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At Brain Injury Awareness Day in Washington, D.C. last month, brain injury survivors, advocates, and caregivers described their brain injury journeys to us. Hear their stories.

 

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The Day I Fainted

It was supposed to be a celebration. My mother-in-law had just retired as a school teacher, and our family gathered…

Somiya Mehrotra

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Sandee Rodriguez

How do you start life over, with no reference to the past? At the age of 24, I woke, one…

Sandee Rodriguez

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cody jacobs

My traumatic brain injury wasn’t just an accident — it was survival against impossible odds. A .40 caliber round left…

Cody Jacobs

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A woman with long blonde hair and glasses sits at a laptop. A collage of photographs is on the wall beside her. The photographs are of her son at various stages of his life.

Cynthia Harrison

I am the mother of a survivor, Brandon, who is 40 years post-injury, and a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA-D). I…

Cynthia Harrison

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A white man with a buzz cut lays in a hospital bed. His arms are bandaged and he has scrapes on his face. He is flexing both of his arms and smiling.

Brandon Scheid

When I woke up from the coma in the hospital, I really could not grasp the severity of the injuries…

Brandon Scheid

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Still Here, Still Me

If I had to describe my journey in one word, it would be resilience, because no matter what life has…

Nadia Turay

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Eric Miller

In 1995, I had a collision during a legion baseball game shortly after graduation from high school. I suffered internal…

Eric Miller

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Tara Jones

On June 14th, our lives changed forever. My 11-year-old daughter was riding an electric scooter with her best friend —…

Tara Jones

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Casey Hayes

If I had to summarize my brain injury journey in one word, that word would be resilience. This experience has…

Casey Hayes

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Eileen Carman

On July 5, 2020 at 8:30 AM I was driving South on the I-5 near Nobel Drive in San Diego.…

Eileen Carman

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Sarah Goody

In 2021, I was involved in a surfing accident that led to my first concussion, caused by a collision with…

Sarah Goody

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