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The Value of Lived Experience – An Unexpected Outcome

David Grant and his wife smiling into the camera.

Those who know me well know that I am a big fan of peer support for brain injury survivors. While there is a lot of information to be gained from the medical community, the subtle and at times not so subtle nuances that come with living the brain injury life can’t be taught from books. As a TBI survivor, my own lived experience is my greatest asset in my advocacy work. It’s the sharing of this lived experience that creates strong bonds and lifelong friendships within the survivor community.

Medications

Pharmacy shelves of medication.
Medications are substances recommended by a doctor to help you deal with symptoms of PTSD or TBI or both.

Fact Sheet on Computer Access

Fact Sheet on Computer Access

Learn what can help from computer hardware and software that can speak for non-verbal people to programs to assist those with learning disabilities to more easily perform cognitive activities.

The Importance of Sleep after Brain Injury

The Importance of Sleep after Brain Injury

It’s time to put a label on one of my biggest fears as a brain injury survivor: Backsliding. Over the last couple of months, I began to fear that this was happening to me until another survivor shared with me that lack of sleep exacerbated brain injury symptoms. And in two ticks of a clock, the lightbulb went on over my head.

Two Powerful New Brain Injury Books

Two Powerful New Brain Injury Books

As a caregiver, wife, and mother, I have found great solace in sharing my story. I have also learned a great deal from reading first-hand experiences of people who have survived a TBI. I recently read two new books about brain injury that I'd like to share. Both stories add new insight into the way we experience traumatic brain injury in our own lives.