Stories of Brain Injury
People living with brain injury and their families are sharing their personal stories with Brain Injury Canada to provide hope and support to those across Canada who are having similar experiences.
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How did you acquire your brain injury? I was attending a parent-teacher meeting at my daughter’s high school. When I tried to sit in the chair opposite the teacher, it collapsed beneath me as soon as I put weight on it. I fell backwards and slammed the back of my...Read More
In February 2021, I was skating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa on a snowy day and tripped in a pothole. I fell backward very quickly and, unknowingly, sustained a concussion via whiplash. In the moment, I felt like I “shook my brain” but got up quickly and finished the...Read More
I have experienced three traumatic brain injuries over the course of my life. Each occurred at different times and under different circumstances, but the cumulative impact significantly affected my cognitive functioning. Following my injuries, I experienced changes in memory, attention, processing speed, mental endurance, and stress tolerance. Many of the...Read More
In 2016, I was involved in a devastating pedestrian motor vehicle accident that left me in a coma for five days and resulted in a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). At the time, doctors were uncertain about my recovery and questioned whether I would ever return to the life I...Read More
My son, Tyler, had 2 grand mal seizures which were brought on by extreme fatigue, stress, emotional upheaval, complicated by neurofibromatosis: a total breakdown. He was on life support, and possibly oxygen deprived. As a result of all of this, he has a brain injury, mainly frontal lobe; loss of...Read More
My daughter is the only one who knows what happened. Sure, there were bystanders—the PG&E technician inspecting a power line and a passing motorist who called out, “Are you all right?” as soon as my chin hit the asphalt and the headphones I was wearing flew off my head and...Read More
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