Ted Talk: Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best. I watched a Ted Talk on TBI about Gabby Gifford, a congresswoman, and her husband, Mark Kelly, point of view. Gabby was shot in the head and is still recovering from her injury. This was a good way to learn first hand about what it is like to experience a traumatic brain injury. This Ted Talk helped me understand better what is like to live with a traumatic brain injury. Gabby says that the worst part of her injury is not being able to communicate her thoughts and feelings, due to her aphasia. When she first began her recovery, she was attached to the word “chicken”, which her and her husband now laugh about. She is unable to move her right arm, yet she’s more concerned about her lack of communication. I found this to be very interesting, because both of those things are so difficult to deal with, yet she’s more concerned with c...
I attended an AA meeting that had five group members. Since there were so few members, we had the opportunity to directly interact with the members before the meeting began. Immediately, we were greeted with hugs, introductions, and questions about our situation. We disclosed to them that we were students and asked permission to be there. Since this was such a small group, I made sure to reiterate that if our presence was unsettling to anyone, we would leave. F or this 12-step meeting, each member alternates weeks in which they are the leader. On this particular day, the assigned leader did not show up, so another group member took on the advisory role. His main task was to choose the topic then started the conversation. What I found to be interesting about this leader was that he made sure we knew everything that was going on. He would stop and explain to us why he was doing something a particular way before moving on. I think this helped the other members...
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