If you have not already read Part 1 of this series please do by simply clicking on Part 1. Thank you. When I was in graduate school I remember hearing one of my professors state that education is key to advocacy. He went of to share that by having our clients / consumers communicate the nature of their disability (ies) they would reduce societal stigmatization and ignorance. … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2011
Traumatic Brain Injury – How to be a Brain Injury Advocate Part 1
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. A little while ago I was listening to a radio program that addressed advocating for brain injury awareness and as civil rights movement there be a brain injury rights movement. Because of time constraints, I was unable to share my thoughts with the radio … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury Support for Survivors, their Families and Friends Part 2
If you have not already read Part 1 of this article, please do so now. Thank you. In the wake of that article, I decided to write an article to offer the links to the articles that I provided to Gabrielle Giffords, her family and friends. My hope is that as individuals who have sustained brain injuries, their family and friends read these articles, they will be encouraged, … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury Support for Survivors, their Families and Friends Part 1
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. Yesterday I wrote an article for the family and friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords – who sustained a traumatic brain injury in the shooting rampage of Jared Loughner in Tucson, Arizona on January 8, 2011. In that article – Traumatic Brain Injury – For the Family and Friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords – I offered some … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury — For the Family and Friends of Rep.Gabrielle Giffords
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Thank you. Recently, our nation and even the world has been drawn by the incident that occurred in Tucson, Arizona. In a matter of minutes the lives of 20 + people lives were forever altered by the senseless act of Jared Loughner. Among the slain and wounded was Rep. … [Read more...]
