Who Am I To Stop It

Brain Injury Voices project in Maine and Hilary Zayed

Listen to this post: Here’s a fabulous group! Brain Injury Voices in Maine is doing some excellent work. A team of peers with brain injury do presentations and many other vital activities. They organize events where they tell their stories, share first-hand experiences, and help the public better understand them and all of us. Through…

April 9, 2013
Disability Art and Culture Project

Listen to this post: Isolation is super common after brain injury. It’s shocking how many individuals are isolated. This is why I love the support groups we have in the Portland area. We get out of the house, socialize, and see how we’re not alone in our post-brain injury experiences. But that only lasts 1…

April 9, 2013
Guest Blogger: David Parkin on putting yourself back together again

Listen to this post: Meet my pal Dave. You can ask him how we met, or I could tell you. Chances are we’d both get it sort of wrong because we probably don’t really remember. I mean it was months ago. Best I recall, he somehow found my blog. Or someone else re-blogged something of…

March 31, 2013
Digital storytelling for all

Listen to this post: Some people call my films “the voice” for people with brain injury. I don’t want to be anyone’s voice, especially since no one really needs me to do that. It’s a common but wrong belief that disabled folks can’t speak on their own behalf. I really feel it’s about access to…

March 30, 2013
Spotlight on Disability Film Festivals: 4th Annual Bosifest

Listen to this post: This June will be the 4th annual Bosifest, the only festival of its kind in Southeast Europe. They have shown more than 140 films from all over the world at the Belgrade Youth Centre. The festival has a competition for films by and about disabled folks as well as workshops on a variety…

March 27, 2013