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The Essential Steps to Take if Your Child Suffers a Serious Injury
A few weeks ago on March 12, 4-year-old Mark DiBona of Dudley died from severe injuries that he suffered after he fell off of an escalator the evening before at the Auburn Mall while he was shopping with his family. It was reported last week by The Boston Globe that Mark’s family has donated four [...]
An unidentified nurse who left a special needs child alone for over an hour has been suspended from working in the after-school program with the Discovery Club at Golden Hill School in Haverhill. Laylani Booker, 6, of Haverhill was allegedly left alone at the program last year on October 17. Booker’s mother, Rhonda Lee, stated [...]
Tanya Estevez, 29, of Lawrence was in Lawrence District Court this week to face child endangerment charges and several other serious charges stemming from when she reportedly left her two children with a complete stranger at the scene of a car accident in May of last year as she hailed a cab and left the [...]
According to an article out in The Metrowest Daily News, the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA) is set to hold its yearly conference on March 31 in Marlborough at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center. This will be the 30th annual conference that has been held by BIA-MA, a non-profit organization [...]
March 16 was dubbed by Congress as Brain Injury Awareness Day and yesterday, Congressional leaders proposed a new bill that would help protect student athletes from both head and brain injuries as a result of playing sports. The proposed bill is also known as the Children’s Sports Athletic Equipment Safety Act and would raise the [...]
Mark DiBona, 4, of Dudley fell off of an escalator on the second floor Friday night in the Auburn Mall and onto a display case on the first floor, resulting in a severe head injury. DiBona was rushed to an area hospital for medical treatment but succumbed to the serious injuries from the escalator accident [...]
A cephalohematoma occurs when blood collects between membranes surrounding a newborn’s skull and the skull itself. More specifically, the blood gathers between the periosteum, which are membranes that directly encompass the bones in our bodies, and the bone of the skull. This type of bleeding can occur in an infant due to a birth injury, [...]
“Faces of Brain Injury” is a must-see exhibit appearing in Boston this week, March 7 through March 11, at the Massachusetts State House. The exhibit focuses on 10 brain injury survivors of all ages in order to raise awareness of how this type of injury can happen to anyone at anytime and how successful treatment [...]
Christian Jackson, 3, of Nashua, NH died from blunt force trauma on Sunday, February 20 and his death is now being declared a homicide, according to authorities investigating the toddler’s death. There currently are no named suspects and no charges have been filed in connection with the fatal injuries that Christian endured. Police are interviewing [...]
The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, located in Canton, uses electric shocks to discipline its special-needs students enrolled at the center. This is the only school in the U.S. to utilize electric shocks in order to control the behavior of its student population. Opponents of electric shocks believe that the practice is a form of child [...]
