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  • Every 21 seconds a brain injury occurs in the United States.
  • Around 5.3 million Americans (2% of US population) live with disabilities from brain injuries, 250,000 of these people live in Delaware.
  • Each year ONE MILLION people are treated and released from emergency rooms and 50,000 people die.
  • The cost of traumatic brain injury, in the United States, exceeds $48 BILLION annually.
  • Brain injuries are the #1 killer of persons under the age of 44. They kill more Americans under the age of 34 than all diseases combined.

This is accomplished through:

Our Hotline: 1-800-411-0505 Over 100 service calls a month
Literature, Dialogue, and Services are available in Delaware

Advocacy: John Goodier, President, is also the Chairman of the Brain Injury Committee, a sub committee of the State Council for Disabled Persons.

Long Term Care: A Long-term, Assisted-Living Residence for Survivors of Head and Spinal Cord Injuries: (Developed by BIAD and now functioning as a separate corporation) Peach Tree Acres, Inc.,  26900 Lewes-Georgetown Hwy., Harbeson, DE 19951

Peach Tree Acres Board of Directors:

Howard H. Hitch, President and Acting Treasurer
Eve Tolley, Vice President
Lynda Massey, Secretary
Elizabeth H. Brooks, Ed.D
Pat Kelley
Lottie Lee
Administrator: Christine Malaney

Car Donation Program to Benefit BIAD:  Anyone interested in donating his/her old car, truck, trailer, boat, or RV—running or not—may call. Donations are tax-deductible. The organization arranges and pays for everything including pickup and towing away by a professionally licensed, bonded, and insured towing company. Call Howard Hitch at (302) 537-2550 for details. Go to www.donateacar.com/alphabetical.html  for answers to any questions you might have about the program or call 1-800-513-6560 seven days a week.

Information and Resource Directory

We are pleased to announce that the 2007 Information and Resource Directory is now available online. Choose from either:

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More about the Information and Resource Directory

The Brain Injury Association of Delaware is pleased to present the Information and Resource Directory in the hope that it may be of assistance to people with a brain injury, their families and caregivers. While we have attempted to include a wide variety of information we are certain there may be programs and services that are not listed. Should you believe that we have omitted important information please let us know. This document will be updated as new information becomes available. The latest version will be available through our website or by contacting the Resource Center.

The Brain Injury Association of Delaware does not support, endorse or recommend particular methods, treatments or programs for people with a brain injury. Neither is it responsible for the nature, scope and quality of the programs listed in this directory.

James A. Burcham,  Executive Director

John J. Goodier, President


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Brain Injury Association of Delaware, Inc.
32 West Loockerman Street, Suite 103
Dover, DE 19904
Telephone Toll Free: (800) 411-0505
e-mail: biadresourcecenter@cavtel.net