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BY: SOPHIA VOUMVAKIS When I suffered my traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2011, I believed that the cells in my brain which had been damaged were irreparable. But recent research suggests that the brain can repair itself, and that what was once […]

BY: KAROLINA URBAN Summer is here and with it comes the inevitable concern for safety and injury prevention. From organized sports such as soccer and rugby, to recreational activities such as wakeboarding, tubing, biking or your friendly match of volleyball, there is always a […]

BY: SABA RIZVI Most people don’t understand what a brain injury is or means, especially if the person doesn’t appear to have a disability. A brain injury is kind of like how older adults might experience memory loss, or other cognitive […]

By: MARK KONING June is brain injury awareness month and the fact that a focus is being put on this acquired disability is wonderful! I think it is great to have a time frame where a lifelong injury, such […]

BY: RICHARD HASKELL It’s often been said that in life there are two things that are inevitable – death and taxes. Well, to that short list, I’d like to add “aging.” We can’t avoid getting older, and with any […]

BIST had two speakers come to our May community meeting: BIST member and writer Shireen Jeejeebhoy discussed her experiences trying to re-gain her love of reading and Katie Muirhead, advocacy specialist at the Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA), spoke about advocacy. Reading […]

BY: SOPHIA VOUMAKIS I’ve been thinking lately about the grieving process I went through after I sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in May 2011. It was a long and difficult journey. Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross first introduced her […]

BY: JODI HARENDORF A few months ago, my husband and I were invited to our youngest daughter’s high school for an academic award ceremony. As I sat with about 200 other family members waiting for our kids’ names to be called, I thought […]

The BIST board of directors has written a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne and MPP Eric Hoskins to express our opposition to the proposed changes to no-fault accident benefits as outlined in the Ontario budget. As described in the […]