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What I mean with I (heart) disability
Listen to this post: I found this picture of me from the early 2010s wearing my handmade I (heart) disability shirt. Yeah, I’m smiling in the picture. But it’s a strained smile. I’m speaking confidently into a microphone at a podium, but I’m wringing my hands, like I am in most pictures from the time.…
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I heart brains swag
Listen to this post: I know that t-shirt campaigns as fundraisers are all the rage right now. And they’re great. You donate to an important cause, and then you get to wear a symbol of that cause for even more awareness-raising. Here’s me showing off one of my recent t-shirt fundraiser scores. This one is…
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From Brain Injury Awareness to Pride
Listen to this post: I wrote here recently that we need to move on from Awareness Months and have Appreciation Months (or years or lifetimes). Lots of times people describe my films as “raising awareness.” I would definitely say that is not my goal. Really, I want to show people with brain injury as complete humans, as…