognized as  Brain Injury Awareness Month  in Florida.