BRAINWAVES

Sometimes the right social media follow can make your whole day better. One post can teach you something new, make you laugh, help you feel seen, or remind you that recovery is not something you have to navigate alone. Here are some of our favorite influencers to check out online.

Read some of our friendly tips and tricks to help use digital spaces in ways that protect your energy, promote healing, conserve energy, don’t harm attention, and ultimately help your brain health.

For most people, a driver’s license, state ID, or birth certificate is something we rarely think about. But for individuals experiencing homelessness, lacking these identification documents can create significant barriers to employment, housing, healthcare, public assistance, education, and other essential services.

Housing assistance, cooling centers, case management, healthcare access, transportation services, and brain injury support programs all play a role in protecting vulnerable Arizona individuals during extreme weather.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to recognize that recovery after a brain injury is not only physical. For many survivors, the most difficult challenges are invisible: depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and social isolation.

Cody Darling only discovered the Brain Injury Association of Arizona a few months ago, but that hasn’t stopped him from wanting him to jump right in to supporting its work.

Every April, Black Maternal Health Week calls attention to one of the most urgent health equity issues in the United States: Black women face significantly higher risks during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period than white women. But within this conversation, one group is too often overlooked—Black women living with disabilities, including brain injury survivors.