Category: Community News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Call for artists with brain injury!

    Listen to this post: Art show! For the month of July, Splendorporium gallery will be hosting the art of folks with brain injury! The show is called “A Different Perspective: Who Am I To Stop It.” If you don’t know about Splendorporium art space and the non-profit Art4Life yet, please go visit their site and…