Archive for July, 2011

Brain Injury: The Unmaking of Cool

Posted on July 5th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury The Unmaking of Cool: Lethan Part Five The unmaking of cool. Adults and non-conformists often ridicule the almost universal desire to be cool – to fit in – to be attractive to peers and members of the opposite sex.  Yet, this desire is at the core of our human..
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Before Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Was This Survivor?

Posted on July 4th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Before Traumatic Brain Injury: Lethan Part Four Lethan talks about who he was before traumatic brain injury in part four.  He uses his story  “Who Am I, Again” to explain his thoughts.     Lethan sets his own stage in “Who Am I, Again?”: I was 17 years old, a senior..
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Call It Karma: Motorcyclist Killed While Protesting Helmet Laws

Posted on July 3rd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Truth is indeed often stranger than, and more ironic than, fiction. This weekend in Onondaga, N.Y., which is near Syracuse, a motorcyclist who was part of the 11th Annual Helmet Protest Run against helmet laws died, He was killed when he flew over his bike’s handlebars and hit his head..
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Pre-Brain Injury Self: Waiving Au Revoir

Posted on July 2nd, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Pre-Brain Injury Self: Lethan Part Three In Lethan part three we continue our discussion about the effects of brain injury, Lethan’s  pre-brain injury self and his memories or lack there of the accident.   “Who Am I, Again?” begins with Lethan waving au revoir to his French teacher in the rear view mirror, leaving..
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