Let's Connect You to Recovery from Brain InjuryThe Cowichan Brain Injury Society is a place for people to learn and connect. Brain injury survivors come to build friendships, receive support, link up with valuable community resources, and explore life interests.
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Our Mission: CBIS promotes understanding and rehabilitation to adults with acquired brain injury through education, support and services. |
Primary causes of acquired brain injury are accidents/trauma, stroke, hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), anoxia (complete lack of oxygen), infection, and tumors, as well as alcohol and drug misuse and exposure to toxic chemicals and gases.
Because the brain controls so much of everything we do, a brain injury can have wide reaching effect. It's not only our cognition (how we use our brain to learn and understand) that can be affected, but sometimes how we feel, see the world and communicate with those around us, and even how our bodies work.
Studies show the brain is capable of changing through neuroplasticity; the natural ability of the brain to reorganize and rewire functions over to new, healthy parts of the brain after injury. New neurons require support from other neurons to survive. More practice and repetition helps to strengthen the connection. Neuroplasticity is nothing without meaningful engagement, focus on specific tasks, and your hard work. There is no quick fix, but what it does mean is that it doesn’t matter if it’s been two months or two decades since your brain injury which includes stroke: practice can spark new changes in your brain and improvements in function.
CBIS is on a campaign to raise awareness and funds to support community-based brain injury programs for the Cowichan area. We want everyone to know there is life after brain injury.