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How can we give hope to survivors of brain injuries? Today, we learn from Shari who is involved with “Head for the Cure” as a volunteer, board member, and volunteer at BIN. We have four members who have had brain tumors or cancer in their lives. Shari is a nurse and works with hospice patients. Her goal is to connect and build a community of survivors of brain injuries to serve others. 

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Ever wonder what interns learn while creating their capstone project? Carrie and Kezia talk with BIN Interns, Hannah & Elizabeth. They go through their experience as interns, their final capstone and what they have learned from and about brain injury survivors. 

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Have you ever wondered how non-profit organizations raise money? You don’t see her very often but she’s behind the scenes making things work. Our guest today is Tara Judd-Longley, our development director at the Brain Injury Network. Tara shares her responsibilities at BIN and what she sets out to accomplish each day.

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Carrie and Kezia are wishing all of you a fantastic Summer Break! bindwaves is taking a break too and on this episode you will hear why and tell you about our Summer Lemon AID campaign, but do not forget that you can continue to hear and see us on Instagram!

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To spotlight June which is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, Carrie and Kezia spoke to Tara Judd-Longley, who worked many years with The Alzheimer's Association to educate us what Alzheimer's is and its effect on loved ones of all ages, from a non-clinical perspective. 

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Carrie and Kezia talk with Rick, a brain tumor survivor and member of BIND.  Rick is an active user of DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit). He describes his experience using DART’s paratransit services and describes the application process.

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Carrie and Kezia speak with Chris Hawkins, the Director of Administration, with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Mobility Management Services department. Chris, describes the different options of transportation that are available for individuals with disabilities to strengthen their independence.

To contact DART - 
Twitter: @DARTAlerts @DARTMedia
Facebook: facebook.com/DARTDallas
YouTube: Youtube.com/DARTDallas
Instagram: @dartdaily @ridedart

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Carrie and Kezia dig deeper with Scott Snellings, a personal injury lawyer with his knowledge and advocacy for brain injury survivors. He shares a deeper explanation on what is needed to demand in case of bad situations. 

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Kezia and Kevin have a conversation with Scott Snellings, a personal injury lawyer with his own law firm in Texas. We talked about his experience representing people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and why he is passionate for helping injury survivors. During the episode he shares some explanation as to what is needed to file a personal injury lawsuit.

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Kevin and Carrie speak with Amber Richardson, an Occupational therapist and Community Relations Manager with Pate & Rehab Without Walls. We discuss all the many different options for brain injury rehabilitation therapy such as within a hospital, outpatient facility, or in the home along with community involvement.

To reach Amber Richardson email amber.richardson@paterehab.com or amber.richardson@rehabwithoutwalls.com

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Kezia and Carrie speak with Denise Chalk, a neurological rehabilitation counselor, on the impact counseling provides for brain injury survivors and caregivers. 
To reach Denise Chalk  

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On March 24th we celebrate our 1 year anniversary! To celebrate, we highlight our recent accomplishments and some upcoming upgrades! 

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Karen Stull, a Speech Language Pathologist shares her experience with brain injury and spinal cord survivors. She brings up the differences and similarities in recovery and how it has brought her to be a board of director of BIND.  

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This is the last episode based on Aphasia and we spoke to Nikole Frischmann, a Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) in a detailed conversation about the differences among people's difficulties in communicating while teaching us the correct vocabulary. 

To contact Nikole Frischmann you can email st@accelrehab.com

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For this episode we invited Nikole Frischmann, a Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) who has known Carrie and Karl H. for over 8 years and helps host a support group of Brain Injury Survivors at Accel - Plano. She speaks about the different types of Aphasia and her professional experience. 

To contact Nikole Frischmann you can email st@accelrehab.com

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For the next couple of episodes we will be focusing on aphasia since it affects so many brain injury survivors. On this episode we welcomed Karl H. who is a founding BIND member and you may remember him from our first guest of season.

To contact Karl H. you can email info@thebind.org

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For the next couple of episodes we will be focusing on aphasia since it affects so many brain injury survivors. On this episode we welcomed Karl K. who was also a guest during our first season. This time we dug deeper and talked about his struggle and triumph with Aphasia. 

To contact Karl K. you can email info@thebind.org

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On this episode we invited Juan Enriquez, the President of the Brain Injury Network (BIN) Board of Directors. He shared how he was introduced and became a supporter of brain injury survivors. 

To contact Juan and/or the board of directors email BOD@thebind.org. 

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This week we are re-releasing our Brain Cancer Survivor Story episode from season one in honor of our late guest and member Annette. 

Annette joined the clubhouse during 2021 and was a regular attendee of our Zoom programming. She always joined with a smile & a positive encouragement for the day. Annette was known for her frequent selfie posts in our private group for members, often with thoughtful messages of motivation and hope. We will miss Annette dearly, and encourage you to listen back as she shared her experience with brain cancer in this episode.

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We welcomed a young and courageous BIND member to share her experience after having a concussion. She shares the drastic change in her life as a college student in theater to her current career and future goals. 

You can find Courtnee on Instagram @courtneelorraine, on Facebook as Courtnee Lorraine, and her business on Facebook as TheMixPaintandSip and Instagram @TheMixPaintSip

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