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Talking about noggins with NW NOGGIN Neuroscience outreach
Listen to this post: If you like things that start with the letter b, here’s three I can offer to you in one night: brains, bikes, and beers. This week, I’m co-presenting with PSU speech-language pathology grad student Lauren Ficker as part of NW NOGGIN’s presentation series. In this series, they pair up a scientist…
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Nina G. Comedian tears up TEDx and with captions
Listen to this post: Nina G. recently came out with a TEDx talk called “Being an Everyday Ally.” This is so good and so needed! I know people who shy away from allyship with marginalized groups because they fear they’ll do it wrong, say the wrong thing, or generally misunderstand what work is needed. Nina spells it…
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Disability Art and Culture Project 10 year anniversary party
Listen to this post: If I love anything, it’s cross disability art and activism. OK, cats too, and also I have a thing for chocolate. But when I’m away from both cats and chocolate, you can pretty much guarantee I’m doing some kind of disability-related art or social justice work. Cross disability is my favorite because…
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Music after brain injury by any means
Listen to this post: Some people describe the brain as a computer: it takes in info, processes it, and spits out things like emotions, movement, language, or music. This isn’t the most thorough explanation of the three-pound blob, but it’s not untrue. So imagine what happens when you hook up the information processor in your head…
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Robin Coste Lewis: From brain injury to poetry
Listen to this post: While Robin Coste Lewis’s new, award-winning book of poetry, “Voyage of the Sable Venus” is not about brain injury, it came about from brain injury. After her own injury, she became a poet. And now we have this outrageously powerful, lyrical début book that we probably wouldn’t have if she’d continued…