Posts Categorized: Your Stories

I’ve survived 40 cognitive challenges/brain injuries.  Why do I say that I’m challenged vs. disabled, retarded, handicapped, etc., because these terms only reflect our harsh treatment of survivors of trauma.  I use the optimisitc explanatory learning style vs. the pessimisitic explanatory learning style.  My first cognitive challenge came at the age of 12 in 1977. … Read More

I am sitting in the hospital’s spinning outpatient waiting room, which reeks of disinfectant and old people. A smell that makes me want to escape to Peter Pan’s Never Never land, so I never radiate that aroma. To make it even better, the people look worse than they smell. They have the wrinkles of a… Read More

Hello, my name is michelle. I went into the hospital on my third knee surgery. It was only a day surgery. My orthopedist left instructions to not give any narcotics patient does not tolerate. They kept me overnight because my oxygen was low. When my husband came in the morning I was unconcious. I was… Read More

My name is Trenell. I consider myself an inspiring young man that has overcome tremendous adversity to fulfill my calling to help others.  At the tender age of 14, I experienced a life-changing football injury which resulted in paralysis from the neck down.  What were meant to be my high school glory days turned to… Read More

In the spring of 2007 my family and I had moved to Washington state from California.  At the time our daughter had just turned 16.  Well she really missed her friends back in California, and thought of all the fun they were having.  She new she was missing out.  Making new friends at the high… Read More

My personal story – Brain Injury Awareness Month – March, 2010 Hello everyone, I’m Sian Liu and this is my personal story on “paper” for the first time. I sustained a brain contusion in a car accident on December 21, 2005. Growing up, something I was still doing even at the age of 26, I… Read More