


So… I got a puppy… 🐶
Do you like puppies? Me too! Especially this guy (the one in the middle).He’s not gonna stay a puppy, but...

🥀The Dismissal of Divisiveness 🥀 PART 5
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends! The holidays can be tricky, especially during extremely divisive times like these. It can be challenging...

🥀The Dismissal of Divisiveness 🥀 PART 4
In my previous posts, I shared my experience about how some have decided that they are more qualified about what...

🥀Dismissal of Divisiveness 🥀 PART 3
In the last post, I spoke about some of my perspectives about the systemic divisiveness in our world right now....

🥀The Dismissal of Divisiveness 🥀 PART 2
In the last post, I outlined that no one is more qualified on your own thoughts and feelings than you....

🥀The Dismissal of The Divisiveness 🥀 PART 1
Something heavy has been weighing on my heart, and so I am writing you this very important message. As you...

EMPOWERMENT TOOLS: How to see what the internet looked like in the past.

Evolved Prejudice
Something is off about me.
For the first few years of my recovery, I was clearly damaged. Upon encountering me, strangers would correctly assume that I had sustained an injury and would approach me with sympathy, compassion, and unfortunately pitty. But the bottom line is that I would be approached with kindness. People tended to jump at the chance to be helpful to an obviously disabled young man.
As I recovered more and more, I crossed a threshold where I no longer appeared to be clearly damaged. I had reached my goal! I am no longer pitied or perceived as someone who needs the assistance of others.
Am I treated like everyone else?… Almost and not at all.

Audio Clip: Acceptance, Abilities, and Limitations
While I was visiting UPitt to have my brain scanned with HDFT, I got a ride from a film teacher,...

Technology and Brain Recovery
The best news I heard surrounding my own brain injury recovery was found in the pages of Norman Doidge’s book:...

No Such Thing as “Walk it Off” – How Brain Injury Changed the Way I Watch Football
As a traumatic brain injury survivor, watching my home team win Super Bowl 50 was incredibly conflicting.
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