June is brain injury awareness month. It also marks the beginning of summer – a time when many adolescents and young adults are enjoying the fun and sun, free from the stress of school. Unfortunately, summertime is when the lives of some will forever be changed because of a motor vehicle accident (MVA).…
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I am 10 years old. My brother and I, along with our parents, have just finished the tour of Hershey’s Chocolate factory in Hershey, PA. We are seated in their cafeteria and anxiously awaiting the mouth-watering taste of the chocolate treat my dad has just ordered.In that moment, I have a glance encounter…
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I recently posted a blog about an interview I had with Henry, a man in his 60s who had sustained a hemiplegic spinal cord injury (SCI) some 20 years ago in a car accident. This injury left him paralyzed from about his waist down. That interview focused on the first few days post-accident – his initial…
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