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Faiza Siddiqui’s “Diary of a Headcase” and the wisdom of a community
Listen to this post: I’ve been told countless times (or maybe not that often, but I can’t remember) that it’s a damn good thing I had my speech therapy degree before developing impairments from traumatic brain injury. When I tell someone about a new strategy I have for improving my day, it’s amazing how often people…
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Critique of PBS’s “Best Kept Secret” autism documentary
Listen to this post: In September, 2013, PBS released “Best Kept Secret.” You can check out info around the film at www.pbs.org/pov/BestKeptSecret. The film is now streamable on some paid sites. But I’m not writing this to recommend the film. Because I actually don’t recommend it. PBS’s brief synopsis: “In ‘Best Kept Secret,’ Janet Mino, who has taught a…
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Aimee Elber on disability storytelling
Listen to this post by Aimee Elber and Cheryl Green: As you might have seen or heard through all the disability-related blogs and newsletters recently, the Disability Visibility Project partnership that Alice Wong started with StoryCorps San Francisco is up and running for the next 11 months. As a media partner for this project, I’ve…
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Changed Lives, New Journeys blog on life after brain injury
Listen to this post: Here’s a most fabulous blog! ChangedLivesNewJourneys.com. I like the title of it a lot because it doesn’t imply that any particular thing after a brain injury is inherently positive, negative, or meh. It’s changed. You have new journeys. The details are as individual as we are, and they can even change…