Thursday, October 22, 2009

Welcome to I Have a Voice

Our purpose in this meeting is to serve the community of Traumatic Brain Injury survivors by sharing our experience, strength, and hope with one another. It is common knowledge that “regaining your in dependence is easier said than done.

You may say it is impractical to reclaim your independence due to your physical and cognitive impairments. I say to you, that it is not impossible with other survivors giving support and understanding to help you through the difficult times of your journey toward independence. We can support each other to rebuild our own lives.

Through this sharing, we can each realize greater independence. We now have the means to regain our voice as we regain our independence. By becoming a part of our community, we can work at salvaging our lives and overcoming life's setbacks, which we have experienced due to a head injury.

Regain your voice by joining us as we begin a support group for TBI survivors by TBI survivors. Yes, we are talking about a TBI survivors support group. How do we become members of our community? By living independent individual lives and through the
sharing of common experiences with one who is living the life of a survivor? By building and rebuilding relationships with yourself and with your God. By sharing lives events good or bad, by working at a life that we can be happy with and growing as strong, independent individuals.

Creator and Author of I Have a Voice Support Group, Walter Hamilton
Peer Advcator for the Capital District Center for Independence, Inc.

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