Our Purpose is to see all people living with an acquired brain injury (ABI) enjoying equal rights and opportunities within their community.

Our Vision
With our peak role and focus on ABI, we seek a society where:

• people affected by ABI feel understood, respected, and included;
  
• laws and systems are just and fair, and people with ABI access them without discrimination;
  
• health and community services for people with ABI are respectful, responsive, and meet demand;
  
• people with ABI participate fully in community life; and
  
• the incidence of ABI is much reduced.
  

Our Mission
To further our Vision, we:

• represent people affected by ABI;
  
• advocate and fight discrimination;
  
• drive change in policy, service, and attitudes - making a difference in people’s lives;
  
• educate, teach and inform; and
  
• shine the spotlight on ABI; we make visible the invisible disability.

   

  Our Values:

  Inclusiveness - people with an acquired brain injury are included in society in the same was an any other person

  Responsiveness - services are responsive to the needs of people with an acquired brain injury

  Empowerment - people with an acquired brain injury should be enabled to become as self-sufficient as possible

  Integrity - a society where services, government and public institutions are reliable, trustworthy, true to their word and confidential.

   

  Major areas of focus:

  We run activities within the following major focus areas:

   

  Support and Individual Advocacy

  Advocating on an individual level for people with an acquired brain injury to improve their access to services and to navigate the system.  

  Supporting people with an acquired brain injury, their families, friends, carers and service providers through information and referral.

  
  Systemic Advocacy

  Advocating for changes to law, policies and practices that affect people with an acquired brain injury and their families.

  
  Targeted projects

  Running projects that further our purpose and vision.

  
  Information and Training

  Raising awareness of  acquired brain injury and the needs of people with acquired brain injury, their families, friends and carers.

  Providing expert advice and information about acquired brain injury, available services and related topics through our library, newsletter, seminars and website.

  Providing education and training for our members, staff, service providers and others.

  
  Policy work

  Collecting and publishing information about acquired brain injury to inform policy decisions.

  Making informed and focussed recommendations to government on policies, law and practices affecting the day-to-day lives of people with acquired brain injury.

  
  Governance and Organisational Viability

  Operating the BIA NSW openly and efficiently, and in line with best practice principles.