By Jayne Davis, DCoE Strategic CommunicationsYou have a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A lot has changed for you, but you’re not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a TBI annually. Think of the stories they could tell to help others learn about TBI prevention, improve understanding, increase knowledge, and get help. CDC encourages you and people who care about brain injury to share stories online at their Heads Up Film Festival YouTube page and Heads Up Facebook page.
The film festival gives brain injury a voice by allowing people with TBI to share their stories. You can talk about anything and everything in a video that gives meaning to your experience, then upload it to YouTube and tag it with “Heads Up Film Festival.” What caused your brain injury? What changes are you coping with? Name some awesome resources that make your recovery possible. Share what hurts, what helps, who listens, who cares.
Maybe you’re a health care provider, caregiver, coach, teacher or researcher—the festival invites stories from all perspectives. Traumatic brain injury has many voices. CDC wants to capture them all to provide inspiration to those recovering, raise awareness of preventative measures and increase recognition to improve response and recovery.
If video is not your game, CDC invites you to express your thoughts and share comments on its Heads Up Facebook page.
This is a great opportunity to help others learn from your experience with TBI. Join the growing number of people speaking up—a supportive community awaits you! If you are a service member or veteran who chooses to share a story, we’d like to share it too. Please keep us updated on the DCoE page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DCoEpage.
March is Brain Injury Awareness month.
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