ABI FACTS

Almost a half a million people in Ontario live with an acquired brain injury (ABI)

45,000 acquired brain injuries per year in Ontario (per 2009 statistics from the Ontario Neuro Trauma Foundation) 15 times more common than spinal cord injury 30 times more common than breast cancer 400 times more common than HIV/AIDS Often referred to as the invisible disability

Brain injuries are common in intimate partner violence, which disproportionally affects women. In fact, up to 92 per cent of partner violence results in injuries to the head.

It is estimated that half of all homeless people in Ontario have a history of brain injury.

Studies show more than 40 per cent of people in Ontario’s prison system have a history of brain injury. Source: Brain Injury Services