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BY: JULIA RENAUD BIST’s August Community Meeting was an Ocutherapy demonstration with Alex Theodorou.  About Alex Alex’s father sustained a stroke in 2005, changing the lives of him and his family forever. This event lead Alex to pursue a […]

BY: JUlLIA RENAUD June’s Community Meeting was a chair yoga workshop by BIST’s Programs and Services Coordinator, Julie Notto. About Julie Notto She discovered yoga as a way to deal with chronic pain issues. Julie became a yoga and […]

BY: ALISON Most people don’t realize that the most painful part of living with a serious health issue is losing your identity. When every day things – that you’ve never given any thought – become difficult and you’re no […]

BY: ALISON The worlds of brain injury rehabilitation and Virtual reality (VR) are coming closer together. The technology for VR is advancing very quickly, including multi-player games and the development of devices that involve your entire body to create highly […]

BY: ALYSON ROGERS For two and a half years, I worked at a social service agency for youth in Toronto.  I worked as part of a team to provide basic needs and case management to youth from diverse backgrounds.  […]

BY: BLUE HELMET GIRL I had my accident in July 2015, right in the middle of the smartphone era. About a month after my TBI, I was in the hospital and I got my phone back for the first […]