BRAINWAVES

A brain cancer diagnosis is a life-altering challenge for anyone. Surviving the cancer and its treatment, only to sustain a traumatic brain injury afterward, seems utterly impossible.

There is a long history of Paralympic and Olympic athletes who are brain injury survivors and thrivers. Some competitors even won their medals in the aftermath of a brain injury.

The theme for this year’s Cheerleading Safety Month is “Do Your Part” and helps everyone who supports competitive cheerleaders.

Blanket statements about childfree women completely ignore the fact that many women with disabilities are routinely legally denied reproductive freedom even when they do want to have their own children.

July is Disability Pride Month, when people living with a disability are celebrated as an integral part of the community and workforce.

People using their fingernails to lightly scrape blocks of chalk. A person flipping magazine pages. A person gently and methodically folding dinner napkins. These are all examples of the unique triggers that can induce ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.

Most relationships begin with dating, and dating should be fun! So if you’re a brain injury survivor who’s twitterpated over someone special, we’ve got a list of ideas for that perfect first date night.

Carrie Collins, CEO shares news on BIG moves for BIAAZ!

Marsha Drozdoff is working on compiling poems, short stories and creative writing by brain injury survivors into a book. She is inviting all members of the brain injury survivor community to contribute to this work.

Joel Goldstein was a longtime caregiver to his son Bart, who sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2001. Joel and his wife Dayle learned many lessons through trial and error while supporting Bart, who grew from an adolescent survivor of brain injury into a beloved and vibrant young man.

Every year, BIAAZ helps survivors of anoxia brain injury or ABI…brain damage caused by the brain being completely deprived of oxygen for a period of time. This is the most common outcome of children who survive near drowning.

Most relationships begin with dating, and dating should be fun! So if you’re a brain injury survivor who’s twitterpated over someone special, we’ve got a list of ideas for that perfect first date night.