Living with Brain Injuries Taught Us Advocacy | Brandon Kidney Lauren Migliaccio | TEDxCSU

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Lauren and Brandon each live with an invisible disability. They share their stories about the concussions they sustained and how they learned the power of advocacy.
Brandon Kidney and Lauren Migliaccio, founders of the student organization, CSU Brain Injury Community (CBIC).
Brandon is a senior at CSU studying Applied Computing Technology with a minor in Business Administration. He has sustained multiple brain injuries including second impact syndrome. Brandon currently mentors students who have suffered brain injuries through the Opportunities for Post-secondary Success program in the Department of Occupational Therapy at CSU.
On the other hand, Lauren recently graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. After sustaining several brain injuries during college, she started working with the Opportunities for Post-Secondary Success Program (OPS) in the Center for Community Partnerships (CCP) on campus.
Lauren and Brandon are passionate about bringing together students and community members with brain injuries to help provide resources and support. They hope that their TEDxCSU 2017 talk will help shed light on the
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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21 мар 2017

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@jasminacortezonline 2 года назад

I’ve been living with tbi for 3 years. It’s hard. And I have no support. Yet I have God. And RU-vid. I pray for us all.

@kaybregal 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing your story. “When you look normal it’s hard for others to accept that you need help” and accommodations to live.

@unswpdf5472 4 года назад

I have not been telling the truth to myself, for decades. I was told by people who knew me that, after my motorcycle accident, "you're different." I asked how, each of them said, "I don't know...you're just different." My personality had changed: bad, worse or better, no one could say. I was just different. But depression now appeared to become the norm. I lost myself, and I would never find my self again. I am somehow both 67 years old and, 19 years old. Mentally, I have never grown up.

@paulanelson5590 7 лет назад

Thank you for bringing light to invisible disabilities and being a voice for others so that they too might have the courage to advocate for themselves.

@priyankapunjabi844 3 года назад

I really appreciate hearing this injury explained. I have a severe traumatic brain injury which I got in December of last year. I got in a car accident where everyone else’s airbags went off but mine. I was in the hospital for two months and in a coma for two weeks. Yeah it’s hard living with a disability no one can see. It’s very isolating and difficult. I get really lonely even when I’m with my whole family sometimes. I will now try to meet someone with my brain injury

@lifetools-help8017 4 года назад

My husband was recently diagnosed TBI from a car crash 50 years ago. We have been struggling to cope with his inconsistent and confusing behaviors. Your talk has helped me understand so much of what he is going through. Thank you

@brentspeiran8115 4 года назад

I have a brain injury too. Thank you for sharing how it has affected your life. I felt very much alone until I saw your video. I was hit by a car when I was 5 years old and my head was cracked open on the highway. I am lucky to be alive.

@beechon4277 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing your story. Have had many concussions dealing with post concussion syndrome from car accident in 2015 it's a hard rough road . Going thru a divorce because of part of it wife told me I'm crazy, demon possessed, just don't want to work anymore. But everyone is allowed to have their opinion but we who have a concussion know if what we're doing is laziness, craziness or real.

@sabrina-fn3vz 4 года назад

This is very validating. I so strongly relate to what Lauren experiences.

@marytill7315 2 года назад

My brain injury has kept me from doing the things that I love.I used to go to chorus at a college for 37 yrs and then some.I have vertigo and photosensitivity thank God for virtual choirs. Its so hard dealing with it!!!!!

@daltonsturrock7443 3 года назад

3 years later still dealing with my symptoms thanks for sharing the importance of brain injury’s

@med77m26

Thank you two for having the great courage speaking out on Ted talk for us that do not have a voice ! I have had one for 3 years now after being shot in the head. I didn’t see a neurologist or a psychology doctor or help. No one told me or my husband to be aware of certain symptoms and what to except. They haven’t asked me how many concussions that I had in the past. It’s sad but my husband and two boys are the only family members that actually understand and see what I go through each day. I have become so dependent that I have not been alone for no more than an hour in 3 years. I can’t drive, finish college, work. We are still looking for help and answers still today. Of course we pray everyday for answers. It is especially very stressful and difficult for my husband. He has taken on a lot of my roles and duties. It just shocks me the many doctors that I encounter that have no clue about TBI and what to except from a person with it! I hope to one day be able to get the word out and help advocate for others, so they do not have to struggle like me.

@dirkhubbard9807 3 года назад

Had aneurysm 2/29/16 life changing but the magic of life I’ve been shown since reminds me how blessed I am... ...... ......... JUST KNOW YOU ALL CONTAIN DIVINE POWER WITHIN YOU

@ursulathompson880 5 лет назад

Fantastic!!! Great for high schoolers to address their own advocacy.

@mEE1434eva

I love using humor and i love sarcasm. I made a promise to myself to not lose my humor and not become bitter. There are absolutely so many milestones in tbi recovery. Each one is met with ignorance by most doctors. Having all these huge victories and doctors shrug at them is really absolutely crazy. You have to fight for yourself.

@deb9784 3 года назад

Oh my, I heard everything you shared from the obstacles you faced to those on the road ahead! I had a TBI appx 40 years ago, then seizures! I scraped the sidewalk with my face as I went head first over my 10 speed bike. My short term memory challenges me everyday and I find myself wanting to explain, struggling to know how to even explain! But because you had the courage to do a Ted Talk, I realized I simply need to Fight Back! I feel as if I somehow crossed over an invisible line that was holding me back! Thank you and God bless! 💞🙏💞

@hornaceka 5 лет назад

I am 43 years old. And in 2013, I discovered I am suffering from multiple TBIs. Since the age of 4-5, until around 2010. I estimated I suffored from 20 concussions (which doesnr include the repetition of playing football). I got them all from football to just being clumsy and not paying attention. My friends no longer want to believe me and just think its just a part of my personality. I have always behaved that way is what they wish to believe. This year is my first step in seeing Drs to get a better understanding and support I need. With my wife and family, I pray it doesnt get worse.

@betty-jeantalbot6734 4 года назад

This was a great presentation and I am going to ask my family to listen to it. “An invisible disability”, how true! Thank you for sharing your experience, I can so relate to it. Loved your joke at the end but will have to replay it because I can’t remember it right now.

@bestillandlove789 Год назад

Oh my goodness thank you so much for this empowering inspirational gift of awareness and such a source of positive energy and understanding and affirmation that I've been struggling to express to so many people and systems that have definitely made me feel like nothing! This is amazing and uplifting thank you

@katinss9983 4 года назад

wonderful presentation, so open and honest about their experience and their relationship to people around them, I can relate to every word of it. I had brain surgery 2 and half years ago , am still dealing with ongoing neurological issues, facial paralysis, balance and hearing loss on the left side. What I find most difficult is the lack of understanding and sensitivity from those around me. I'm trying to adjust but everyone else can't !!