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The
Bright Foundation's Mission:
BRain
Injury
Group
- Hope
Through
Treatment
We
are in the process of structuring
ourselves to operate as a non-profit organization who's
mission is to unite parents and
professionals alike in an effort to
make a significant improvement to
outcomes of children suffering
motor and/or cognitive developmental
delays caused by brain injury or
some other neurological
condition. We will emphasize
an approach that maximizes the opportunities
available today to bring immediate
assistance to families in need, as
well as supporting focused research
capable of achieving breakthrough
results. In addition, we aim
to be the most comprehensive source
of information & education on
all matters relating to the
treatment of brain injuries.
For
centuries prevailing medical
knowledge stated that once the brain
is severely damaged no treatment is
possible. To a great degree that
notion still prevails throughout the
world. However, for the first time
in history, there is strong
scientific evidence proving the old
thinking wrong.
Our
Objective:
The
BRIGHT Foundation's objective is to
accelerate the transition of cutting
edge treatment modalities from the laboratory
to the clinic. We have a multi
focused approach to accomplish that
objective.
Our
Approach:
Our
foundation is organized into two main
focuses:
1.)
Treatment
- The BRIGHT Project is dedicated to
applying cutting edge
Treatment.
We
are in the early stages of talking
to a well known national non-profit
organization. If both our
objectives and principles are complimentary,
the BRIGHT Project may be approved
to become an official program of the
well know organization. We
believe this approach is most advantageous
because it quickly allows us to
achieve non-profit status, it
assists us in meeting our objectives
of providing cutting edge treatment
and it leverages the outstanding
resources available from the main
organization. We will keep you
posted on this exciting
possibility.
2.)
Research & Outreach -
Here we are utilizing this website
to help educate and promote
effective research. Also, we
hope to find a way to cooperate with other
established organizations in order
to accelerate our collective impact.
Our hope is that we can all work
together in harmony for the
benefit of our children.
Research:
We hope
to cooperate with Children's
Neuro -Biological Solutions
who's objective is to focus
on cutting edge research in such
promising fields as Stem Cell
Implantation.
Outreach:
We
hope to cooperate with
THE
MARGOT ANDERSON BRAIN RESTORATION
FOUNDATION
who's objective is dedicated
to creating, supporting and
accelerating massive research into
safe and effective means of
restoration of brain functions.
We also hope to cooperate with CHASA,
The
Pediatric Stroke Network and
other similar organizations.
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History:
Founded
in 2002, we are a small
group of parents and
professionals who decided
that the status-quo was
not enough for our
children. We have
children who suffer
developmental delays
because of some form of
neurological injury. Some
of the more common causes
of brain injury
in infancy are Stroke, prolonged
delivery, ruptured uterus,
Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Near SID's,
Chocking, Near Drowning,
and premature birth. For
adults the most common
causes of brain injury are
Stroke and Traumatic Brain
Injury.
The
basic science that our
foundation supports is
common to both adult and
infant victims.
However, because adults
have already learned such
complex tasks as walking
and talking, the
recovery after an injury
is essentially re-habilitation.
For an infant, their
injury occurs before they
learn to walk or talk and
thus they have the added
complication of never
having learned these
tasks. It is this
added complication of development
that separates infantile
brain injuries from adult
brain injuries. Our
foundation is interested
in treatment of brain
injuries, in the context
of
development.
Because
of the impact of the brain
injury on development,
many children with brain
injuries will go on to
develop abnormal motor
skills. These
children are labeled as
having Cerebral
Palsy. In some cases
the brain injury interferes
with cognitive development
as well leaving these
children cognitively
delayed. It is our
position that appropriate
early intervention as
guided by modern research
can result in significant
functional improvements.
Some
Statistics:
Approximately
15 million children in the
United States, between the
ages of 0-19 yrs.,
experience neurological
conditions that severely
limit their quality of
life and lifespan.
Special
education alone for these
children costs society
approximately 36 billion
dollars annually. (These
costs include more
personnel for learning
disabled classes,
transportation to out of
district placements, out
of district schools for
more involved children,
equipment, aids, etc.).
The advent of biomedical
therapies has the
potential for declining
social costs as the impact
of brain injuries is
limited or reversed.
Statistics
from
Children's
Neuro -Biological
Solutions
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