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Camp Dawn – A camp for adults with acquired brain injuries
Listen to this post: I want to tell you about an awesome camp in Southern Ontario and tell you how you can support them to get some community funding. [Image description: Logo on wood in front of trees shows someone canoeing at sunrise and text “Camp Dawn: Adult Camp Experience for ABI Survivors”] Camp Dawn is…
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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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TBI Hope and Inspiration Magazine
Listen to this post: I take a firm stance against calling disabled people inspiring on this blog and especially in my work in Criptiques On Film. I bristle when a non-disabled person refers to a disabled person as inspiring. Life after a brain injury is still life. One person’s new routine involves practicing reading a calendar, while…
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Art Exchange
Listen to this post: A couple years ago, I wrote on this blog about Amee Le’s wonderful art and mindfulness program at Community Head Injury Resource Services of Toronto. She recently worked with a group of artists there on an art exchange with artists at the Horizon Health Network’s Addiction and Mental Health Services program in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Horizon…
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The Brain Injury Peer Visitor Association
Listen to this post: As you know, one reason we’re making “Who Am I To Stop It” is because people with brain injuries are so often isolated. The documentary gives more people a chance to get their stories and experiences out to the public. And it asks viewers to reflect on the ways that our fascination with…