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Headway gets creative!
In this feature, we showcase some of the innovative ways that Headway groups and branches across the UK are supporting their members in their creative pursuits.
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Kristin McIlquham
Kristin McIlquham shares her reflections of what it was like to cope with the ripple effects of a brain injury on the entire family.
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Dee Gall
A brain injury doesn’t just affect one person. It affects a whole circle of people.
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Emma Seasman
We're sharing this powerful poem by Headway Sefton member Emma Seasman, who sustained a brain injury due to a brain tumour 10 years ago.
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Tisha's story
Executive function underpins our adventures, our successes, our challenges, but its location in the frontal lobes of the brain makes it particularly susceptible to damage.
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Love after brain injury: Thalia and Matt
Thalia and Matt from Cambridgeshire went to school together but their relationship only began after Matt sustained a brain injury. The couple say despite all the challenges they’ve faced, their relationship is constantly evolving, and they work hard to ensure they’re always talking to each other.
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Our relationship reality: Love after brain injury
Here, three couples talk us through what ‘in sickness and in health’ has meant to them.
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Barry Cusack: My body and mind
We share one of Barry Cusack's powerful, moving and motivating accounts of the journey to acceptance after brain injury.
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Paul Wilkins: Love, Joy and Delight
Brain injury survivor Paul Wilkins shares his inspirational poem, "Love, Joy and Delight"
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Exploring your dreams
Professor John Groeger (Nottingham Trent University), an expert on sleep and psychology, explains what modern day science can tell us about dreams, and how they can be affected by brain injury.
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Alex Danson-Bennett MBE
Alex retired from international hockey in February 2019 after suffering a seemingly mild traumatic brain injury whilst on holiday with her Husband in Kenya.
