Tag: brain injury acceptance

  • From Brain Injury Awareness to Pride

    Listen to this post:  I wrote here recently that we need to move on from Awareness Months and have Appreciation Months (or years or lifetimes). Lots of times people describe my films as “raising awareness.” I would definitely say that is not my goal. Really, I want to show people with brain injury as complete humans, as…

  • National Museum of Health and Medicine TBI arts exhibit sparks some controversy, but maybe just for me

    Listen to this post:  I’ll start saying I have not heard one lick of controversy about artist and TBI survivor Eliette Markhbein or about her arts exhibit at the National Museum of Health and Medicine called “WHACK’ed … and then everything was different.” Her art is really pretty, and her unique process is very intriguing.…