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THE SCARECROW CLASSIC 5k/1M Run
IT'S BACK, LIVE AND IN PERSON!
OCTOBER 23, 2022
at its all new location
Piney Run Park
in Beautiful Sykesville, MD
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TO JOIN:
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Register yourself or your team for the Scarecrow Classic before October 21, 2022
- Complete the In Person 1 Mile Run/Walk or 5K (3.1 miles) at Piney Run Park on October 23, 2022
- Celebrate your accomplishment at our Victory After Party and by sharing on social media! #ScarecrowBrainChallenge2022
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PLACE
30 Martz Road,
Sykesville, MD 21784
The 2022 Scarecrow Classic will be held October 23, 2022 . This In Person event, hosted by the Brain Injury Association of Maryland (BIAMD) will rally survivors, families, friends, and supporters around the common goal of raising awareness about brain injury within the community and providing much needed funding to support the programs and initiatives of BIAMD.
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BUT WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD VIRTUAL RACE OF THE B.R.A.I.N. CHALLENGE?
Brave,
Resilient,
Adaptive,
Innovative,
Never giving up
I WANT MY PUZZLE PIECE!
IF YOU OR YOUR TEAM PARTICIPATED VIRTUALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WANT TO RUN VIRTUALLY AGAIN...HAVE NO FEAR!
WE ARE READY FOR YOU, TOO!
and select
to sign up yourself or your team.
This year's piece is the Parietal Lobe.
Last year we had runners in four states and three countries. We got lots of great pics and even better stories! We would love to beat that record for this year's virtual race.
Missed a year and need a piece?
You can sign up for that as well.
So get out there and run/walk/roll/treadmill/eliptical your way to glory!
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CLICK HERE or the picture above to see the opening credits of the Outer Limits.
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#5Thoughts Friday
The
Edition
09/16/2022
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Sometimes people who die by suicide get branded as selfish, depressed or attention-seeking.
Such myths contribute to the stigma that can prevent those who are suicidal from seeking the help they need and falsify understanding of the motivations behind suicide, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI.
Suicide is a leading cause of death among children and adults, with nearly 800,000 people worldwide dying from suicide yearly, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, cited by the online scientific publication Our World in Data. In 2020, there were 1.2 million attempts globally, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention says.
On World Suicide Prevention Day and beyond, awareness of the realities of suicide can help people view these deaths with more understanding and compassion, realize the importance of helping others get help, and address their own mental health problems if they are struggling, NAMI says.
Below, experts dispel common myths about suicide.
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HobbleJog Foundation is once again participating in the LifeLine 100 biking event. The event has been a key fundraiser for the foundation. Our goal this year is to get riders from around the world to participate. We know movement is incredibly beneficial to TBI survivors, so this ride (whether you choose 15, 30, 60, or 100 miles) is a great way to match raising funds with tools for thriving. The in-person event is in Maryland. Whether or not you are in Maryland, you can sign up to be a virtual rider! You can ride anywhere (even indoors).
We ask you to consider riding within two weeks from the in-person ride on October 2, 2022 and post your mileage and any other comments about your ride on the HobbleJog Facebook page.
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University of Rochester researchers have been at the forefront of efforts to understand how blows to the head impact the brain, including how concussions change brain structure . Now researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found that kids who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, have more emotional and behavioral problems than kids who do not.
"These hits to the head are hard to study because much of it depends on recall of an injury since the impacts do not all require a visit to a doctor," said Daniel Lopez, a Ph.D. candidate in the Epidemiology program and first author of the study out today in NeuroImage. "But being able to analyze longitudinal data from a large cohort and ask important questions like this gives us valuable information into how a TBI, even a mild one, impacts a developing brain."
Researchers used MRI and behavioral data collected from thousands of children who participated in the Adolescence Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. They revealed children with a mild TBI experienced a 15-percent increased risk of an emotional or behavioral problem. The risk was the highest in children around ten years old. Researchers found that children who had a significant hit to the head but did not meet diagnostic criteria for a mild TBI also had an increased risk of these behavioral and emotional problems.
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Best Social Work Position in Brain Injury Rehab
(with a $10,000
signing bonus!)
Come join the RETURN! Community Reentry Program at Sinai Rehab Center in Baltimore, serving as our Social Worker/Intake Specialist. This unique and satisfying role is for a Masters-level professional who wants to engage both their clinical and organizational skills, while working with a seasoned multidisciplinary staff in a day treatment program.
CLICK HERE for more information and/or to apply for the position.
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Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020.
The study, "COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual and Developmental Disability in the US," looked at 2020 death certificate data to examine death patterns for people with or without IDD. They found that those without an IDD, COVID was the third leading cause of death, following heart disease and cancer. But for those with IDD, COVID was the number one cause of death.
IDD are conditions characterized by life-long impairments in mobility, language, learning, self-care, and independent living. Examples include Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disabilities.
Syracuse University Associate Professor Scott Landes and lead author of the paper, published by the Disability and Health Journal, said that this study had confirmed earlier predictions that COVID-19 would be deadlier among people with IDD.
CLICK HERE to find out more about wheat we already knew to be true.
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2) Books We are READING This Week |
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For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it is having such a revival in our own troubled times. But there is no denying how weird it can be: Is it really the case that we shouldn't care about our work, our loved ones, or our own lives?
According to the old Stoics, yes.
In A Field Guide to a Happy Life, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers a renewed Stoicism that reflects modern science and sensibilities. Pigliucci embraces the joyful bonds of affection, the satisfactions of a job well done, and the grief that attends loss. In his hands, Stoicism isn't about feats of indifference, but about enduring pain without being overwhelmed, while enjoying pleasures without losing our heads. In short, he makes Stoicism into a philosophy all of us -- whether committed Stoics or simply seekers -- can use to live better.
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1) Quote We are Contemplating |
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"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."
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Looking for Something fun to do in Maryland this weekend?
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HAVE A WONDERFUL
WEEKEND.
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