BRAINWAVES

Substance Use and Brain Injury...

The first thing you notice about Kuna and Evie Williams is that they belong together. Maybe it’s their easy manner or the way they look at each other. They just seem to fit.

Brittany Sweeney-Lawson is the Director of Care Coordination for the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona, and a Certified Brain Injury Specialist. In this article, she conducts a “self-interview” to provide easily accessible information about the upcoming implementation of the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number.

Every year in the United States, an estimated 470,000 women are sexually assaulted. Sadly, that number is rising and likely even higher as assaults often go unreported and uncounted.

It’s said that everybody’s story is unique; in Margaret’s case, that is especially true.

The physical is only one part; I actually made meditation and relaxation my number one priority…This helps reduce my angst wondering, ‘Is this my new normal and will I always be sick?’ — Nikki

The first thing you need to know about Michelle McKay is that she’s stubborn. She’s working on it, but truth be told, it’s what defines her.

In the brain injury community, the term “caregiver” can be complex. As unpaid family and friend caregivers, we can be the key to a survivor’s recovery and wellbeing.

Amanda’s desire to connect with others led her to the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona, in particular their Art of Healing – acrylic pour class.

Brain injury is a staggeringly common result of interpersonal violence that happens during assaults, human trafficking and domestic violence.