Welcome to Stop The Damage. Hosted by the Brain Injury Association of NJ.

A brain injury can hap­pen to any­one at any­time. The dam­age can be long lasting…broken bones, cracked skulls, lives torn apart! Often it was from some­thing that could have been pre­vented. Our goal is to stop the damage!

Archive for safety

Given the fact most kids wear hel­mets while bike rid­ing, it prob­a­bly seems sur­pris­ing to some that wear­ing a hel­met while ski­ing is not required in New Jer­sey for teenages.

A bipar­ti­san bill co-sponsored by Assem­bly­man Anthony M. Bucco, R-Boonton, is try­ing to change that. The bill, which was released from com­mit­tee last week, would require any­one under the age of 18 to wear a hel­met while ski­ing or snowboarding.

A recent study by…read more…