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If you’re ready to laugh about brain cancer
Listen to this post: For anyone who would find a humorous, lighthearted, pun-filled discussion of brain cancer and brain surgery offensive, best turn back now. If you’re intrigued, keep reading. Better yet, let me direct you right to the source of my most recent brain injury humor find: Chad Peacock over at The BrainChancery, thebrainchancery.com. Here’s…
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Brain Injury Camp 2015
Listen to this post: I have a camping joke in my short film, “Friending with Brain Injury!” which is about a fictional game show that three people with TBI are stuck on. The joke was that the winner of the game show would get a three-day pass to the largest round-the-clock rock music festival in Oregon…
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Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) Film Screening
Listen to this post: I’ve written and podcasted about some of the innovative, peer-led brain injury support work coming out of Washington State many times. HeadStrong for Life in Seattle is a partner on the documentary film. I get to do some co-hosting on the Brain Injury Radio/Radio Ability Network with Craig Sicilia, who’s also been…
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Art and neuroscience
Listen to this post: Last night, I had the honor of being featured at a Portland State University event. It was sponsored and organized by Scholars for the Awareness of Neuroscience Education (SANE) at the university. They asked me to show my film, “Friending with Brain Injury!,” because it shows how people with brain injuries…
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Spotlight on Disability Film Festivals: Disability From Real to Reel
Listen to this post: Film festivals! There are loads of large and small film festivals the world over. I’m particularly fond of Disability film festivals. This is not because I feel disability film needs to be segregated from all other film. But there are not a lot of venues where people are ready and willing…