Brain Injury Recovery Kit Reaching More Lives
At a conference last year, I had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Keller, an industrious TBI survivor who teamed up with Daytimer to produce a remarkable resource for brain injury…
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Travelling Through Tennessee
Work finds me in Nashville, TN, this week. Yesterday I had the honor of lunching with Marjorie Bristol, a healthcare attorney who works for a non-profit organization. She represents some…
ReadLife Span Issues in Brain Injury
As more individuals survive severe brain injury and live for decades beyond their injury, we are seeing the effects of brain injury accross the lifespan. For many of us who…
ReadIowa BIA Conference Wrap-Up
Once again, Iowa’s Brain Injury Association Conference proved to be an invigorating and educational conference that offered insight into the many issues surrounding brain injury care. Here are some of…
ReadBrain Injury in the Military: A Long Road Home
Rose Collins, Ph.D. of the Veteran’s Administration Polytrauma Rehabilitation Team at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center spoke at the Iowa Brain Injury Conference on March 17, 2006 in Des Moines.…
ReadIowa, Here We Come!
One of the best, most informative state-run brain injury conferences will be underway this week in Des Moines, from March 15-17th at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. It’s the Annual…
ReadTBI Documentary A Must -See For All
While I was at the NASW conference in Albquerque recently, a social worker told me about a filmmaker named Laura Napier who had just completed a documentary about TBI survivors…
Read15 Years Worth of Advice for Family Members
Tom McMahon is dad to a child with a traumatic brain injury. Usually his posts are an impersonal treat that reveals his colorful mind and interests, but recently he decided…
ReadMiner McCloy Still in the Dark
Fox news has recently reported that Randall McCloy–otherwise known as the sole surving miner from the West Virginia mining disaster–is still unaware that he is the only remaining survivor. To…
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