Birth and Rebirth: Weaving Traditions of the Berber of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains Thread Talk, hosted by Handweaver’s Guild of America October 8th, 2024 Join Deb and the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. in a Thread Talk. These talks feature creative makers who will inspire, surprise, and delight with their story. Each Thread Talk is no … Read more
Parallel Journeys Through Brain Injury: Episode 1 Hosted by Deb Brandon and Donna O’Donnell Figurski 15:51 first aired June 5, 2024 This is the first episode of Deb and Donna’s new podcast! They explore the parallels in the survivor and caregiver journeys and the similar struggles experienced by both. Available via YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NocwIz99bgY
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and I’m posting a new resource every day! Today’s resource is The Bob Woodruff Foundation. The Bob Woodruff Foundation ensures that our nation’s impacted veterans, service members, and their families have access to the highest level of support and resources they have earned, for as long as they need … Read more
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and I’m posting a new resource every day! Today’s Brain Injury Awareness Month resource is What is a Cavernous Malformation? by Joseph M. Zabramski, MD. CCM, cavernoma, cavernous angioma, cavernous hemangioma, cavernous malformation—different names for the same thing, but what are they, exactly? This article by Dr. Zabramski, Professor … Read more
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and I’m posting a new resource every day! Today’s Brain Injury Awareness Month resource is A Hole in the Head: A History of Trepanation by Charles G. Gross (excerpt in The MIT Press Reader). Trepanning—ancient and modern? Yep! Drilling and removing circular piece of bone from the skull is … Read more
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and I’m posting a new resource every day! Today’s Brain Injury Awareness Month resource is Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Their Aftermath by Michael Paul Mason. HEAD CASES is one of the first books I read after recovering enough from my brain surgeries to read. Author Michael … Read more