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Interviews + Research
Interview with Shara & Sheila Gutsche
Shara Gutsche: Right now I love to loom, it’s like knitting. We have made about 25 hats. Before Covid happened, I used to do woodworking,...
Interview with Jennifer Chambers
Please tell me about yourself! You may start wherever you’d like to. I’m a 44-year-old writer and a podcaster. I’m a mom of three kids,...
Interview with Kevin Munn
Kevin Munn I work as a peer outreach worker at Victoria Disability Resource Centre. I work several times a week; I work five hours twice...
Interview with Don McClelland
Tell me about yourself, you can start wherever you would like to. I was born on March 31st, 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I moved to...
“If I Only Had a Brain...”
Mark Hopkins Disembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Brain Tumour (DNT) I was dealing with memory issues... or at least that was the most...
Interview with Annette Greenwood
Annette Greenwood Aphasia 53 I’m 53 years old, relatively healthy. Some high blood pressure but that’s nothing new, it’s been on and off....
Interview with Alison Foo
Alison Foo Moyamoya Syndrome Could you describe to others what Moyamoya is? Moyamoya is a rare neurovascular condition that causes...
Interview with Ariel Pastorek
Ariel Pastorek Accidents happened at 17 months old Please tell me about yourself. You can start wherever you would like to. Well, I’ve...
A Journey of Patience, Gratitude, & Love
Arlene 54 CPRS (Chronic Pain), 3 strokes Combat with Strokes I live in Kelowna and I have been here for my entire life. I have been...
Murray Lunberg
Murray Lunberg 70, accident happened at 68 I’m 70 years old now, 68 when I got injured. I was doing a lot of wilderness hiking at the...
The Invisible Injury
For the most part, my difficulties come from the nature of my “invisible injury”. Sometimes I have to explain because I looked "normal."
A New Empathy
Michael Lawless Age 60 As an individual, I was born into a family of seven children in victoria. My family had a series of problems:...
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