Who Am I To Stop It

Category: Community News

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

    Listen to this post: I’ll by 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…

  • Your daily dosage of inspiration

    Listen to this post: As if I’m not already doing too many things to handle, I did one more. I went and made my first Public Service Announcement. It feels great. Why did I do it? Because I was inspired to by a wonderful conversation with Caitlin Wood (who runs the Where’s Lulu? website with Toshio…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…