Brain Waves

This year Concussion Awareness Day is on Friday, September 20th. It’s our job to start the concussion conversation right here in Arizona!

Brain Waves recently caught up with Dr. Mark Wentling after a successful week at Burning Man, the week-long celebration of art, community, and self-expression that pops up in the Black Rock Desert, 100 miles outside of Reno each year.

Acrylic pour artwork made by Brain Injury Association client Chris Ellersick will be on display this weekend at the annual Abilities Expo.

We know teachers do so much more than just teach. This is especially true as schools begin to focus on rehabilitating – as opposed to punishing – teens who suffer a nonfatal overdose.

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.